Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
Flag of Bulgaria – Flag bearers IOC code  BUL NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee Website www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian)
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	72 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Petar Stoychev
Medals Rank: 42	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 5
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Bulgaria was represented by 72 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Aquatics 2.1 Swimming 3 Archery 4 Athletics 4.1 Field events 4.2 Track and road events 5 Badminton 6 Boxing 7 Canoeing 7.1 Flatwater 8 Cycling 8.1 Road 9 Gymnastics 9.1 Artistic 9.2 Rhythmic 10 Rowing 11 Sailing 12 Shooting 13 Tennis 14 Volleyball 14.1 Indoor 14.1.1 Men's tournament 15 Wrestling 16 Weightlifting controversy 17 References

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Rumyana Neykova	Rowing	Women's single sculls
2 Silver	Stanka Zlateva	Wrestling	Women's freestyle -72 kg
3 Bronze	Yavor Yanakiev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman -74 kg
3 Bronze	Radoslav Velikov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 55 kg
3 Bronze	Kiril Terziev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg

Aquatics

Swimming

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mihail Alexandrov	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:00.69 NR	14 Q	1:00.61 NR	11	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:11.94 NR	24	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:00.70	20	Did not advance
Georgi Palazov	Men's 100 m butterfly	55.25	60	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m butterfly	2:01.84	39	Did not advance
Petar Stoychev	Men's 1500 m freestyle	15:28.84	30	Did not advance
	Men's marathon 10 km					1:52:09.1	6
Nina Rangelova	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:00.66 NR	30	Did not advance

Archery

The country has allocated one spot in the men's individual event and none in the women's. Daniel Pavlov qualified at the 2007 World Championships.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Pavlov	Individual	618	59	Balzhinima Tsyrempilov (RUS) (6) L 102-112	Did not advance

Athletics

Field events

Men's team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Georgi Ivanov	Shot put	No mark		Did not advance
Iliyan Efremov	Pole vault	No mark		Did not advance
Spas Bukhalov	Pole vault	5.45	13	Did not advance
Momchil Karailiev	Triple jump	17.12	11 Q	16.48	11
Kolio Neshev	Javelin throw	66.00	18	Did not advance
Nikolay Atanasov	Long jump	7.54	35	Did not advance

Women's team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Venera Getova	Discus throw	54.00	34	Did not advance
Gita Dodova	Triple jump	13.53	25	Did not advance
Rumyana Karapetrova	Javelin throw	40.15	52	Did not advance

Track and road events

Men's team

Athletes	Event	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Desislav Gunev	100 m	10.66	6	Did not advance
	200 m	21.55	6	Did not advance

Women's team

Athletes	Event	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ivet Lalova	100 m	11.33	1 Q	11.40	3 Q	11.51	7	Did not advance
	200 m	23.13	5 Q	23.15	4	Did not advance
Tezdzhan Naimova	100 m	11.70	5	Did not advance
Inna Eftimova	100 m	11.67	4	Did not advance
	200 m	23.50	5 Q	23.48	8	Did not advance
Daniela Yordanova	1500 m	Withdrew - failed drugs test*
Tsvetelina Kirilova	400 m hurdles	55.22	3 Q			55.97	8	Did not advance
Dobrinka Shalamanova	3000 m steeplechase	Did not finish						Did not advance

* On 13 June 2008 Daniela Yordanova tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia.^[2] She did not participate in the event.

Badminton

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Petya Nedelcheva	Singles	Persson (SWE) W 21-10 21-10	Hosny (EGY) W 21-7 21-4	Wong Mew Choo (MAS) L 16-21 8-21	Did not advance

Boxing

The country was represented by: Boris Georgiev, light welterweight, European Gold Medalist in 2006 and an Olympic bronze medalist from Athens 2004 and Kubrat Pulev, super heavyweight, bronze world medalist in 2005 and bronze European medalist in 2006

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Boris Georgiev	Light welterweight	Molina (USA) W 14-1	Mönkh-Erdene (MGL) L 3-10	Did not advance
Kubrat Pulev	Super heavyweight		Rivas (COL) L 5-11	Did not advance

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adnan Aliev Deyan Georgiev	C-2 500 m	1:43.428	5 Q	1:42.891	2 Q	1:43.971	7
	C-2 1000 m	3:54.111	6 Q	3:45.019	4	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniel Petrov	Road race	Did not finish
Evgeniy Gerganov	Road race	Did not finish

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Yordan Yovchev	All-around				16.275			16.275	95	Did not advance
	Rings				16.275			16.275	2 Q	15.525	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Uneven bars	Balance beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Nikolina Tankusheva	All-around	13.850	12.850	12.700	12.075	51.475	61	Did not advance
	Floor		12.850			12.850	77	Did not advance
	Uneven bars			12.700		12.700	77	Did not advance
	Balance beam				12.075	12.075	83	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Simona Peycheva	Individual	16.900	17.125	16.475	16.675	67.175	9 Q	15.975	16.975	16.775	15.750	65.475	10
Elizabeth Paisieva	Individual	16.175	16.400	16.200	14.525	63.300	19	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Zornitsa Marinova Yoanna Tancheva Yolita Manolova Maya Paunovska Tatyana Tongova Tsveta Kuseva	Team	16.825	16.875	33.700	5 Q	16.750	16.800	33.550	5

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final B		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivo Yanakiev Martin Yanakiev	Double sculls	6:45.03	4 R	6:24.70	3 Q	6:26,62	4	6:45.91	4	10

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rumyana Neykova	Single sculls	7:56.07	1 Q	7:22.37	1 Q	7:33,29	2 Q	7:22.34

Sailing

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal race
Irina Konstantinova-Bontemps	Sailboard	18	8	8	15	18	17	10	10	2	13	Did not advance	101	12

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Tanyu Kiryakov	10 m air pistol	580	10	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	562	7 Q	656.8	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Desislava Balabanova	10 m air rifle	393	26	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	574	28	Did not advance
Mariya Grozdeva	10 m air pistol	382	11	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	583	5 Q	786	5
Irena Tanova	10 m air pistol	377	32	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	289	37	Did not advance

Tennis

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Tsvetana Pironkova	Singles	M Domachowska (POL)	W 6-3 6-4	D Cibulková (SVK)	L 2-6 2-6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's tournament

Bulgaria's men's team qualified as bronze medalists from the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup. The team won three of its group play matches, and advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Russia. The team's final ranking in the tournament was tied for 5th place.

Roster

The following is the Bulgarian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

№		Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
01 !1	Ivanov, EvgeniEvgeni Ivanov	01974-06-03 3 June 1974	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	98 kg (220 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Jastrzębski Węgiel
02 !2	Tsvetanov, HristoHristo Tsvetanov	01978-03-29 29 March 1978	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Budvanska Rivijera Budva
03 !3	Zhekov, AndreyAndrey Zhekov	01980-03-12 12 March 1980	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	82 kg (180 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	326 cm (128 in)	Patron Patra
04 !4	Yordanov, BoyanBoyan Yordanov	01983-03-12 12 March 1983	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	358 cm (141 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Olympiacos
05 !5	Gaydarski, KrasimirKrasimir Gaydarski	01983-02-23 23 February 1983	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (210 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Olympiacos
06 !6	Kaziyski, MateyMatey Kaziyski	01984-09-23 23 September 1984	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (210 lb)	370 cm (150 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Trentino Volley
11	Nikolov, VladimirVladimir Nikolov	01977-10-03 3 October 1977	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Trentino Volley
13	Salparov, TeodorTeodor Salparov	01982-08-16 16 August 1982	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	305 cm (120 in)	CSKA Sofia
14	Stoykov, KostadinKostadin Stoykov	01977-12-07 7 December 1977	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	349 cm (137 in)	329 cm (130 in)	VC Nova
15	Aleksiev, TodorTodor Aleksiev	01983-04-21 21 April 1983	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (210 lb)	347 cm (137 in)	327 cm (129 in)	Levski Siconco
17	Konstantinov, PlamenPlamen Konstantinov	01973-06-14 14 June 1973	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	93 kg (210 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Iraklis
18	Tassev, IvanIvan Tassev	01967-03-21 21 March 1967	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	334 cm (131 in)	316 cm (124 in)	CSKA Sofia

Group play

			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	10	5	0	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750
2	Italy	9	4	1	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	8	3	2	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	7	2	3	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	6	1	4	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	0	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 20:00	Bulgaria	3 – 1	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Francisco de Souza (Brazil), Mitch Davidson (Canada) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 26 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	20 21 28 19

12 August 2008 22:45	Japan	1 – 3	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee(s): Mitch Davidson (Canada), Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) Report(s): result statistics
	27 25 21 19	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	29 23 25 25

02008-08-14 14 August 2008 22:30	Bulgaria	1 – 3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,700 Referee(s): Francisco de Souza (Brazil), Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea) Report(s): result statistics
	29 21 14 24	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	27 25 25 26

16 August 2008 14:50	Italy	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (Turkey), Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	20 21 16

18 August 2008 10:00	Bulgaria	3 – 1	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,400 Referee(s): Mohammad Shahmiri (Iran), Francisco de Souza (Brazil) Report(s): result statistics
	23 25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 19 16 22

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 10:00	Bulgaria	1 – 3	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee(s): Bela Hobor (Hungary), Frans Loderus (Netherlands) Report(s): result statistics
	25 16 22 21	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	20 25 25 25

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Bronze medal bout	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Radoslav Velikov	−55 kg		Cejudo (USA) L 6:7	Did not advance			Gochashvili (GEO) W 3:1	Sevdimov (AZE) W 4:3	Did not advance
Anatolie Guidea	−60 kg	Withdrew - due to an injury
Serafim Barzakov	−66 kg		Jung (KOR) W 4:2	Tushishvili (GEO) L 0:5	Did not advance
Kiril Terziev	−74 kg		Joukar (IRI) W 6:1	Gitinov (KGZ) W Fall	Saitiev (RUS) L Fall			Fundora (CUB) W Fall	Did not advance
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev	−120 kg	Lei (CHN) L 0:3	Did not advance			Masoumi (IRI) L 3:6	Did not advance

On 9 August 2008 Anatolie Guidea ruptured his achilles tendon and could not compete in the event. The Bulgarian Wrestling Federation has asked another Bulgarian wrestler, Ismail Redzhep, to replace Guidia. However, Redzhep was involved in a car accident and could not compete either.^[4] Eventually the freed spot was filled by Mike Zadick from the USA.^[5]

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Bronze medal bout	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Elina Vaseva	−63 kg		Dunn (GUM) W 12:0	Kartashova (RUS) L 1:8	Did not advance		Shalygina (KAZ) L 0:10	Did not advance
Stanka Zlateva	−72 kg		Akuffo (CAN) W 7:0	Unda (ESP) W 12:4	Wieszczek (POL) W 8:0				Wang Jiao (CHN) L Fall

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Bronze medal bout	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Venelin Venkov	−55 kg	Soryan (IRI) L Fall	Did not advance
Armen Nazarian	−60 kg	Bedinadze (GEO) W 10:2	Sasamoto (JPN) W 4:4	Rahimov (AZE) L 4:4	Did not advance		Jiang (CHN) L 4:4	Did not advance
Nikolay Gergov	−66 kg		Eroğlu (TUR) W 3:2	Kovalenko (RUS) W 7:7	Begaliev (KGZ) L 2:2			Vardanyan (UKR) L 4:11	Did not advance
Yavor Yanakiev	−74 kg		Yongxiang (CHN) L 4:3	Did not advance			Barrera (PER) W 7:0	Mikhalovich (BLR) W 4:3	Did not advance
Kaloyan Dinchev	−96 kg		Svec (CZE) L 5:6	Did not advance
Ivan Ivanov	−120 kg		Szczepaniak (FRA) L 3:3	Did not advance

Weightlifting controversy

The country was initially supposed to be represented by a full team of 6 athletes at the men's competition, along with two women. However, Bulgaria later announced that it was withdrawing its entire weightlifting delegation, due to all its weightlifters having tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid substance.^[6]

References

1. ^ FITA Olympic Qualification - Men
2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7564507.stm
3. ^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
4. ^ "Bulgaria Olympic Wrestling Team Stricken by Bad Karma", novinite.com, 10 August 2008.
5. ^ "Zadick added to freestyle wrestling field", Sports Illustrated, 17 August 2008.
6. ^ "Bulgaria men, women teams withdraw from Olympics", AFP, 28 June 2008.

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