Bulgaria at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria
Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian) (English)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	43 in 12 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Bulgaria is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, having missed only three editions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and the Soviet boycott, respectively.

Athletics

Bulgarian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

Men's 3000 m steeplechase – 1 quota place (Mitko Tsenov)
Men's triple jump – 2 quota places (Rumen Dimitrov, Georgi Tsonov)
Men's shot put – 1 quota place (Georgi Ivanov)
Women's 100 m – 1 quota place (Ivet Lalova-Collio)
Women's 200 m – 1 quota place (Ivet Lalova-Collio)
Women's 3000 m steeplechase – 1 quota place (Silvia Danekova)
Women's marathon – 1 quota place (Militsa Mircheva)
Women's high jump – 1 quota place (Mirela Demireva)
Women's triple jump – 1 quota place (Gabriela Petrova)
Women's shot put – 1 quota place (Radoslava Mavrodieva)

Badminton

Bulgaria has qualified three badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Linda Zechiri was selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers in the women's singles, while sisters Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva secured the women's doubles spot by virtue of their top 16 finish in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Linda Zechiri	Women's singles
Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	Women's doubles					N/A

Boxing

Bulgaria has entered one boxer to compete in the women's flyweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. Stanimira Petrova had claimed her Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.^[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stanimira Petrova	Flyweight

Canoeing

Sprint

Bulgaria has qualified a single boat in the men's K-1 1000 m for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[5] Meanwhile, one additional boat has been awarded to the Bulgarian squad in men's C-1 1000 m by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miroslav Kirchev	Men's K-1 1000 m
Angel Kodinov	Men's C-1 1000 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Bulgaria has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 200 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stefan Hristov	Men's road race

Fencing

Bulgaria has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Pancho Paskov had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pancho Paskov	Individual sabre

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Bulgaria has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Neviana Vladinova	Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 ribbons 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Reneta Kamberova Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova Tsvetelina Naydenova Tsvetelina Stoyanova Hristiana Todorova	Team

Judo

Bulgaria has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Ivaylo Ivanov was ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Yanislav Gerchev at men's extra-lightweight (60 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region as Bulgaria's top-ranked judoka based on World Ranking points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yanislav Gerchev	Men's −60 kg
Ivaylo Ivanov	Men's −81 kg

Rowing

Bulgaria has qualified one boat in the men's double sculls for the Olympics at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgi Bozhilov Kristian Vasilev	Double sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Bulgarian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Samuil Donkov	10 m air pistol
Samuil Donkov	50 m pistol
Anton Rizov	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle prone
	50 m rifle 3 positions

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Antoaneta Boneva	10 m air pistol			N/A
Antoaneta Boneva	25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Bulgarian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[10]^[11]

Olympic Qualifying Time

Women's 200 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Nina Rangelova)

Wrestling

Bulgaria has qualified a total of eleven wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Three Olympic berths were awarded to Bulgarian wrestlers, who finished among the top six at the 2015 World Championships, while five more had booked Olympic spots with their semifinal triumphs at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[12]^[13]

Three further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Bulgarian roster at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar.

On May 11, 2016, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Bulgaria in men's freestyle 125 kg, as a response to the doping violations for both the Belarusian and Ukrainian wrestler at the European Qualification Tournament.^[14]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vladimir Dubov	−57 kg
Borislav Novachkov	−65 kg
Georgi Ivanov	−74 kg
Mihail Ganev	−86 kg
Lyuben Iliev	−125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Aleksandrov	−75 kg
Nikolay Bayryakov	−85 kg
Elis Guri	−98 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elitsa Yankova	−48 kg
Mimi Hristova	−58 kg
Taybe Yusein	−63 kg

References

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v t e Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Others	Refugee Olympic Athletes

Bulgaria at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Contents

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Fencing

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Judo

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Wrestling

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