Bulgaria at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria at the; 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Tokyo
Competitors	63 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Enyu Valchev
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 63 competitors, 56 men and 7 women, took part in 56 events in 9 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Enyu Valchev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	14 October
Gold	Prodan Gardzhev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	14 October
Gold	Boyan Radev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight	19 October
Silver	Stancho Kolev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	14 October
Silver	Angel Kerezov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight	19 October
Silver	Kiril Petkov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman welterweight	19 October
Silver	Velichko Velichkov	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	20 October
Silver	Lyutvi Ahmedov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	14 October
Bronze	Said Mustafov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	13 October
Bronze	Aleksandar Nikolov	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	21 October

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bogdan Ivanov	C-1 1000 m	4:48.39	3 Q	—		BYE		4:44.76	6
Georgi Todorov	K-1 1000 m	DNS		Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolina Ruseva	K-1 500 m	2:13.26	4 Q	—		2:15.49	4	Did not advance

One cyclist represented Bulgaria in 1964. Stefan Kirev from Kazanlak.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stefan Kirev	Men's 1000m time trial	1:13.06	15

Four shooters represented Bulgaria in 1964. Velichko Velichkov won the silver medal in the 50 m rifle, three positions event.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Soviet Union	9	8	1	17	25	5	5.000	415	279	1.487
2	Czechoslovakia	9	8	1	17	26	10	2.600	486	399	1.218
3	Japan	9	7	2	16	22	12	1.833	475	372	1.277
4	Romania	9	6	3	15	19	15	1.267	432	394	1.096
5	Bulgaria	9	5	4	14	20	16	1.250	464	429	1.082
6	Hungary	9	4	5	13	18	18	1.000	449	466	0.964
7	Brazil	9	3	6	12	13	23	0.565	410	474	0.865
8	Netherlands	9	2	7	11	11	24	0.458	378	482	0.784
9	United States	9	2	7	11	10	23	0.435	360	450	0.800
10	South Korea	9	0	9	9	9	27	0.333	376	500	0.752

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	16–14	15–10	15–6			46–30
14 Oct	Czechoslovakia	3–2	Bulgaria	15–13	13–15	15–11	7–15	15–11	65–65
15 Oct	Romania	3–2	Bulgaria	15–6	11–15	5–15	15–13	15–8	61–57
17 Oct	Japan	3–1	Bulgaria	15–10	12–15	15–6	15–10		57–41
18 Oct	Bulgaria	3–2	Netherlands	15–11	8–15	15–8	14–16	15–8	67–58
19 Oct	Bulgaria	3–0	United States	15–9	15–13	15–7			45–29
21 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	South Korea	15–4	12–15	15–11	15–9		57–39
22 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–2	16–14	15–13			46–29
23 Oct	Bulgaria	3–1	Hungary	15–9	15–12	12–15	15–8		57–44

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Bogomil Cvetanov	67,5 kg	125	7	107.5	13	125	19	357.5	15
Weliko Konarov	75 kg	130	7	130	5	155	13	415	8
Stancho Penchev	82.5 kg	135	10	130	12	160	14	425	11
Petar Tachev	90 kg	145	8	130	11	170	10	445	8
Ivan Veselinov	+90 kg	165	7	135	11	190	4	490	7

^ "Bulgaria at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

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