NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
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Flagbearers | 81 |
Olympic Games | 1513 |
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Youth Olympic Games | 112 |
Five Bulgarian athletes went to Athens for the 1896 Olympic Games, but due to a misunderstanding over the use of the Gregorian and the Julian Calendars, they arrived too late to compete. However, a Swiss national in 1896, Charles Champaud, worked in Sofia and is considered the first Bulgarian Olympian. It was not until 1923 that a National Olympic Committee (NOC) was formed and International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition followed in the next year. Bulgaria first competed at the Olympic Games in 1924, and it has since missed only the Olympic Games of 1932, 1948, and 1984. Its first appearance in the Olympic Winter Games was in 1936 and it has competed at all celebrations since. Bulgaria has had its greatest successes in strength sports, mainly weightlifting and wrestling, and in the 1980s it was the premier nation in the world in weightlifting. Through 2016, Bulgarian athletes have won 224 Olympic medals, 52 of them gold, of which six medals, one of them in gold, have come at the Winter Olympics. A female shooter, Mariya Grozdeva, has won the most Olympic medals for Bulgaria, with five in all, and two golds.
In 1974 the Olympic Committee of Bulgaria was awarded with the Olympic Cup.
Edition | As | Competition Type | Men | Women | Total | |
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1896 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 1 | Results |
1924 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 24 | 0 | 24 | Results |
1928 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 5 | 0 | 5 | Results |
1932 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 2 | 0 | 2 | Results |
1936 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 26 | 0 | 26 | Results |
1936 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 7 | 0 | 7 | Results |
1948 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 4 | 0 | 4 | Results |
1952 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 54 | 9 | 63 | Results |
1952 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 9 | 0 | 9 | Results |
1956 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 40 | 3 | 43 | Results |
1956 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 6 | 1 | 7 | Results |
1956 Equestrian Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 4 | 0 | 4 | Results |
1960 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 89 | 9 | 98 | Results |
1960 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 4 | 3 | 7 | Results |
1964 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 56 | 7 | 63 | Results |
1964 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 3 | 4 | 7 | Results |
1968 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 102 | 10 | 112 | Results |
1968 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 2 | 4 | 6 | Results |
1972 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 106 | 24 | 130 | Results |
1972 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 4 | 0 | 4 | Results |
1976 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 105 | 53 | 158 | Results |
1976 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 29 | 0 | 29 | Results |
1980 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 183 | 88 | 271 | Results |
1980 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 8 | 0 | 8 | Results |
1984 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 15 | 1 | 16 | Results |
1988 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 104 | 68 | 172 | Results |
1988 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 24 | 2 | 26 | Results |
1992 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 87 | 51 | 138 | Results |
1992 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 22 | 8 | 30 | Results |
1994 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 10 | 7 | 17 | Results |
1996 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 74 | 36 | 110 | Results |
1998 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 8 | 11 | 19 | Results |
2000 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 52 | 39 | 91 | Results |
2002 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 13 | 10 | 23 | Results |
2004 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 49 | 46 | 95 | Results |
2006 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 11 | 10 | 21 | Results |
2008 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 43 | 27 | 70 | Results |
2010 Summer Youth Olympics | Bulgaria | Youth Olympic Games | 11 | 10 | 21 | Results |
2010 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 12 | 7 | 19 | Results |
2012 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 37 | 26 | 63 | Results |
2012 Winter Youth Olympics | Bulgaria | Youth Olympic Games | 7 | 4 | 11 | Results |
2014 Summer Youth Olympics | Bulgaria | Youth Olympic Games | 13 | 14 | 27 | Results |
2014 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 13 | 5 | 18 | Results |
2016 Summer Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 29 | 21 | 50 | Results |
2016 Winter Youth Olympics | Bulgaria | Youth Olympic Games | 6 | 6 | 12 | Results |
2018 Summer Youth Olympics | Bulgaria | Youth Olympic Games | 12 | 12 | 24 | Results |
2018 Winter Olympics | Bulgaria | Olympic Games | 11 | 9 | 20 | Results |
2020 Winter Youth Olympics | Bulgaria | Youth Olympic Games | 10 | 7 | 17 | Results |
Discipline (Sport) | Men | Women | Total | |
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3-on-3 Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) | 1 | 1 | 2 | Results |
Acrobatic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | 1 | 1 | 2 | Results |
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) | 3 | 3 | 6 | Results |
Archery | 2 | 1 | 3 | Results |
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Results |
Athletics | 5 | 4 | 9 | Results |
Badminton | 1 | 2 | 3 | Results |
Biathlon | 7 | 7 | 14 | Results |
Boxing | 4 | 1 | 5 | Results |
Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Results |
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) | 3 | 2 | 5 | Results |
Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 | Results |
Figure Skating (Skating) | 0 | 1 | 1 | Results |
Judo | 1 | 3 | 4 | Results |
Luge | 4 | 1 | 5 | Results |
Mixed Sports | 5 | 5 | 10 | Results |
Modern Pentathlon | 3 | 2 | 5 | Results |
Rhythmic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | 0 | 8 | 8 | Results |
Rowing | 2 | 3 | 5 | Results |
Sailing | 0 | 1 | 1 | Results |
Shooting | 4 | 1 | 5 | Results |
Short Track Speed Skating (Skating) | 1 | 1 | 2 | Results |
Ski Jumping (Skiing) | 1 | 0 | 1 | Results |
Snowboarding (Skiing) | 3 | 1 | 4 | Results |
Sport Climbing | 1 | 0 | 1 | Results |
Swimming (Aquatics) | 4 | 4 | 8 | Results |
Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | Results |
Weightlifting | 3 | 3 | 6 | Results |
Wrestling | 2 | 1 | 3 | Results |
Edition | Competition Type | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1988 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
1980 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 8 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
1972 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
1976 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
2000 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
1992 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
1996 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
1964 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
1968 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
2014 Summer Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
2018 Summer Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
2010 Summer Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1960 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
1956 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
2008 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
1998 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2012 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2002 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2016 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2006 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1952 Summer Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1980 Winter Olympics | Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 Winter Youth Olympics | Youth Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Wrestling | 16 | 32 | 21 | 69 |
Weightlifting | 12 | 17 | 8 | 37 |
Athletics | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
Shooting | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
Boxing | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
Canoe Sprint | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
Rowing | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
Artistic Gymnastics | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Biathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Rhythmic Gymnastics | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Short Track Speed Skating | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Judo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Basketball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Football | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Equestrian Dressage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cross Country Skiing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Weightlifting | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Athletics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Boxing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Acrobatic Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Judo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rhythmic Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Short Track Speed Skating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.
Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Mariya Grozdeva | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Nikolay Bukhalov | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Tanyu Kiryakov | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Norayr Nurikyan | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Petar Kirov | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Boyan Radev | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Vanya Gesheva | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Rumyana Dzhadzharova-Neykova | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Enyu Valchev | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Daniel Bozhinov | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Lyubomir Lyubenov | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Dimitar Dobrev | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Stefka Kostadinova | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Panayot Dimitrov | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mariela Kostadinova | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Boyanka Kostova | ![]() ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Georgi Shikov | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lidiya Nencheva | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blagoy Naydenov | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kiril Kirov | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Aleksandra Nacheva | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mariya Delcheva | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dimitri Tzokov | 1906—1912 |
Dimitar Stanchov | 1913—1929 |
Stepan Shaprachikov | 1929—1944 |
Vladimir Stoychev | 1952—1987 |
Vladimir Stoychev | 1987—1990 |
Ivan Slavkov | 1987—2005 |