# Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 63 competitors, 54 men and 9 women, took part in 34 events in 8 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Boris Nikolov | Boxing | Men's Middleweight | 1 August |

## Athletics
### Track & Road Events

The fastest two from each heat qualifies for the quarterfinals.
| Fencer | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Fencer | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Angel Gavrilov | 100m | 11.29 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Angel Kolev | 100m | 11.01 | 2 Q | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Angel Kolev | 200m | 22.24 | 2 Q | 22.07 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tsvetana Berkovska | Women's 100m | 12.20 | 2 Q | 12.30 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tsvetana Berkovska | Women's 200m | 25.20 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Nikola Dagorov | Triple jump | 13.82 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball
### Preliminary round
#### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 143 | +49 | 6 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 163 | 182 | −19 | 5 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 171 | +1 | 4 |
| Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 178 | −31 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 46–74 | Soviet Union |
| Mexico | 44–52 | Bulgaria |
| Finland | 64–65 | Bulgaria |

### Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

#### Quarterfinals group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 194 | 187 | +7 | 5 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 174 | +52 | 5 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 220 | −43 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 194 | −16 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 56–100 | Argentina |
| Bulgaria | 54–62 | Uruguay |
| France | 58–67 | Bulgaria |

### Classification matches
#### 5-8th-place match

| Bulgaria | 53–60 | Chile |

#### 7th-place match

| France | 44–58 | Bulgaria |

## Boxing

Bulgaria entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament.
Boris Nikolov won the first medal for Bulgaria in their Summer Olympics history with his bronze medal in Men's middleweight category,where he reached the semifinal,but lost from Vasile Tiță from Romania.The rules in the boxing are allowing both of the semifinal losers to win bronze medal without a match between them.
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Second round | Third round(Quarterfinal) | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Georgi Malezanov | Men's featherweight | Erdei (HUN) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lyubomir Markov | Men's lightweight | Wohlers (GER) L 3–0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petar Spasov | Men's light middleweight | Foster (GBR) W 2–1 | Kontula (FIN) W 3–0 | Papp (HUN) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Boris Nikolov | Men's middleweight | Stürmer (LUX) W 3-0 | Gooding (GBR) W 2–1 | Wemhömer (GER) W 3–0 | Tiță (ROU) L 0–3 | Did not advance | |

## Cycling
### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
* Petar Georgiev — 5:24:34.0 (→ 46th place)
* Boyan Kotsev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Ilya Velchev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Milcho Rosev — did not finish (→ no ranking)

## Football
### Preliminary round results
### Bulgaria

Head coach: Krum Milev
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club |
| DF | Boris Apostolov | 20 January 1925 | 27 | ? | Spartak Sofia |
| FW | Petar Argirov | 19 February 1923 | 29 | ? | Lokomotiv Sofia |
| MF | Stefan Bozhkov | 20 September 1923 | 28 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
| MF | Georgi Eftimov | 24 March 1931 | 21 | ? | |
| FW | Ivan Kolev | 1 November 1930 | 21 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
| DF | Manol Manolov | 22 October 1926 | 25 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
| FW | Dimitar Milanov | 18 October 1928 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
| FW | Panayot Panayotov | 30 December 1930 | 21 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
| GK | Apostol Sokolov | 23 October 1917 | 34 | ? | Spartak Sofia |
| FW | Dimitar Stoyanov | 18 October 1927 | 24 | ? | |
| MF | Gavril Stoyanov | 9 July 1929 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
| FW | Krum Yanev | 9 January 1929 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia |

## Gymnastics

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### Men

| Athlete | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Floor | Floor | Floor | Floor | Rings | Rings | Rings | Rings | Pommel horse | Pommel horse | Pommel horse | Pommel horse | Vault | Vault | Vault | Vault | Parallel bars | Parallel bars | Parallel bars | Parallel bars | Horizontal bar | Horizontal bar | Horizontal bar | Horizontal bar | | | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Comp. | Vol. | Total | R | Total | Rank |
| Mincho Todorov | 9.30 | 9.30 | 18.60 | 23 | 9.35 | 9.10 | 18.45 | 40 | 8.95 | 8.50 | 17.45 | 81 | 9.15 | 9.20 | 18.35 | 62 | 9.00 | 8.95 | 17.95 | 72 | 9.30 | 9.05 | 18.35 | 44 | 109.15 | 43 |
| Vasil Konstantinov | 8.30 | 9.05 | 17.35 | 88 | 9.15 | 9.50 | 18.65 | 31 | 8.50 | 9.10 | 17.60 | 67 | 9.00 | 8.85 | 17.85 | 103 | 8.95 | 8.95 | 17.90 | 76 | 8.55 | 8.35 | 16.90 | 104 | 106.25 | 65 |
| Dimitar Yordanov | 8.60 | 8.65 | 17.25 | 93 | 9.20 | 9.25 | 18.45 | 44 | 7.00 | 8.55 | 15.55 | 116 | 9.05 | 9.05 | 18.10 | 85 | 8.90 | 9.15 | 18.05 | 66 | 9.10 | 9.15 | 18.25 | 49 | 105.65 | 68 |
| Nikolay Milev | 8.60 | 8.15 | 16.75 | 112 | 9.10 | 9.15 | 18.25 | 59 | 9.40 | 8.80 | 18.20 | 37 | 7.65 | 9.05 | 16.70 | 151 | 9.15 | 8.75 | 17.90 | 78 | 9.05 | 7.00 | 16.05 | 130 | 103.85 | 77 |
| Todor Todorov | 9.30 | 8.75 | 18.05 | 47 | 8.80 | 8.65 | 17.45 | 96 | 7.70 | 8.20 | 15.90 | 112 | 9.05 | 9.00 | 18.05 | 92 | 9.00 | 9.20 | 18.20 | 55 | 8.40 | 7.15 | 15.55 | 139 | 103.20 | 83 |
| Nikolay Atanasov | 7.00 | 8.25 | 15.25 | 155 | 9.15 | 8.80 | 17.95 | 72 | 8.95 | 8.30 | 17.25 | 82 | 9.05 | 8.85 | 17.90 | 100 | 8.65 | 8.30 | 16.95 | 121 | 8.20 | 8.45 | 16.65 | 114 | 101.95 | 96 |
| Iliya Topalov | 9.10 | 8.70 | 17.90 | 55 | 9.30 | 9.20 | 18.50 | 37 | 9.15 | 6.00 | 15.15 | 127 | 6.60 | 9.05 | 15.65 | 166 | 9.25 | 6.50 | 15.75 | 152 | 6.50 | 4.90 | 11.40 | 169 | 94.35 | 140 |
| Stoyan Stoyanov | 8.95 | - | 8.95 | 179 | 9.40 | - | 9.40 | 182 | 9.15 | - | 9.15 | 181 | 9.20 | - | 9.20 | 181 | 9.15 | - | 9.15 | 181 | 9.60 | 7.65 | 17.25 | 91 | 63.10 | 182 |
Individual
| Athlete | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Floor | Floor | Rings | Rings | Pommel horse | Pommel horse | Vault | Vault | Parallel bars | Parallel bars | Horizontal bar | Horizontal bar | | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Points | Ranking place | Points | Ranking | Points | Ranking | Points | Ranking | Points | Ranking | Points | Ranking | | |
| Mincho Todorov | 18.60 | 23 | 18.45 | 40 | 17.45 | 81 | 18.35 | 62 | 17.95 | 72 | 18.35 | 44 | 109.15 | 43 |
| Vasil Konstantinov | 17.35 | 88 | 18.65 | 31 | 17.60 | 67 | 17.85 | 103 | 17.90 | 76 | 16.90 | 104 | 106.25 | 65 |
| Dimitar Yordanov | 17.25 | 93 | 18.45 | 44 | 15.55 | 116 | 18.10 | 85 | 18.05 | 66 | 18.25 | 49 | 105.65 | 68 |
| Nikolay Milev | 16.75 | 114 | 18.25 | 59 | 18.20 | 37 | 16.70 | 151 | 17.90 | 78 | 16.05 | 130 | 103.85 | 77 |
| Todor Todorov | 18.05 | 50 | 17.45 | 96 | 15.90 | 112 | 18.05 | 92 | 18.20 | 55 | 15.55 | 139 | 103.20 | 83 |
| Nikolay Atanasov | 15.25 | 155 | 17.95 | 72 | 17.25 | 82 | 17.90 | 100 | 16.95 | 121 | 16.65 | 114 | 101.95 | 96 |
| Iliya Topalov | 17.90 | 57 | 18.50 | 37 | 15.15 | 127 | 15.65 | 166 | 15.75 | 152 | 11.40 | 169 | 94.35 | 140 |
| Stoyan Stoyanov | 8.95 | 179 | 9.40 | 182 | 9.15 | 181 | 9.20 | 181 | 9.15 | 181 | 17.25 | 91 | 63.10 | 182 |

### Team

| Athlete | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Apparatus (best 5 scores) | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Floor | Floor | Floor | Floor | Rings | Rings | Rings | Rings | Pommel horse | Pommel horse | Pommel horse | Pommel horse | Vault | Vault | Vault | Vault | Parallel bars | Parallel bars | Parallel bars | Parallel bars | Horizontal bar | Horizontal bar | Horizontal bar | Horizontal bar | | | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Comp. | Vol. | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Mincho Todorov Vasil Konstantinov Dimitar Yordanov Nikolay Milev Todor Todorov Nikolay Atanasov Iliya Topalov Stoyan Stoyanov | 45.25 | 44.55 | 89.80 | 9 | 46.40 | 46.20 | 92.60 | 7 | 45.60 | 43.25 | 88.85 | 10 | 45.45 | 45.40 | 90.85 | 15 | 45.55 | 45.00 | 90.55 | 11 | 45.60 | 42.65 | 88.25 | 11 | 540.90 | 9 |

## Shooting

Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Ivan Ivanov | Trap | 182 | 16 |
| Georgi Keranov | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 561 | 17 |
| Nikolay Khristozov | 50 m pistol | 500 | 41 |
| Stoyan Popov | 50 m pistol | 517 | 26 |
| Khristo Shopov | Trap | 168 | 30 |
| Todor Stanchev | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 552 | 25 |