Bulgaria at the Olympics

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Bulgaria at the Olympic Games

Flag of Bulgaria
IOC code  BUL
NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian)
Olympic history
Summer Games
Winter Games

Bulgaria first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, with a single gymnast. However, since Charles Champaud was a Swiss national living in Sofia, some sources credit his appearance to Switzerland instead.

The Bulgarian Olympic Committee was created in 1923 and first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1924. The nation has participated in every Summer Games since then, except for 1932 (during the Great Depression), 1948 (after World War II), and 1984, when they participated in the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Bulgaria first participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1936, and has attended every Winter Games since then.

Bulgarian athletes have won a total of 218 medals, with wrestling and weightlifting as the top medal-producing sports.

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Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1896 Athens 1 0 0 0 0 –
1900 Paris did not participate
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris 24 0 0 0 0 –
1928 Amsterdam 5 0 0 0 0 –
1932 Los Angeles did not participate
1936 Berlin 25 0 0 0 0 –
1948 London did not participate
1952 Helsinki 63 0 0 1 1 40
1956 Melbourne 43 1 3 1 5 19
1960 Rome 98 1 3 3 7 15
1964 Tokyo 63 3 5 2 10 11
1968 Mexico City 112 2 4 3 9 18
1972 Munich 130 6 10 5 21 9
1976 Montreal 158 6 9 7 22 7
1980 Moscow 270 8 16 17 41 3
1984 Los Angeles did not participate
1988 Seoul 171 10 12 13 35 7
1992 Barcelona 138 3 7 6 16 18
1996 Atlanta 110 3 7 5 15 22
2000 Sydney 91 5 6 2 13 16
2004 Athens 95 2 1 9 12 33
2008 Beijing 72 1 1 3 5 42
2012 London 63 0 1 1 2 63
Total 51 85 78 214 23

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 7 0 0 0 0 –
1948 St. Moritz 4 0 0 0 0 –
1952 Oslo 10 0 0 0 0 –
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 7 0 0 0 0 –
1960 Squaw Valley 7 0 0 0 0 –
1964 Innsbruck 7 0 0 0 0 –
1968 Grenoble 6 0 0 0 0 –
1972 Sapporo 4 0 0 0 0 –
1976 Innsbruck 29 0 0 0 0 –
1980 Lake Placid 8 0 0 1 1 17
1984 Sarajevo 16 0 0 0 0 –
1988 Calgary 26 0 0 0 0 –
1992 Albertville 30 0 0 0 0 –
1994 Lillehammer 17 0 0 0 0 –
1998 Nagano 19 1 0 0 1 15
2002 Salt Lake City 23 0 1 2 3 20
2006 Turin 21 0 1 0 1 21
2010 Vancouver 19 0 0 0 0 –
Total 1 2 3 6 28

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Wrestling 16 32 20 68
Weightlifting 12 16 8 36
Athletics 5 7 6 18
Shooting 4 6 6 16
Boxing 4 5 9 18
Canoeing 4 5 8 17
Rowing 3 4 7 14
Gymnastics 2 4 7 13
Swimming 1 1 1 3
Biathlon 1 0 1 2
Judo 0 1 2 3
Short track speed skating 0 2 1 3
Basketball 0 1 1 2
Football 0 1 1 2
Volleyball 0 1 1 1
Equestrian 0 1 0 1
Cross-country skiing 0 0 1 1
Tennis 0 0 1 1
Total 52 87 81 220

See also

References