Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in
Seoul
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,
South Korea
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. Bulgaria ranked 5th overall by medal count with 35 medals won. 171 competitors, 104 men and 67 women, took part in 120 events in 16 sports.
The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the
1984 Summer Olympics
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Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
Basketball
Women's tournament
;Team roster
;Group play
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;Classification 5–8
;Classification 5/6
Boxing
;Men
Canoeing
Sprint
;Men
;Women
Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1988.
Men
Individual
Team
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Individual finals
;Women
;Individual finals
Rhythmic gymnastics
Judo
;Men
Rowing
;Men
;Women
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Table tennis
Men
Group E
Women
Group G
Round of 16
Chen Jing (CHN) - Daniela Guergueltcheva (BUL) 3:0 21–15, 21–7, 22–20
Tennis
;Women
Volleyball
Preliminary round
;Pool A
5th–8th semifinals
5th place match
Team Roster
* Kostadin Mitev
* Petyo Draguiev
* Borislav Kyossev
* Ljubomir Ganev
* Ilian Kaziiski
* Dimo Tonev
* Petko Petkov
* Plamen Khristov
* Sava Kovatchev
* Nayden Naydenov
* Miltcho Milanov
* Zvetan Florov
Head coach: Todor Piperkov
Weightlifting
;Men
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
References
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Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988
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