Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Seoul
Competitors171 in 16 sports
Flag bearer Vasil Etropolski
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
10
Silver
12
Bronze
13
Total
35
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Bulgaria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Bulgaria ranked 5th overall by medal count with 35 medals won. 171 competitors, 104 men and 67 women, took part in 120 events in 16 sports.[1] The nation returned to the Olympic Games after being forced to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Sevdalin Marinov Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 18 September
 Gold Atanas Komshev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg 20 September
 Gold Borislav Gidikov Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 22 September
 Gold Tanya Dangalakova Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 23 September
 Gold Lubomir Geraskov Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 24 September
 Gold Tanyu Kiryakov Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol 24 September
 Gold Hristo Markov Athletics Men's triple jump 24 September
 Gold Vanya Gesheva Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 30 September
 Gold Yordanka Donkova Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles 30 September
 Gold Ivaylo Hristov Boxing Light flyweight 1 October
 Silver Zhivko Vangelov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg 20 September
 Silver Stefan Topurov Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 20 September
 Silver Vesela Lecheva Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions 21 September
 Silver Rangel Gerovski Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 21 September
 Silver Stoyan Balov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 22 September
 Silver Antoaneta Frenkeva Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke 23 September
 Silver Lalka Berberova
Radka Stoyanova		 Rowing Women's coxless pair 24 September
 Silver Ivan Tsonov Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 29 September
 Silver Vanya Gesheva
Diana Paliyska		 Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 30 September
 Silver Stefka Kostadinova Athletics Women's high jump 30 September
 Silver Adriana Dunavska Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 30 September
 Silver Aleksandar Hristov Boxing Bantamweight 1 October
 Bronze Bratan Tsenov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 20 September
 Bronze Antoaneta Frenkeva Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 21 September
 Bronze Aleksandar Varbanov Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 22 September
 Bronze Stefka Madina
Violeta Ninova		 Rowing Women's double sculls 24 September
 Bronze Magdalena Georgieva Rowing Women's single sculls 25 September
 Bronze Diana Dudeva Gymnastics Women's floor 25 September
 Bronze Tsvetanka Hristova Athletics Women's discus throw 29 September
 Bronze Manuela Maleeva Tennis Women's singles 29 September
 Bronze Simeon Shterev Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 29 September
 Bronze Martin Marinov Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 30 September
 Bronze Rahmat Sofiadi Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 30 September
 Bronze Nikolay Buhalov Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 1 October
 Bronze Vanya Gesheva
Borislava Ivanova
Diana Paliyska
Ognyana Petrova		 Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 1 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 10 12 22
Basketball 0 12 12
Boxing 11 – 11
Canoeing 8 4 12
Fencing 5 0 5
Gymnastics 6 8 14
Judo 5 – 5
Rowing 14 21 35
Shooting 4 2 6
Swimming 2 6 8
Table tennis 1 1 2
Tennis 0 2 2
Volleyball 12 0 12
Weightlifting 6 – 6
Wrestling 20 – 20
Total 104 68 172

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Evgeni Ignatov 5000 m 13:43.42 5 Q — 13:24.76 6 Q 13:26.41 8
10000 m 28:15.63 5 Q — 28:09.32 12
Lyubomir Ivanov 20 km walk — 1:28:43 43
Toma Tomov 400 m hurdles 49.66 4 q — 48.90 5 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Viktor Apostolov Hammer throw 71.10 20 did not advance
Gueorgui Gueorguiev Discus throw 61.34 12 q 61.24 11
Khristo Markov Triple jump 16.91 4 Q 17.61
Plamen Minev Hammer throw 74.46 14 did not advance
Ivan Tanev 76.24 9 q 76.08 8
Atanas Tarev Pole vault NM did not advance
Gueorgui Todorov Shot put 19.68 13 did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yordanka Donkova 100 m hurdles 12.89 4 Q 12.47 1 Q 12.58 1 Q 12.38 OR
Nadezhda Georgieva 200 m 22.80 3 Q 22.60 7 Q 22.67 5 did not advance
Anelia Nuneva 100 m 11.09 1 Q 10.96 1 Q 11.00 2 Q 11.49 8
Ginka Zagorcheva 100 m hurdles DNF did not advance
Tsvetanka Ilieva
Valya Demireva-Valova
Nadezhda Georgieva
Yordanka Donkova 		4 × 100 m relay 43.92 4 Q — 43.07 3 Q 43.02 5
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Lyudmila Andonova High jump 1.92 8 Q 1.93 5
Tsvetanka Khristova Discus throw 65.92 4 Q 69.74
Stefka Kostadinova High jump 1.92 8 Q 2.01
Svetla Mitkova Discus throw 64.68 6 Q 69.14 4
Shot Put 19.53 10 Q 19.09 10
Antoaneta Selenska Javelin throw 64.60 4 Q 56.78 11
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Svetla Dimitrova Result 13.24 1.80 12.02 23.49 6.19 37.62 2:15.73 6171 12
Points 1089 978 662 1030 908 622 882

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Bulgaria roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]

Bulgaria women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
4 Nina Khadzhiyankova 25 – (1963-09-18)18 September 1963 France
5 Larisa Spasova 28 – (1960-08-22)22 August 1960 Bulgaria
6 Mariana Naydenova 26 – (1962-02-11)11 February 1962
7 Tsonka Vaysilova 21 – (1967-02-20)20 February 1967 Bulgaria
8 Vanya Dermendzhieva 29 – (1958-12-03)3 December 1958 West Germany
9 Sonya Dragomirova 27 – (1961-09-07)7 September 1961 Bulgaria
10 Radmila Vasileva 24 – (1964-01-05)5 January 1964 Bulgaria
11 Kostadinka Radkova 26 – (1962-06-27)27 June 1962 France
12 Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova 26 – (1962-02-25)25 February 1962 Bulgaria
13 Madlena Staneva 25 – (1963-06-01)1 June 1963 France
C 14 Polina Tzekova 20 – (1968-04-30)30 April 1968 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) WBC Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria
15 Mariana Chobanova 23 – (1965-09-13)13 September 1965 Portugal
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 178 196 −18 5[a] Semifinals
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 208 188 +20 5[a]
3  Bulgaria 3 1 2 217 241 −24 4[b] Classification round
4  South Korea (H) 3 1 2 244 222 +22 4[b]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea
19 September 1988
11:45
Bulgaria  62–91  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17
Rebs: Staneva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 3		 Pts: Zasulskaya 23
Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10
Asts: Minkh 4
22 September 1988
19:30
Australia  63–57  Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 31–30, 32–27
Pts: Maher 20
Rebs: Maher 9
Asts: Timms 3		 Pts: Slavcheva 15
Rebs: Slavcheva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 2
25 September 1988
19:30
Bulgaria  98–87  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–51, 50–36
Pts: Slavcheva 39
Rebs: Slavcheva 8
Asts: Kostourkova 3		 Pts: Choi 26
Rebs: Choi, Sung 7
Asts: 5 players 1
Classification 5–8
27 September 1988
19:30
Bulgaria  81–78  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 49–42, 32–36
Pts: Radkova 25
Rebs: Radkova 6
Asts: Khadzhiyankova, Slavcheva 3		 Pts: Janoštinová 27
Rebs: Dobrovičová 9
Asts: Kysilková, Nováková 3
Classification 5/6
29 September 1988
9:45
Bulgaria  102–74  China
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22
Rebs: Staneva 8
Asts: Radkova 2		 Pts: Zheng 23
Rebs: Cong, Peng 5
Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ivailo Marinov Light Flyweight BYE  Mark Epton (GBR)
W 5–0 		 Henry Martínez (ESA)
W 5–0 		 Alexander Makhmutov (URS)
W 5–0 		 Leopoldo Serrantes (PHI)
W 5–0 		 Michael Carbajal (USA)
W 5–0
Serafim Todorov Flyweight  David Griman (VEN)
W 4–1 		 Setsuo Segawa (JPN)
W 5–0 		 Gamal El-Komy (EGY)
W WO 		 Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR)
L 1–4 		did not advance
Aleksandar Khristov Bantamweight  Peter Anok (SUD)
W 4–1 		 Byun Jung-Il (KOR)
W 4–1 		 Jimmy Majanya (SWE)
W 5–0 		 Alexander Artemev (URS)
W 3–2 		 Jorge Julio Rocha (COL)
W 3–2 		 Kennedy McKinney (USA)
L 0–5
Kirkor Kirkorov Featherweight  Diego Drumm (GDR)
W 5–0 		 Jamie Pagendam (CAN)
W WO 		 Lee Jae-Hyuk (KOR)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Emil Chuprenski Lightweight BYE  Eduardo de la Peña (GUA)
W 5–0 		 Mark Kennedy (JAM)
W 5–0 		 Romallis Ellis (USA)
L 2–3 		did not advance
Borislav Abadzhiev Light Welterweight  Vukasin Dobrasinovic (YUG)
L 2–3 		did not advance
Khristo Furnigov Welterweight BYE  Gregory Griffiths (BAR)
W 		 Abdoukerim Hamidou (TOG)
W 5–0 		 Robert Wangila (KEN)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Angel Stoyanov Light Middleweight BYE  Torsten Schmitz (GDR)
L 2–3 		did not advance
Deyan Kirilov Light Heavyweight  Damir Škaro (YUG)
L 2–3 		did not advance
Svilen Rusinov Heavyweight BYE  Andrzej Golota (POL)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Petar Stoimenov Super Heavyweight BYE  Peter Hrivnák (TCH)
L RSC-2 		did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Martin Marinov C-1 500 m 1:52.74 2 Q BYE 1:55.61 1 Q 1:57.27
Nikolay Bukhalov C-1 1000 m 4:09.57 3 Q BYE 4:07.23 2 Q 4:18.94
Deyan Bonev
Petar Bozhilov 		C-2 500 m 1:44.53 1 Q BYE 1:48.60 3 Q 1:44.32 4
C-2 1000 m 4:01.42 5 Q 4:06.91 2 Q 3:54.98 3 Q 4:11.62 9
Nikolay Yordanov
Petar Godev
Borislav Tsvetkov
Ivan Marinov 		K-4 1000 m 3:15.00 6 Q 3:09.30 2 Q 3:11.56 4 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vanja Gesheva K-1 500 m 1:55.44 1 Q — 1:56.26 2 Q 1:55.19
Vanja Gesheva
Diana Paliiska 		K-2 500 m 1:44.52 1 Q BYE 1:52.48 2 Q 1:44.06
Vanja Gesheva
Diana Paliiska
Ogniana Petkova
Borislava Ivanova 		K-4 500 m 1:39.40 2 Q — BYE 1:42.63

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1988.

Men

Individual

Athlete Event Elimination Round Round I Repechage Round I Round II Repechage Round II Round III Repechage Round III Round IV Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Khristo Etropolski Individual sabre Q did not advance
Vasil Etropolski Q did not advance
Nikolay Marincheshki did not advance

Team

Athlete Event Elimination Round 1/16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Khristo Etropolski
Vasil Etropolski
Nikolay Marincheshki
Nikolay Mateev
Georgi Chomakov 		Team sabre  Hungary (HUN)
L 2–9
 France (FRA)
L 3–9 		— 8

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Petar Gueorguiev All-around 18.95 19.55 19.35 19.30 19.50 18.95 115.60 39 did not advance
Stoyko Gochev 19.20 19.10 19.55 18.90 19.65 19.55 115.95 36 did not advance
Lyubomir Gueraskov 19.50 19.90 19.70 19.15 19.40 19.10 116.75 21 Q 9.550 9.900 9.800 9.500 9.700 9.800 116.625 23
Kalofer Hristozov 19.80 19.55 19.80 19.30 19.75 19.50 117.70 6 Q 9.800 9.900 9.900 9.650 9.850 9.800 117.750 6
Deyan Kolev 19.45 19.00 19.65 19.65 19.35 19.20 116.30 30 did not advance
Dimitar Taskov 19.50 19.65 19.45 19.45 19.25 19.45 116.75 21 Q 9.550 9.800 9.750 9.850 9.900 9.900 117.125 20
Kalofer Hristozov
Lyubomir Gueraskov
Deyan Kolev
Dimitar Taskov
Stoyko Gochev
Petar Gueorguiev 		Team all-around — 97.45 97.90 98.15 96.90 97.85 96.85 585.100 5
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Lyubomir Gueraskov Pommel horse — 19.950 — 19.950
Kalofer Hristozov Floor 19.750 — 19.750 7
Rings — 19.825 — 19.825 4
Parallel bars — 19.725 — 19.725 4
Deyan Kolev Vault — 19.737 — 19.737 4
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F UB BB V F UB BB V
Diana Doudeva All-around 19.800 19.600 19.625 19.625 39.325 9 Q 9.800 9.875 9.825 9.900 78.725 9
Khrabrina Khrabrova All-around 19.225 18.475 18.725 19.600 76.025 62 did not advance
Maria Kartalova All-around 19.500 19.250 19.150 19.350 77.250 35 did not advance
Ivelina Raykova All-around 19.575 19.400 19.325 19.550 77.850 20 did not advance
Boriana Stoyanova All-around 19.300 19.300 19.525 19.825 38.975 17 Q 9.775 9.875 9.725 9.850 78.200 13
Deliana Vodenitcharova All-around 19.750 19.500 19.475 19.600 39.162 15 Q 9.700 9.800 9.775 9.900 78.337 12
Diana Doudeva
Khrabrina Khrabrova
Maria Kartalova
Ivelina Raykova
Boriana Stoyanova
Deliana Vodenitcharova 		Team all-around — 98.200 97.125 97.125 98.100 390.550 5
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F UB BB V
Diana Doudeva Floor 19.850 — 19.850
Balance beam — 19.724 — 19.724 6
Boriana Stoyanova Vault — 19.780 19.780 4
Deliana Vodenitcharova Floor 19.837 — 19.837 4

Rhythmic gymnastics

Athlete Event Final
Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total Prelim Total Total Rank
Adriana Dunavska Individual 10.000 10.000 10.000 10.000 40.000 19.950 59.950
Bianka Panova 10.000 10.000 10.000 10.000 40.000 19.725 59.725 4

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Pavel Botev −60 kg BYE  Mikhalakis Skouroumounis (CYP)
W 0010–0000 		 Patrick Roux (FRA)
L 0000–0010 		did not advance
Ivo Kostadinov −65 kg  Mark Adshead (GBR)
W 0001–0000 		 Guido Schumacher (GER)
W 1000–0000 		 Janusz Pawłowski (POL)
L 0000–1000 		— BYE  Philip Laats (BEL)
L 0000–0010 		did not advance
Georgi Petrov −86 kg BYE  Ng Chiu Fan (HKG)
W 1000–0000 		 János Gyáni (HUN)
L 0000–1000 		did not advance
Marko Valev −95 kg —  Juri Fazi (ITA)
L 0000–0100 		did not advance
Dimitar Zapryanov +95 kg —  Roger Vachon (FRA)
W 0010–0000 		 Hitoshi Saito (JPN)
L 0000–1000 		— BYE  Lansana Coly (SEN)
W 1000–0000 		 Mohamed Rashwan (EGY)
W 0001–0000 		 Cho Yong-chul (KOR)
L 0000–0001 		5

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vasil Radev
Daniel Yordanov 		Double sculls 6:17.92 3 R 6:41.10 2 Q 6:20.33 4 FB 7:04.39 8
Emil Groytsev
Atanas Andreev
Stefan Stoykov 		Coxed pair 7:15.24 2 Q BYE 7:01.23 1 Q 7:03.04 5
Rumen Aleksiev
Emil Bondev
Yuri Dyulgerov
Ivo Gelov
Dimitar Kamburski
Ventseslav Kanchev
Ivan Stanev
Dimitar Tonchev
Nikola Zlatanov 		Eight 5:48.25 4 R 5:40.93 3 FB — 5:49.99 8
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Magdalena Georgieva Single sculls 7:50.64 1 Q BYE 7:35.47 1 Q 7:53.65
Violeta Ninova
Stefka Madina 		Double sculls 7:32.82 2 R 7:24.96 1 Q — 7:06.03
Radka Stoyanova
Lalka Berberova 		Coxless pair 7:48.68 2 R 7:50.94 1 Q — 7:31.95
Pavlina Khristova
Galina Anakhrieva
Iskra Velinova
Krasimira Tocheva 		Quadruple sculls 6:23.22 1 Q — 6:24.10 4
Teodora Zareva
Violeta Zareva
Miglena Mikhaleva
Svetla Durchova
Greta Georgieva
Olya Stoichkova
Mariana Stoyanova
Katia Todorova 		Coxed four 7:11.59 2 R 7:20.78 FB — 7:02.27 4
Emilia Mikhaleva
Teodora Zareva
Violeta Zareva
Nevyana Ivanova
Olya Stoichkova
Todorka Vasileva
Rita Todorova
Mariana Stoyanova
Daniela Oronova
Greta Georgieva 		Eight 6:47.99 4 R 2 Q — 6:25.02 5

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Lyubtcho Diakov 50 m pistol 554 23 did not advance
10 m air pistol 575 23 did not advance
Tanyu Kiryakov 50 m pistol 566 3 Q 656 4
10 m air pistol 585 3 Q 687.9 OR
Georgi Poliakov 50 m rifle three positions 1161 28 did not advance
50 m rifle prone 593 32 did not advance
10 m air rifle 582 31 did not advance
Petar Zaprianov 50 m rifle three positions 1162 27 did not advance
50 m rifle prone 590 41 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Vesela Letcheva 50 m rifle three positions 583 6 683.2
10 m air rifle 389 17 did not advance
Nonka Matova 50 m rifle three positions 580 11 did not advance
10 m air rifle 391 12 did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tzvetan Golomeev 50 metre freestyle 23.41 13 DNS did not advance
100 metre freestyle 50.82 15 51.16 15 did not advance
Georgi Mihalev 100 metre backstroke 57.06 11 57.17 13 did not advance
200 metre backstroke 2:02.71 13 2:04.24 13 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tanya Dangalakova 100 metre breaststroke 1:08.35 1 did not advance 1:07.95
200 metre breaststroke 2:29.91 5 did not advance 2:28.43 4
Antoaneta Frenkeva 100 metre breaststroke 1:10.09 5 did not advance 1:08.74
200 metre breaststroke 2:29.57 3 did not advance 2:28.34
Bistra Gospodinova 100 metre backstroke 1:04.91 19 did not advance
Natasha Khristova 100 metre freestyle 57.80 24 did not advance
Neviana Miteva 100 metre butterfly 1:02.01 11 1:02.47 12 did not advance
200 metre butterfly 2:18.44 19 did not advance
Antoaneta Strumenlieva 400 metre freestyle 4:13.25 11 4:13.43 12 did not advance
800 metre freestyle 8:35.40 8 did not advance 8:41.05 8
400 metre individual medley 4:51.58 12 did not advance 4:52.33 12
Bistra Gospodinova
Tanya Dangalakova
Neviana Miteva
Natasha Khristova 		4 × 100 m medley relay 4:15.22 6 did not advance 4:12.36 6

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Group E

Rank Athlete W L GW GL PW PL KOR SWE JPN IND BUL POL CHI EGY
1  Kim Ki-taik (KOR) 7 0 21 5 514 394 X 3–2 3–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–0
2  Jörgen Persson (SWE) 6 1 20 7 516 384 2–3 X 3–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 3–0
3  Kiyoshi Saito (JPN) 5 2 19 6 499 397 2–3 2–3 X 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
4  Kamlesh Mehta (IND) 4 3 13 12 470 457 0–3 1–3 0–3 X 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1
5  Mariano Domuschiev (BUL) 3 4 10 15 425 473 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–3 X 3–0 3–2 3–1
6  Piotr Molenda (POL) 2 5 8 17 405 474 0–3 1–3 0–3 1–3 0–3 X 3–1 3–1
7  Jorge Gambra (CHI) 1 6 7 18 413 490 1–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 2–3 1–3 X 3–0
8  Sherif El-Saket (EGY) 0 7 3 21 324 497 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–3 0–3 X

Women

Group G

Rank Athlete W L GW GL PW PL NED BUL TCH YUG ARG EGY
1  Bettine Vriesekoop (NED) 5 0 15 1 335 197 X 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
2  Daniela Guergueltcheva (BUL) 4 1 13 5 357 268 1–3 X 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–0
3  Alena Šafářová (TCH) 3 2 9 6 268 225 0–3 0–3 X 3–0 3–0 3–0
4  Gordana Perkučin (YUG) 2 3 8 9 282 296 0–3 2–3 0–3 X 3–0 3–0
5  Kim Hae-Ja (ARG) 1 4 3 13 214 319 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 X 3–1
6  Nihal Meshref (EGY) 0 5 1 15 182 333 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 1–3 X

Round of 16

Chen Jing (CHN) - Daniela Guergueltcheva (BUL) 3:0 21–15, 21–7, 22–20

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Katerina Maleeva Singles BYE  Gisele Miró (BRA)
W 7–5, 6–1 		 Pam Shriver (USA)
L 3–6, 6–3, 2–6 		did not advance
Manuela Maleeva BYE  Mercedes Paz (ARG)
W 6–1, 6–2 		 Catarina Lindqvist (SWE)
W 6–1, 6–0 		 Raffaella Reggi (ITA)
W 6–3, 6–4 		 Gabriela Sabatini (ARG)
L 1–6, 1–6 		did not advance
Manuela Maleeva
Katerina Maleeva 		Doubles —  Elizabeth Smylie
Wendy Turnbull (AUS)
W 2–6, 6–3, 0–6 		did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Soviet Union 5 4 1 9 14 4 3.500 248 190 1.305 Semifinals
2  Brazil 5 4 1 9 14 7 2.000 296 225 1.316
3  Sweden 5 2 3 7 9 11 0.818 220 262 0.840 5th–8th semifinals
4  Bulgaria 5 2 3 7 7 9 0.778 190 194 0.979
5  Italy 5 2 3 7 7 11 0.636 203 222 0.914 9th–12th semifinals
6  South Korea 5 1 4 6 5 14 0.357 200 264 0.758
Source: [citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
18 Sep Soviet Union  3–0  Bulgaria 15–7 15–9 15–8     45–24
19 Sep Bulgaria  3–0  Italy 15–7 15–8 15–6     45–21
22 Sep Brazil  3–1  Bulgaria 13–15 15–6 15–12 15–12   58–45
24 Sep Bulgaria  3–0  South Korea 15–7 15–10 15–8     45–25
26 Sep Sweden  3–0  Bulgaria 15–11 15–12 15–8     45–31

5th–8th semifinals

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
28 Sep Bulgaria  3–0  France 15–8 15–12 15–11     45–31

5th place match

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
01 Oct Netherlands  3–0  Bulgaria 15–6 15–8 15–10     45–24

Team Roster

Head coach: Todor Piperkov

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Sevdalin Marinov −52 kg 120 1 150 1 270 OR
Mitko Grablev −56 kg 130 1 167.5 1 297.5 DQ
Stefan Topurov −60 kg 137.5 2 175 2 312.5
Angel Guenchev −67,5 kg 160 1 202.5 1 362.5 DQ
Borislav Gidikov −75 kg 167.5 OR 1 207.5 OR 1 375
Aleksandar Varbanov 157.5 3 200 2 357.5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result 		Round 2
Result 		Round 3
Result 		Round 4
Result 		Round 5
Result 		Round 6
Result 		Round 7
Result 		Rank Final round
Result 		Rank
Ivan Tzonov −48 kg  Sergey Karamchakov (URS)
L 1–3 		 Hour Jiunn-Yih (TPE)
W 4–0 		Mohammad Razigul (AFG)
W 3–1 		 Rajesh Kumar (IND)
W 3–1 		BYE  Reiner Heugabel (FRG)
W 3–0 		— 1  Takashi Kobayashi (JPN)
L 0–3
Valentin Yordanov −52 kg  Carlos Negron (PUR)
W 4–0 		 Oushane Diallo (GUI)
W 4–0 		 Kenneth Chertow (USA)
W 3–0 		BYE  Šaban Trstena (YUG)
L 1–3 		 Vladimir Toguzov (URS)
L 0–3 		— 4  Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)
L 0–4 		8
Valentin Ivanov −57 kg  Chen Yongliang (CHN)
W 4–0 		 Ramón Meña (PAN)
W 4–0 		 Mourad Zelfani (TUN)
W 4–0 		BYE  Askari Mohammadian (IRN)
L 1–3 		 Noh Kyung-Sun (KOR)
L 1–3 		— 3  Béla Nagy (HUN)
W 3–1 		5
Simeon Shterev −62 kg  Kazuhito Sakae (JPN)
W 3–1 		 John Smith (USA)
L 1–3 		 Daniel Cumming (AUS)
W 4–0 		 Marian Skubacz (POL)
W 3–0 		 Avirmediin Enkhee (MGL)
W 3–0 		BYE 2  Akbar Fallah (IRN)
W 3–1
Angel Yassenov −68 kg  Arsen Fadzayev (URS)
L 1–3 		 Ho Bisgaltu (CHN)
W 3–1 		 Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)
W 3–1 		 Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)
W 4–0 		 Kosei Akaishi (JPN)
L 1–3 		— 4  Alexander Leipold (FRG)
L 1–3 		8
Rahmat Sofiadi −74 kg  Jean Manga (CMR)
W 4–0 		 Monday Eguabor (NGR)
W 4–0 		BYE  Yoshihiko Hara (JPN)
W 3–1 		 Claudiu Tămăduianu (ROU)
W 3–0 		 Adlan Varayev (URS)
L 1–3 		 Ayat Vagozari (IRN)
W 4–0 		2  Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL)
W 3–1
Alexander Nanev −82 kg  Mark Schultz (USA)
L 0–3 		 Andrzej Radomski (POL)
L 1–3 		— 11 did not advance
Rumen Alabakov −90 kg  Jerzy Nieć (POL)
W 3–1 		 Mohammad Reza Toupchi (IRN)
W 3–1 		 Bodo Lukowski (FRG)
W 3–1 		 Hubert Bindels (BEL)
W 3–0 		 Edwin Lins (AUT)
W 4–0 		 Kim Tae-woo (KOR)
L 1–3 		 Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
L 0–4 		3  Jim Scherr (USA)
L 1–3 		6
Georgi Karaduchev −100 kg  Wilfried Colling (FRG)
W 3–0 		 Július Strnisko (TCH)
W 3–1 		 Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)
L 1–3 		 Babacar Sar (MTN)
W 4–0 		 Noel Loban (GBR)
W 3–1 		 William Scherr (USA)
L 1–3 		— 3  Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)
W 4–0 		5
Atanas Atanassov −130 kg BYE  László Klauz (HUN)
L 0–3 		 Dennis Atiyeh (SYR)
W 4–0 		 David Gobezhishvili (URS)
L 1–3 		BYE 3  Dan Payne (CAN)
W 3–1 		5
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result 		Round 2
Result 		Round 3
Result 		Round 4
Result 		Round 5
Result 		Round 6
Result 		Round 7
Result 		Rank Final round
Result 		Rank
Bratan Tsenov −48 kg  Yang Zhizhong (CHN)
W 3–0 		 Markus Scherer (FRG)
W 3–0 		 Lars Rønningen (NOR)
W 3–0 		BYE  Vincenzo Maenza (ITA)
L 1–3 		BYE 2  Mahaddin Allahverdiyev (URS)
W 3–0
Hristo Fliev −52 kg  Jihad Sharif (JOR)
W 3–0 		 Florentino Tirante (PHI)
W 4–0 		 Erol Kemah (TUR)
W 4–0 		 Alexander Ignatenko (URS)
L 0–3 		 Atsuji Miyahara (JPN)
L 1–3 		— 4  Peter Stjernberg (SWE)
W 3–1 		7
Stoyan Balov −57 kg  Zoran Galović (YUG)
W 4–0 		BYE  Kacem Bouallouche (MAR)
W 4–0 		 Keijo Pehkonen (FIN)
W 3–1 		 Huh Byung-Ho (KOR)
W 3–1 		 Haralambos Holidis (GRE)
W 3–0 		— 1  András Sike (HUN)
L 0–4
Zhivko Vangelov −62 kg  Jenő Bódi (BUL)
W 3–0 		 Jukka Loikas (FIN)
W 3–1 		 Shigeki Nishiguchi (JPN)
W 4–0 		 Hugo Dietsche (SUI)
W 4–0 		— 1  Kamandar Madzhidov (URS)
L 1–3
Georgi Karamanliev −68 kg  Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)
W 4–0 		BYE  Attila Repka (HUN)
L 0–3 		 Jerzy Kopański (POL)
L 0–3 		— 8 did not advance
Borislav Velichkov −74 kg  Jean Manga (CMR)
W 4–0 		 Wei Qingkun (CHN)
W 3–0 		 Kim Young-Nam (KOR)
L 1–3 		 Franc Podlesek (YUG)
W 3–0 		BYE  Józef Tracz (POL)
L 1–3 		— 3  Martial Mischler (FRA)
L 1–3 		6
Angel Stoykov −82 kg  Mehdi Moradi Ganji (IRN)
W 3–0 		 Moustafa Ramadan Hussein (EGY)
W 3–0 		 John Morgan (USA)
DQ 0–0 		 Tibor Komáromi (HUN)
L 1–3 		— 6 did not advance
Atanas Komchev −90 kg  Yasutoshi Moriyama (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Samba Adama (MTN)
W 4–0 		 Franz Pitschmann (AUT)
W 3–1 		 Christer Gulldén (SWE)
W 3–0 		 Georgios Pikilidis (GRE)
W 3–1 		— 1  Harri Koskela (FIN)
W 3–0
Ilia Georgiev −100 kg  Ambroise Sarr (SEN)
W 4–0 		 Tamás Gáspár (HUN)
L 1–3 		 Sören Claeson (SWE)
W 3–0 		 Yoo Young-Tae (KOR)
W 4–0 		BYE  Gerhard Himmel (FRG)
L 1–3 		— 2  Dennis Koslowski (USA)
L 0–3 		4
Rangel Gerovski −130 kg  Daniel Payne (CAN)
W 3–0 		 Fabio Valguarnera (ITA)
W 3–0 		 Roman Wrocławski (POL)
W 3–0 		 Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)
W 3–0 		 Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)
W 3–0 		— 1  Aleksandr Karelin (URS)
L 1–3

References

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  2. ^ Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  3. ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 1 August 2018.