Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the
2024 Summer Olympics
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Summer Olympics appearances (
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Bulgaria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Bulgarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1924 onwards, except for three occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's instigation in World War II, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and Soviet boycott, respectively.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Badminton 0 2 2
Boxing 2 2 4
Canoeing 0 1 1
Gymnastics 1 8 9
Rowing 1 1 2
Shooting 1 1 2
Swimming 2 1 3
Wrestling 1 1 2
Weightlifting 3 0 3
Total 11 17 28

Badminton

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Rank Opposition
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Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
Women's doubles

Boxing

Bulgaria entered four boxers (two male and two female) into the Olympic tournament. Cuban-born and

Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympian Javier Ibáñez Díaz (men's featherweight) and Svetlana Staneva (women's featherweight), with women's bantamweight boxer Stanimira Petrova going to her third consecutive Games, secured the spots on the Bulgarian squad in their respective weight divisions by advancing to the semifinal match at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[1] The other boxers, Rami Mofid Kiwan (men's welterweight) secured his spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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Javier Ibáñez Díaz
Men's featherweight

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Rami Mofid Kiwan
Men's welterweight

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Stanimira Petrova
Women's bantamweight

0
Svetlana Staneva
Women's featherweight

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Canoeing

Sprint

Bulgarian canoeists qualified one boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[3]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
Women's K-1 500 m

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

Gymnastics

Artistic

Bulgaria entered two gymnasts (one male and one female) into the games. Kevin Penev directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's vault at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[4] Meanwhile, Valentina Georgieva secured a quota place by virtue of becoming one of the highest eligible gymnast in women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Kevin Penev
Vault
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Valentina Georgieva
Vault

Rhythmic

Bulgaria entered a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete each in the individual and group all-around competition, following the nation's successful top-three finish in the qualifying round at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia.[5][6][7]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
 
Individual
 
Athletes Event Qualification Final
5 apps 3+2 apps Total Rank 5 apps. 3+2 apps Total Rank
 
 
 
 
 
Group

Rowing

Bulgarian rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & European Continental Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
Women's single sculls
 
Men's single 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 achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[8]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
 
Men's 10 m air pistol
 
Women's 25 m pistol

Swimming

Bulgarian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[9]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Petar Mitsin
Men's 400 m freestyle
Men's 800 m freestyle
Josif Miladinov
Men's 100 m butterfly
Gabriela Georgieva
Women's 200 m backstroke

Wrestling

Bulgaria qualified one wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Semen Novikov qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[10]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) –
    Victory by fall
    .
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
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Semen Novikov
Men's −87 kg
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
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Bilyana Dudova
Women −62 kg

Weightlifting

Bulgaria entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Ivan Dimov (men's 61 kg), Bozhidar Andreev (men's 73 kg) and Karlos Nasar (men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ivan Dimov
Men's −61 kg
Bozhidar Andreev
Men's −73 kg
Karlos Nasar
Men's −89 kg

See also

References

  1. Olympics
    . 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. Olympics
    . 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation Paris 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. ^ "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  5. FIG
    . 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ^ Bregman, Scott (16 September 2022). "Bulgaria, Israel and Spain punch tickets for group rhythmic gymnastics at Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. FIG
    . 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  10. ^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.