1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Bulgaria)
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Bulgaria participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with 112 athletes (102 men and 10 women) in 69 competitions in 13 sports.
The Bulgarian athletes won two gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Olympic champions were the Greco-Roman wrestlers Petar Kirov in the flyweight division and Bojan Radew in the light heavyweight division.
Medalist
gold
- Petar Kirov - wrestling, flyweight Greco-Roman
- Bojan Radew - Wrestling, Greco-Roman light heavyweight
silver
- Men's soccer team
- Osman Duraliew - Wrestling, Heavyweight Freestyle
- Enju Todorow - Wrestling, Featherweight Freestyle
- Enjo Waltschew - wrestling, lightweight freestyle
bronze
- Prodan Gardschew - Wrestling, Middleweight Freestyle
- Ivan Mikhailov - boxing, featherweight
- Georgi Stankow - boxing, light heavyweight
Participants by sport
basketball
- 10th place
Boxing
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Stefan Alexandrow
- Light flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16
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Nikola Zavov
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16
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Ivan Mikhailov
- Featherweight: bronze
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Stoyan Angelov Pilichev
- Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Petar Stoychev
- Light welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Ivan Kirjakov
- Welterweight: eliminated in the second round
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Simeon Georgiev
- Middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Georgi Stankow
- Light Heavyweight: Bronze
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Kiril Borisov Pandov
- Heavyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
Soccer
- silver
Weightlifting
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Atanas Kirov
- Bantamweight: 7th place
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Mladen Kuchev
- Featherweight: 9th place
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Petar Janew
- Featherweight: competition not over
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Kostadin Tilew
- Lightweight: 8th place
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Rilko Sankow Florow
- Lightweight: 12th place
canoe
- Men
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Boris Lyubenov
- Single Canoe 1000 m: 5th place
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Ivan Valov
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: 8th place
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Alexandar Damyanov
- Two-man canoe 1000 m: 8th place
athletics
- Men
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Ivajlo Sharankov
- Marathon: 30th place
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Nikola Simeonov
- Marathon: 42nd place
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Mikhail Shelev
- 3000 m obstacle: 6th place
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Georgi Stojkowski
- Triple jump: 9th place
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Jurov spas
- Decathlon: 16th place
- Women
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Snezhana Yurukova
- 80 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- Pentathlon: 14th place
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Jordanka Blagoewa
- High jump: 17th place
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Katja Lasowa
- High jump: 18th place
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Ivanka Christowa
- Shot put: 6th place
Modern pentathlon
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Antoni Panjowski
- Singles: 33rd place
- Team: 11th place
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Constantine Sardinhev
- Singles: 35th place
- Team: 11th place
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Ivan Apostolov
- Singles: 45th place
- Team: 11th place
Wrestling
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Petar Kirov
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: gold
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Christo Trajkov
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Dimitar Galintschew
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Stoyan Apostolov
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Metodi Tsarev
- Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Petar Krumov
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
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Bojan Radew
- Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: Gold
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Stefan Petrow
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
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Baju Baew
- Flyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Ivan Shavov
- Bantamweight, freestyle: 5th place
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Enju Todorov
- Featherweight, freestyle: silver
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Enjo Waltschew
- Lightweight, freestyle: silver
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Angel Sotirov
- Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 5th round
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Prodan Gardschew
- Middleweight, freestyle: bronze
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Said Mustafow
- Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place
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Osman Duraliew
- Heavyweight, freestyle: silver
rowing
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Atanas Shelev
- Double-twos: 4th place
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Jordan Waltschew
- Double-twos: 4th place
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Georgi Atanasov
- Two with a helmsman: 8th place
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Georgi Nikolov
- Two with a helmsman: 8th place
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Wesselin Staewski
- Two with a helmsman: 8th place
shoot
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Dentscho Denew
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 28th place
- Free pistol 50 m: 24th place
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Marzel Koen
- Small bore rifle, three position fight 50 m: 21st place
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 24th place
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Emilijan Wergow
- Small bore rifle three-position fight 50 m: 45th place
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Welitschko Welitschkow
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 64th place
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Atanas Tasew
- Skeet: 34th place
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Anton Manolow
- Skeet: 40th place
swim
- Men
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Angel Chakarov
- 200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Juljan Russew
- 200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- Women
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Maria Nikolova
- 100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run
do gymnastics
- Men
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Georgi Adamov
- Individual all-around: 58th place
- Floor: 87th place
- Horse jump: 30th place
- Bars: 31st place
- Horizontal bar: 33rd place
- Rings: 63rd place
- Pommel horse: 73rd place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Rajtscho Christow
- Individual all-around: 62nd place
- Floor: 9th place
- Horse jump: 54th place
- Bars: 85th place
- Horizontal bar: 19th place
- Rings: 91st place
- Pommel horse: 76th place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Stefan Soew
- Individual all-around: 68th place
- Floor: 61st place
- Horse jump: 43rd place
- Bars: 74th place
- Horizontal bar: 65th place
- Rings: 77th place
- Pommel horse: 67th place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Ivan Kondew
- Individual all-around: 68th place
- Floor: 18th place
- Horse jump: 43rd place
- Bars: 79th place
- Horizontal bar: 80th place
- Rings: 89th place
- Pommel horse: 53rd place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Rumen Gabrowski
- Individual all-around: 83rd place
- Floor: 51st place
- Horse jump: 54th place
- Bars: 74th place
- Horizontal bar: 100th place
- Rings: 68th place
- Pommel horse: 95th place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
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Boschidar Ivanov
- Individual all-around: 92nd place
- Floor: 83rd place
- Horse jump: 87th place
- Bars: 57th place
- Horizontal bar: 105th place
- Rings: 84th place
- Pommel horse: 95th place
- Team all-around competition: 11th place
- Women
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Marija Karaschka
- Individual all-around: 32nd place
- Floor: 49th place
- Horse jump: 24th place
- Uneven bars: 22nd place
- Balance beam: 37th place
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Vanya Marinova
- Individual all-around: 44th place
- Floor: 33rd place
- Horse jump: 38th place
- Uneven bars: 34th place
- Balance beam: 78th place
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Neli Stoyanova
- Individual all-around: 51st place
- Floor: 60th place
- Horse jump: 53rd place
- Uneven bars: 76th place
- Balance beam: 33rd place
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Wessela Paschewa
- Individual all-around: 51st place
- Floor: 60th place
- Horse jump: 60th place
- Uneven bars: 66th place
- Balance beam: 46th place
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
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Rajna Atanasova
- Individual all-around: 65th place
- Floor: 49th place
- Horse jump: 53rd place
- Uneven bars: 74th place
- Balance beam: 62nd place
- Team all-around competition: 8th place
volleyball
- Men
- 6th place
Web links
- Bulgarian Olympic team from 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1968 Summer Olympics (pdf)