# Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria competed 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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Semen Novikov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg | 8 August |
| Gold | Karlos Nasar | Weightlifting | Men's 89 kg | 9 August |
| Gold | Magomed Ramazanov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 86 kg | 9 August |
| Silver | Boryana Kaleyn | Gymnastics | Rhythmic individual all-around | 9 August |
| Bronze | Kimia Alizadeh | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg | 8 August |
| Bronze | Bozhidar Andreev | Weightlifting | Men's 73 kg | 8 August |
| Bronze | Javier Ibáñez | Boxing | Men's featherweight | 8 August |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Badminton | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Boxing | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Wrestling | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | 21 | 25 | 46 |

## Athletics
### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Tihomir Ivanov | Men's high jump | 2.24 | 12 Q | 2.27 SB | 8 |
| Bozhidar Saraboyukov | Men's long jump | 7.87 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1.88 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Plamena Mitkova | Women's Long jump | 6.45 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Petrova | Women's triple jump | 13.77 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

Bulgaria entered three badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kaloyana Nalbantova | Women's singles | An S-y (KOR) L (15–21, 11–21) | Qi XF (FRA) W (21–18, 21–18) | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva | Women's doubles | Yeung NT / Yeung PL (HKG) W (21–11, 21–23, 21–15) | Liu SS / Tan N (CHN) L (21–19, 10–21, 16–21) | A. Xu / K. Xu (USA) W (21–18, 21–12) | 2 Q | — | Chen Qc / Jia Yf (CHN) L (15–21, 8–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Bulgaria entered qualified five boxers (three male and two female). 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. The other boxers, Rami Mofid Kiwan (men's welterweight) secured his quota, following the triumph in quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy and Radoslav Rosenov (men's lightweight) secured his ticket, following the triumph in quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Javier Ibáñez | Men's 57 kg | — | Abduraimov (UKR) W 5–0 | Harada (JPN) W 5–0 | Seiitbek Uulu (KGZ) L 1–4 | Did not advance | |
| Radoslav Rosenov | Men's 63.5 kg | Usmonov (TJK) W 5–0 | Sanford (CAN) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rami Mofid Kiwan | Men's 71 kg | Durkacz (POL) W 5–0 | Davey (AUS) W 5–0 | Jones (USA) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stanimira Petrova | Women's 54 kg | Bye | Huang (TPE) W 4–1 | Chang (CHN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Svetlana Staneva | Women's 57 kg | Bye | Walsh (IRL) W 5–0 | Lin (TPE) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

Bulgarian canoeists qualified one boat in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yoana Georgieva | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:55.76 | 3 QF | 1:51.74 | 3 SF | 1:54.02 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Fencing

For the first time since 2016, Bulgaria entered a fencer into the Olympic competition. Yoana Ilieva qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the women's individual sabre event at the 2024 Europe Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Differdange, Luxembourg.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Yoana Ilieva | Women's sabre | Bye | Takashima (JPN) W 15–10 | Szűcs (HUN) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |

## 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. Meanwhile, Valentina Georgieva secured a quota place by virtue of becoming one of the highest eligible gymnasts in women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Kevin Penev | All-around | 14.166 | 11.633 | 13.166 | 14.000 | 12.466 | 12.200 | 77.631 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Valentina Georgieva | Vault | 13.999 | — | — | — | 13.999 | 9 Q | 13.983 | — | — | — | 13.983 | 5 |
| Valentina Georgieva | Uneven bars | — | 11.500 | — | — | 11.500 | 75 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valentina Georgieva | Balance beam | — | — | 10.633 | — | 10.633 | 77 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### 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.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Boryana Kaleyn | Individual | 35.350 | 34.600 | 33.600 | 32.900 | 136.450 | 3 Q | 35.850 | 36.450 | 34.550 | 33.750 | 140.600 | |
| Stiliana Nikolova | Individual | 33.900 | 34.700 | 28.050 | 31.050 | 127.700 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | 5 apps | 3+2 apps | Total | Rank | 5 apps | 3+2 apps | Total | Rank |
| Kamelia Petrova Sofia Ivanova Rachel Stoyanov Magdalina Minevska Margarita Vasileva | Group | 37.700 | 32.700 | 70.400 | 1 Q | 34.100 | 33.700 | 67.800 | 4 |

## Judo

Bulgaria qualified two judoka for the following weight classes at the Games. Mark Hristov (men's lightweight, 73 kg) and Ivaylo Ivanov (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via IJF Olympics rankings and continental quota based on Olympic points rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mark Hristov | Men's –73 kg | Houssein (DJI) W 10–00 | Hashimoto (JPN) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivaylo Ivanov | Men's –90 kg | Sagaipov (LBN) W 01–00 | Bekauri (GEO) L 00–01 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

For the first time since 2016, Bulgarian modern pentathletes confirmed a single quota place for the Olympic games. Todor Mihalev secured his spots in the men's event by virtue of top eleven eligible ranked athletes, not yet qualified, through the release of the final Olympic ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Event | RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Total points | Final rank |
| Todor Mihalev | Men's | Semifinal | 225 | 0 | 6 | 225 | 2:06.85 | 12 | 297 | 7 | 9 | 293 | 10:24.04 | 13 | 676 | 1491 | 12 |
| Todor Mihalev | Men's | Final | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Bulgarian rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2024 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kristian Vasilev | Men's single sculls | 6:56.63 | 2 QF | Bye | Bye | 6:58.67 | 4 SC/D | 6:57.75 | 2 FC | 6:44.61 | 14 |
| Desislava Angelova | Women's single sculls | 7:42.73 | 2 QF | Bye | Bye | 7:41.25 | 3 SA/B | 7:27.16 | 3 FA | 7:33.19 | 6 |
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, 2022-2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Kiril Kirov | Men's 10 m air pistol | 575 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antoaneta Kostadinova | Women's 10 m air pistol | 573 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Antoaneta Kostadinova | Women's 25 m pistol | 583 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kiril Kirov Antoaneta Kostadinova | 10 m air pistol team | 574 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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)
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Petar Mitsin | Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:49.30 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petar Mitsin | Men's 200 m butterfly | 1:57.03 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Josif Miladinov | Men's 100 m butterfly | 51.77 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lyubomir Epitropov | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.59 | 13 Q | 2:09.93 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Georgieva | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:02.16 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Georgieva | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:12.15 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Bulgaria qualified one athlete to compete at Paris 2024. Kimia Alizadeh secured her spot through the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Kimia Alizadeh became the first-ever taekwondo athlete to represent Bulgaria in Olympic history.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kimia Alizadeh | Women's –57 kg | Kiani (IRI) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Toumi (TUN) W 2–0 | Zongshi (CHN) W 2–1 | |

## Tennis

For the first time since 2016, Bulgaria entered tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Viktoriya Tomova had claimed one via ITF Olympic women's singles places, as Bulgaria's top-ranked tennis player in the WTA World Rankings as of 10 June 2024
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Viktoriya Tomova | Women's singles | Fręch (POL) W 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ | Navarro (USA) L 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ivan Dimov | Men's −61 kg | 135 | – | – | – | – | DNF |
| Bozhidar Andreev | Men's −73 kg | 154 | 4 | 190 | 4 | 344 | |
| Karlos Nasar | Men's −89 kg | 180 | 1 | 224 WR, OR | 1 | 404 WR, OR | |

## Wrestling

Bulgaria qualified six 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. Bilyana Dudova qualified for the games, following the triumph of winning the semifinal match at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. Aik Mnatsakanian, Magomed Ramazanov and Yuliana Yaneva qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. Later, Georgi Ivanov joined their squads due to reallocations of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), claimed by the IOC. His place took Kiril Milov.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Magomed Ramazanov | Men's Freestyle −86 kg | Moore (CAN) W 12–2 $^{VSU1}$ | Shapiev (UZB) W 4–1 $^{VFA}$ | Brooks (USA) W 4–3 $^{VPO1}$ | — | Yazdani (IRI) W 7–1 $^{VPO1}$ | |
| Aik Mnatsakanian | Men's Greco-Roman −77 kg | Suleymanov (AZE) L 0–2 $^{VPO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Semen Novikov | Men's Greco-Roman −87 kg | Bisultanov (DEN) W 5–1 $^{VPO1}$ | Gobadze (GEO) W 8–3 $^{VPO1}$ | Losonczi (HUN) W 3–1 $^{VPO1}$ | — | Mohmadi (IRI) W 7–0 $^{VPO}$ | |
| Kiril Milov | Men's Greco-Roman −130 kg | Acosta (CHI) L 1–1 $^{VPO1}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Mohamed (EGY) L 4–6 $^{VPO1}$ | Did not advance | 9 |
| Bilyana Dudova | Women's Freestyle −62 kg | Lindborg (SWE) W 8–3 $^{VPO1}$ | Koliadenko (UKR) L 3–7 $^{VPO1}$ | Did not advance | Orkhon (MGL) L 1–3 $^{VPO1}$ | Did not advance | 8 |
| Yuliana Yaneva | Women's Freestyle −76 kg | Marín (CUB) L 1–7 $^{VPO1}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |