Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Helsinki, Finland 19 July–3 August 1952
Competitors	63 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Boris Nikolov
Medals Ranked 40th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 63 competitors, 54 men and 9 women, took part in 34 events in 8 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Boris Nikolov	Boxing	Men's Middleweight	1 August

Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	192	143	+49	6
Bulgaria	3	2	1	163	182	−19	5
Mexico	3	1	2	172	171	+1	4
Finland	3	0	3	147	178	−31	3

Bulgaria

46–74

Soviet Union

Mexico

44–52

Bulgaria

Finland

64–65

Bulgaria

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.

Quarterfinals group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	194	187	+7	5
Argentina	3	2	1	226	174	+52	5
Bulgaria	3	1	2	177	220	−43	4
France	3	1	2	178	194	−16	4

Bulgaria

56–100

Argentina

Bulgaria

54–62

Uruguay

France

58–67

Bulgaria

Classification matches

5-8th-place match

Bulgaria

53–60

Chile

7th-place match

France

44–58

Bulgaria

Boxing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Petar Georgiev — 5:24:34.0 (→ 46th place)
• Boyan Kotsev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Ilya Velchev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Milcho Rosev — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Equestrian

Football

Preliminary round results

15 July 1952
19:00

Soviet Union	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bulgaria
Bobrov 100' Trofimov 104'	Report	Kolev 95'

Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka

Attendance: 10,637

Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)

 Bulgaria

Head coach: Krum Milev

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
DF	Boris Apostolov	20 January 1925	27	?	Spartak Sofia
FW	Petar Argirov	19 February 1923	29	?	Lokomotiv Sofia
MF	Stefan Bozhkov	20 September 1923	28	?	CSKA Sofia
MF	Georgi Eftimov	24 March 1931	21	?
FW	Ivan Kolev	1 November 1930	21	?	CSKA Sofia
DF	Manol Manolov	22 October 1926	25	?	CSKA Sofia
FW	Dimitar Milanov	18 October 1928	23	?	CSKA Sofia
FW	Panayot Panayotov	30 December 1930	21	?	CSKA Sofia
GK	Apostol Sokolov	23 October 1917	34	?	Spartak Sofia
FW	Dimitar Stoyanov	18 October 1927	24	?
MF	Gavril Stoyanov	9 July 1929	23	?	CSKA Sofia
FW	Krum Yanev	9 January 1929	23	?	CSKA Sofia

Gymnastics

Shooting

Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952.

Men