Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Bulgarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1924 onwards, except for three occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's instigation in World War II, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and Soviet boycott, respectively.
| Bulgaria at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BUL |
| NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 18 in 7 sports |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Boxing
Bulgaria entered three boxers (one male and two female) into the Olympic tournament. Cuban-born and Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympian Javier Ibáñez Díaz (men's featherweight) and Svetlana Staneva (women's featherweight), with women's bantamweight boxer Stanimira Petrova going to her third consecutive Games, secured the spots on the Bulgarian squad in their respective weight divisions by advancing to the semifinal match at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| Javier Ibáñez Díaz | Men's featherweight | ||||||
| Stanimira Petrova | Women's bantamweight | ||||||
| Svetlana Staneva | Women's featherweight | ||||||
Canoeing
Sprint
Bulgarian canoeists qualified one boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Women's K-1 500 m | |||||||||
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Gymnastics
Artistic
Bulgaria entered one male gymnasts into the games. Kevin Penev directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's vault at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[2]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Kevin Penev | Vault | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Rhythmic
Bulgaria entered a squad of rhythmic gymnasts to compete each in the individual and group all-around competition, following the nation's successful top-three finish in the qualifying round at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia.[3][4][5]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | ||
| Individual | |||||||||||||
| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 apps | 3+2 apps | Total | Rank | 5 apps. | 3+2 apps | Total | Rank | ||
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Group | ||||||||
Rowing
Bulgarian rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Women's single sculls | |||||||||
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
Shooting
Bulgarian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Men's 10 m air pistol | |||||||
| Women's 25 m pistol | |||||||
Swimming
Bulgarian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[7]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Petar Mitsin | Men's 400 m freestyle | — | |||||
| Men's 800 m freestyle | — | ||||||
| Josif Miladinov | Men's 100 m butterfly | ||||||
Wrestling
Bulgaria qualified one wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Semen Novikov qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[8]
Key:
- VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
- VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
- PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
- ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- Greco-Roman
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Semen Novikov | Men's −87 kg | ||||||
References
- "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- "Stellar in Sofia, Raffaeli romps to World All-Around title in Rhythmic Gymnastics". FIG. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- Bregman, Scott (16 September 2022). "Bulgaria, Israel and Spain punch tickets for group rhythmic gymnastics at Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- "Brilliant Bulgarian Group grabs All-Around gold at Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". FIG. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.