1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (Bulgaria)

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Bulgaria took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a delegation of 63 athletes (56 men and 7 women) in 56 competitions in nine sports.

The Bulgarian athletes won three gold, five silver and two bronze medals. Olympic champions were the wrestlers Enjo Waltschew in the freestyle lightweight and Prodan Gardschew in the freestyle middleweight and Bojan Radew in the light heavyweight of the Greco-Roman style. Enjo Waltschew was also the standard bearer at the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Stefan Panayotov

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Mikhail Mitzev

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Stoyan Pilichev

  Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Petar Daraktschiev

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Alexandar Nikolov

  Light Heavyweight: Bronze

• Kiril Pandov

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

Weightlifting

• Bogomil Petrov

  Lightweight: 15th place

• Velichko Konarov

  Middleweight: 8th place

• Stantscho Penchev

  Light Heavyweight: 11th place

• Petar Tachev

  Middle heavyweight: 8th place

• Ivan Veselinov

  Heavyweight: 7th place

canoe

Men

• Bogdan Ivanov

  Single Canoe 1000 m: 6th place

Women

• Nikolina Russewa

  Single kayak 500 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

athletics

Men

• Evgeny Jordanov

  High jump: 12th place

• Dimitar Khelbarov

  Pole vault: without a valid attempt

• Rajcho Zonev

  Long jump: 17th place

• Georgi Stojkowski

  Triple jump: 7th place

• Lyuben Gurgushinov

  Triple jump: 27th place

Women

• Sneschana Kerkowa

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Diana Jorgowa

  Long jump: 6th place

• Ivanka Christowa

  Shot put: 10th place

• Wirschinija Michajlowa

  Discus throw: 4th place

Cycling

• Stefan Kirew

  Track 1000 m time trial: 15th place

Wrestling

• Angel Keresow

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Tsvyatko Pashkulev

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Dinko Petrov

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Ivan Ivanov

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• Kiril Petkov

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Krali Bimbalow

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Bojan Radew

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Gold

• Radoslaw Kassabow

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Stojko Malov

  Flyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Mladen Georgiev

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Stancho Kolew

  Featherweight, freestyle: silver

• Enjo Waltschew

  Lightweight, freestyle: gold

• Petko Dermendschiev

  Welterweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Prodan Gardschew

  Middleweight, Freestyle: Gold

• Said Mustafow

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: bronze

• Lyutvi Djiber Akhmedov

  Heavyweight, freestyle: silver

shoot

• Dentscho Denew

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 18th place

  Free pistol 50 m: 15th place

• Todor Koslowski

  Free pistol 50 m: 23rd place

• Welitschko Welitschkow

  Small caliber rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: silver

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 10th place

• Marzel Koen

  Small bore rifle three-position fight 50 m: 23rd place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 25th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Nikola Prodanov

  Individual all-around: 23rd place

  Floor: 35th place

  Horse jump: 9th place

  Bars: 55th place

  Horizontal bar: 14th place

  Rings: 38th place

  Pommel horse: 40th place

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Velik Kapsasov

  Individual all-around: 37th place

  Floor: 84th place

  Horse jump: 48th place

  Bars: 83rd place

  Horizontal bar: 18th place

  Rings: 8th place

  Pommel horse: 60th place

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Georgi Adamov

  Individual all-around: 41st place

  Floor: 46th place

  Horse jump: 36th place

  Bars: 60th place

  Horizontal bar: 31st place

  Rings: 60th place

  Pommel horse: 60th place

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Todor Kondew

  Individual all-around: 55th place

  Floor: 26th place

  Horse jump: 90th place

  Bars: 66th place

  Horizontal bar: 55th place

  Rings: 65th place

  Pommel horse: 60th place

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Todor Batschvarow

  Individual all-around: 62nd place

  Floor: 76th place

  Horse jump: 69th place

  Bars: 45th place

  Horizontal bar: 59th place

  Rings: 71st place

  Pommel horse: 60th place

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

• Lyuben Christow

  Individual all-around: 79th place

  Floor: 98th place

  Horse jump: 54th place

  Bars: 112th place

  Horizontal bar: 29th place

  Rings: 74th place

  Pommel horse: 28th place

  Team all-around competition: 10th place

Women

• Rajna Grigorova

  Individual all-around: 46th place

  Floor: 53rd place

  Horse jump: 51st place

  Uneven bars: 42nd place

  Balance beam: 47th place

• Lilijana Alexandrowa

  Individual all-around: 57th place

  Floor: 58th place

  Horse jump: 51st place

  Uneven bars: 61st place

  Balance beam: 49th place

volleyball

Men

• 5th place

  Angel Koritarov

  Boris Giuderov

  Dimitar Karow

  Georgi Boyajiev

  Georgi Konstantinov

  Ivan Kochev

  Kiril Ivanov

  Lachesar Stoyanov

  Petar Krachmarov

  Petko Pantaleew

  Simeon Srandew

  Slavcho Slavov

Web links

• Bulgarian Olympic team from 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )