Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors	98 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Georgi Panov
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 89 men and 9 women, took part in 66 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dimitar Dobrev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight	31 August
Silver	Krali Bimbalov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light heavyweight	31 August
Silver	Nezhdet Zalev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	6 September
Silver	Stancho Ivanov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	6 September
Bronze	Velik Kapsazov	Gymnastics	Men's rings	10 September
Bronze	Dinko Petrov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight	30 August
Bronze	Enyu Valchev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	5 September

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mikhail Bachvarov	Men's 100 m	11.0	5	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m	22.2	5	Did not advance
Snezhana Kerkova	Women's 100 m	12.66	4 Q	12.80	7	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m	DNS		Did not advance
	Women's 80 m hurdles	11.73	3	—N/a		Did not advance
Tsvetana Isaeva	Women's 800 m	DNS		—N/a				Did not advance

Field events

Men's

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dimitar Khlebarov	Men's pole vault	63.34	12 q	4.30	11
Khristo Khristov		4.40	1 Q	4.40	10
Dodyu Patarinski	Men's triple jump	15.37	19	Did not advance
Lyuben Gurgushinov		DNS		Did not advance
Todor Artarski	Men's shot put	DNS		Did not advance
	Men's discus throw	53.33	11 Q	52.12	20

Women's

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lidiya Sharamovich	Women's shot put	14.09	13	Did not advance
Tsvetanka Krasteva		13.99	14	Did not advance

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	201	192	+9	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	193	199	−6	5
France	3	1	2	187	190	−3	4
Bulgaria	3	1	2	209	209	0	4

Men's

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stoyan Petkov	Bantamweight	Armstrong (USA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Dimitar Stoilov	Lightweight	Bye	Gwang-ju  (KOR) L 1-4	Did not advance
Aleksandar Mitsev	Light welterweight	Bye	Daniels (USA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Shishman Mitsev	Welterweight	Bye	Gonzalez (ARG) W 3-2	Sadok  (TUN) W 3-2	Benvenuti (ITA) L 0-5	Did not advance
Vasil Paparizov	Middleweight	—N/a	Bye	Monea (ROU) L 0-5	Did not advance
Petar Spasov	Light heavyweight	—N/a	Ould (GBR) W 4-1	Aho (FIN) W 5-0	Pietrzykowski (POL) L 0-5	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Lyubenov	C-1 1000 m	4:47.65	2 Q	—N/a		4:44.93	2 Q	4:42.52	8
Marin Gopov Toma Sokolov	C-2 1000 m	4:39.68	6 Q	4:48.06	2 Q	—N/a		4:31.52	6
Lyubomir Oresharov	K-1 1000 m	DNS		did not advance
Ivan Simeonov Lyubomir Oresharov	K-2 1000 m	3:49.88	6 Q	3:53.27	4	did not advance

Five male cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1960.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stoyan Demirev	Men's road race	4:25:44	52
Dimitar Kotev		DNF
Boyan Kotsev		DNF
Ognyan Toshev		DNF
Boyan Kotsev Dimitar Kotev Ognyan Toshev Stoyan Demirev	Team time trial	2:26:20.48	17

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Boncho Novakov	Men's 1000m time trial	1:11.73	18

Two fencers, both men, represented Bulgaria in 1960.

Men's foil

• Boris Stavrev
• Asen Dyakovski

Men's sabre

• Boris Stavrev
• Asen Dyakovski

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	5
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5
United Arab Republic	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7	1
Turkey	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

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Five shooters represented Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Dencho Denev	50 m pistol	—N/a		532	24
Martsel Koen	50 m rifle prone	391	3 Q	585	8
Todor Kozlovski	50 m pistol	—N/a		532	25
Ivan Lazarov	50 m rifle three positions	549	15 Q	1120	20
Velichko Velichkov	50 m rifle three positions	555	11 Q	1128	14
	50 m rifle prone	377	32	did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kiril Georgiev	60 kg	95	11	100	7	130	8	325	9
Ivan Yordanov	67,5 kg	100	24	NVL	AC	DNS		100	DNF
Ivan Abadzhiev	75 kg	107.5	17	122.5	3	140	12	370	12
Mikhail Abadzhiev		105	18	NVL	AC	DNS		105	DNF
Petar Tachev	82.5 kg	130	2	125	3	160	6	415	6
Vladimir Savov	90 kg	110	20	137.5	2	165	5	412.5	6
Ivan Veselinov	+90 kg	140	9	130	7	NVL	AC	270	DNF

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