# Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria was represented by 72 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

## Medalists

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

## Archery

The country has allocated one spot in the men's individual event. Daniel Pavlov qualified at the 2007 World Championships.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Daniel Pavlov | Men's individual | 618 | 59 | Tsyrempilov (RUS) (6) L 102–112 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Desislav Gunev | 100 m | 10.66 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Desislav Gunev | 200 m | 21.55 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Nikolay Atanasov | Long jump | 7.54 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Spas Bukhalov | Pole vault | 5.45 | =25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Iliyan Efremov | Pole vault | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgi Ivanov | Shot put | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Momchil Karailiev | Triple jump | 17.12 | 11 Q | 16.48 | 11 |
| Kolyo Neshev | Javelin throw | 66.00 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Inna Eftimova | 100 m | 11.67 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Inna Eftimova | 200 m | 23.50 | 5 Q | 23.48 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tsvetelina Kirilova | 400 m hurdles | 55.22 | 3 Q | — | — | 55.97 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivet Lalova | 100 m | 11.33 | 1 Q | 11.40 | 3 Q | 11.51 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivet Lalova | 200 m | 23.13 | 5 Q | 23.15 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tezdzhan Naimova | 100 m | 11.70 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dobrinka Shalamanova | 3000 m steeplechase | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniela Yordanova | 1500 m | Withdrew for failing the drug test* | Withdrew for failing the drug test* | Withdrew for failing the drug test* | Withdrew for failing the drug test* | Withdrew for failing the drug test* | Withdrew for failing the drug test* | Withdrew for failing the drug test* | Withdrew for failing the drug test* |
* On 13 June 2008, Daniela Yordanova was tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia.

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Gita Dodova | Triple jump | 13.53 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Venera Getova | Discus throw | 54.00 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rumyana Karapetrova | Javelin throw | 40.15 | 52 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

| 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 |
| Petya Nedelcheva | Women's singles | Persson (SWE) W 21–10, 21–10 | Hosny (EGY) W 21–7, 21–4 | Wong M C (MAS) L 16–21, 8–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Bulgaria had qualified two boxers for the Olympics: Boris Georgiev, light welterweight, European gold medalist in 2006 and 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 | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Boris Georgiev | Light welterweight | Molina (USA) W 14–1 | Mönkh-Erdene (MGL) L 3–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kubrat Pulev | Super heavyweight | — | Rivas (COL) L 5–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Adnan Aliev Deyan Georgiev | Men's C-2 500 m | 1:43.428 | 5 QS | 1:42.891 | 2 Q | 1:43.971 | 7 |
| Adnan Aliev Deyan Georgiev | Men's C-2 1000 m | 3:54.111 | 6 QS | 3:45.019 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Daniel Petrov | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Evgeniy Gerganov | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### 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 |
| Yordan Yovchev | Rings | — | — | 16.275 | — | — | — | 16.275 | 2 Q | — | — | 15.525 | — | — | — | 15.525 | 8 |

#### 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 | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Nikolina Tankusheva | All-around | 12.850 | 13.850 | 12.700 | 12.075 | 51.475 | 61 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Rhythmic

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rope | Hoop | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Rope | Hoop | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Elizabeth Paisieva | Individual | 16.175 | 16.400 | 16.200 | 14.525 | 63.300 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| 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 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 5 ropes | 3 hoops 2 clubs | Total | Rank | 5 ropes | 3 hoops 2 clubs | Total | Rank |
| Tsveta Kuseva Yolita Manolova Zornitsa Marinova Maya Paunovska Yoanna Tancheva Tatyana Tongova | Team | 16.825 | 16.875 | 33.700 | 5 Q | 16.750 | 16.800 | 33.550 | 5 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ivo Yanakiev Martin Yanakiev | Double sculls | 6:45.03 | 4 R | 6:24.70 | 3 SA/B | 6:26.62 | 4 FB | 6:45.91 | 10 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rumyana Neykova | Single sculls | 7:56.07 | 1 QF | 7:22.37 | 1 SA/B | 7:33.29 | 2 FA | 7:22.34 | |
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

## Sailing
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Irina Konstantinova-Bontemps | RS:X | 18 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 13 | EL | 101 | 12 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

## Shooting
### Men

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

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Desislava Balabanova | 10 m air rifle | 393 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Desislava Balabanova | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 574 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariya Grozdeva | 10 m air pistol | 382 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariya Grozdeva | 25 m pistol | 583 | 5 Q | 786.6 | 5 |
| Irena Tanova | 10 m air pistol | 377 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irena Tanova | 25 m pistol | 289 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mihail Alexandrov | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.69 NR | 14 Q | 1:00.61 NR | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mihail Alexandrov | 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.94 NR | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mihail Alexandrov | 200 m individual medley | 2:00.70 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgi Palazov | 100 m butterfly | 55.25 | 60 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgi Palazov | 200 m butterfly | 2:01.84 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petar Stoychev | 1500 m freestyle | 15:28.84 | 30 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petar Stoychev | 10 km open water | — | — | — | — | 1:52:09.1 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nina Rangelova | 200 m freestyle | 2:00.66 NR | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| 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 |
| Tsvetana Pironkova | Women's singles | Domachowska (POL) W 6–3, 6–4 | Cibulková (SVK) L 2–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Men's indoor 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.
Head Coach: Martin Stoev
| № | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2008 club |
| 1 | Evgeni Ivanov | 3 June 1974 | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 351 cm (138 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| 2 | Hristo Tsvetanov | 29 March 1978 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Budvanska Rivijera Budva |
| 3 | Andrey Zhekov | 12 March 1980 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 326 cm (128 in) | Patron Patra |
| 4 | Boyan Yordanov | 12 March 1983 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 358 cm (141 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Olympiacos |
| 5 | Krasimir Gaydarski | 23 February 1983 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Olympiacos |
| 6 | Matey Kaziyski | 23 September 1984 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 370 cm (150 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Trentino Volley |
| 11 | Vladimir Nikolov | 3 October 1977 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 325 cm (128 in) | Trentino Volley |
| 13 | Teodor Salparov (c) | 16 August 1982 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | CSKA Sofia |
| 14 | Kostadin Stoykov | 7 December 1977 | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 349 cm (137 in) | 329 cm (130 in) | VC Nova |
| 15 | Todor Aleksiev | 21 April 1983 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 347 cm (137 in) | 327 cm (129 in) | Levski Siconco |
| 17 | Plamen Konstantinov (L) | 14 June 1973 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Iraklis |
| 18 | Ivan Tasev | 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SPW | SPL | SPR | SW | SL | SR | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 460 | 371 | 1.240 | 15 | 4 | 3.750 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 439 | 401 | 1.095 | 13 | 6 | 2.167 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 446 | 440 | 1.014 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 445 | 492 | 0.904 | 9 | 13 | 0.692 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 421 | 451 | 0.933 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 392 | 448 | 0.875 | 4 | 15 | 0.267 | |
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

#### Quarterfinal
## Wrestling

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, but he was involved in a car accident, prompting him not to compete. Eventually, the freed spot was taken by Mike Zadick from the United States.
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 | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Radoslav Velikov | −55 kg | Bye | Cejudo (USA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Gochashvili (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Sevdimov (AZE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Serafim Barzakov | −66 kg | Bye | Jung Y-H (KOR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Tushishvili (GEO) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Kiril Terziev | −74 kg | Bye | Jokar (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Gitinov (KGZ) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | Saitiev (RUS) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Bye | Bye | Fundora (CUB) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | |
| Bozhidar Boyadzhiev | −120 kg | Akhmedov (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Masoumi (IRI) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Venelin Venkov | −55 kg | Sourian (IRI) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Armen Nazaryan | −60 kg | Bedinadze (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Sasamoto (JPN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Rahimov (AZE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Sheng J (CHN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | 7 |
| Nikolay Gergov | −66 kg | Bye | Eroğlu (TUR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Kovalenko (RUS) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Begaliev (KGZ) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Bye | Vardanyan (UKR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 5 |
| Yavor Yanakiev | −74 kg | Bye | Chang Yx (CHN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Barrera (PER) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Mikhalovich (BLR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Kaloyan Dinchev | −96 kg | Bye | Švec (CZE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Ivan Ivanov | −120 kg | Bye | Szczepaniak (FRA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Elina Vaseva | −63 kg | Bye | Dunn (GUM) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Kartashova (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Shalygina (KAZ) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | 7 |
| Stanka Zlateva | −72 kg | — | Akuffo (CAN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Unda (ESP) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Wieszczek (POL) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Bye | Bye | Wang J (CHN) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | |

## Weightlifting controversy

The Bulgarian Olympic Committee initially selected a team of 8 athletes, 6 men and 2 women, for weightlifting, but decided to withdraw its entire weightlifting delegation to the games, after its athletes had been tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid substance.