1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (Bulgaria)
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Bulgaria took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano with a delegation of 19 athletes in six disciplines in part, eight men and eleven women. The only medal win went to the biathlete Ekaterina Dafowska , who became Olympic champion in the individual race.
The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the ski racer Lyubomir Popov .
Participants by sport
biathlon
Men
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Georgi Kassabov
- 10 km sprint: 57th place (31: 09.5 min)
- 20 km individual: 67th place (1: 06: 59.5 h)
Women
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Ekaterina Dafowska
- 7.5 km sprint: 29th place (25: 06.7 min)
- 15 km individual: gold (54: 52.0 min)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 16th place (1: 48: 55.2 h)
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Pavlina Filipova
- 7.5 km sprint: 41st place (25: 34.8 min)
- 15 km individual: 4th place (55: 18.1 min)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 16th place (1: 48: 55.2 h)
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Valentina Pejchinova
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 16th place (1: 48: 55.2 h)
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Radka Popova
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: 16th place (1: 48: 55.2 h)
figure skating
Men
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Ivan Dinew
- 11th place (17.5)
Women
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Sofija Penkova
- 28th place (not qualified for the freestyle)
Ice dance
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Albena Denkowa & Maxim Stawiski
- 18th place (36.0)
Short track
Women
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Evgenia Radanova
- 500 m: 14th place (disqualified in the quarterfinals)
- 1000 m: 11th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)
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Daniela Wlaewa
- 500 m: 18th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)
- 1000 m: 19th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)
Alpine skiing
Men
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Petar Ditschew
- Slalom: race not finished
- Combination: disqualified in the slalom race
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Stefan Georgiev
- Giant Slalom: 32nd place (2: 50.89 min)
- Slalom: 22nd place (1: 56.12 min)
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Lyubomir Popov
- Giant slalom: race not finished
- Slalom: race not finished
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Angel Pumpalow
- Slalom: race not finished
Women
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Nadezhda Vasileva
- Slalom: 26th place (1: 45.44 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Slavcho Batinkov
- 10 km classic: 84th place (33: 23.2 min)
- 15 km pursuit: 61st place (49: 41.5 min)
- 30 km classic: 60th place (1: 50: 35.0 h)
Women
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Irina Nikultschina
- 5 km classic: 70th place (20: 52.6 min)
- 10 km pursuit: 53rd place (34: 13.5 min)
- 15 km classic: 63rd place (57: 07.2 min)
- 30 km freestyle: 28th place (1: 31: 04.7 h)
Snowboard
Women
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Maria Dimova
- Giant Slalom: 20th place (2: 42.84 min)
Web links
- Bulgaria at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )