Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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.

Bulgaria at the 1960 Summer Olympics

IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
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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Medalists

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

Athletics

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group B

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

August 26
16:00

Bulgaria	62–67	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–35, 32–32
Pts: Mirtchev (14)		Pts: Djuric (23)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: E. Alvarez Frausto
C. Sien

August 27
10:30

Czechoslovakia	69–75	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 43–39, 26–36
Pts: Pieri (15)		Pts: Gabanyi (15)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: R. Weber
S. Siniakov

August 29
20:00

France	73–72	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 32–30, 41–42
Pts: Grange (21)		Pts: Mirtchev (22)

Palazzetto dello sport, Rome
Referees: D. Shirley
Bilek

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Lyubenov	C-1 1000 m	4:47.65	2 Q	—		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	—		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

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1960.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stoyan Georgiev 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 Georgiev Demirev	Team time trial	2:26:20.48	17

Track

1000m time trial

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

Equestrian

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Bulgaria in 1960.

Men's foil

Boris Stavrev
Asen Dyakovski

Men's sabre

Boris Stavrev
Asen Dyakovski

Football

First round

Group A

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

August 26, 1960
12:00

Bulgaria	3–0	Turkey
Diev 13', 58' Hristov 67'	Report

Grosseto, Stadio Olimpico Comunale

Attendance: 3.000

Referee: Cesare Jonni (ITA)

August 29, 1960
12:00

Bulgaria	2–0	United Arab Republic
Naidenov Yordanov 42' Diev 88'	Report

L'Aquila, Stadio Tommaso Fattori

Attendance: 3.500

Referee: Leo Helge (DNK)

September 1, 1960
12:00

Yugoslavia	3–3	Bulgaria
Galić 50', 57', 69'	Report	Kovachev 59' Debarski 81', 89'

Rome, Stadio Flaminio

Attendance: 15.000