Bulgaria_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics References

Bulgaria at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	28 in 10 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
	1896; 1900–1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Boxing	2	2	4
Canoeing	0	1	1
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	1	8	9
Rowing	1	1	2
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	1	2
Weightlifting	3	0	3
Total	11	17	28

Boxing

Bulgaria entered four boxers (two 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] The other boxers, Rami Mofid Kiwan (men's welterweight) secured his spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Javier Ibáñez Díaz	Men's featherweight	0
Rami Mofid Kiwan	Men's welterweight	0
Stanimira Petrova	Women's bantamweight	0
Svetlana Staneva	Women's featherweight	0

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.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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)

Fencing

Bulgaria entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Yoana Ilieva qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the women's individual sabre event, at the 2024 Europe Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Differdange, Luxembourg.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yoana Ilieva	Women's sabre

Gymnastics

Artistic

Bulgaria entered two gymnasts (one male and one female) 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.^[4] Meanwhile, Valentina Georgieva secured a quota place by virtue of becoming one of the highest eligible gymnast in women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Kevin Penev	Vault	—				—				—				—

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Valentina Georgieva	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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual
	Individual

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
Athletes	Event	5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
	Group

Rowing

Bulgarian rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and 2024 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's single sculls
	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.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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)):^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petar Mitsin	Men's 400 m freestyle			—
Petar Mitsin	Men's 800 m freestyle			—
Josif Miladinov	Men's 100 m butterfly
Gabriela Georgieva	Women's 200 m backstroke

Taekwondo

Bulgaria qualified one athlete to compete at Paris 2024. Kimia Alizade secured her spot through the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kimia Alizade	Women's –57 kg

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.^[10]

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Semen Novikov	Men's −87 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bilyana Dudova	Women −62 kg

Weightlifting

Bulgaria entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Ivan Dimov (men's 61 kg), Bozhidar Andreev (men's 73 kg) and Karlos Nasar (men's 89 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ivan Dimov	Men's −61 kg
Bozhidar Andreev	Men's −73 kg
Karlos Nasar	Men's −89 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.
^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation Paris 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 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.

[1] "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.

[2] "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[3] "Canoe Sprint Quota Allocation Paris 2024" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[4] "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.

[5] "Stellar in Sofia, Raffaeli romps to World All-Around title in Rhythmic Gymnastics". FIG. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[6] 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.

[7] "Brilliant Bulgarian Group grabs All-Around gold at Sofia Rhythmic Worlds". FIG. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[8] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[9] "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[10] "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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