title: Bulgaria at the 1998 Winter Olympics
text: # Bulgaria at the 1998 Winter Olympics
  
  Bulgaria competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Bulgaria won its first ever gold medal when Ekaterina Dafovska won the Women's 15 km Biathlon.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Ekaterina Dafovska | Biathlon | Women's 15 km |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Lyubomir Popov | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Stefan Georgiev | Giant Slalom | 1:27.76 | 1:23.13 | 2:50.89 | 32 |
  | Angel Pumpalov | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Lyubomir Popov | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Petar Dichev | Slalom | 59.62 | DNF | DNF | – |
  | Stefan Georgiev | Slalom | 57.95 | 58.17 | 1:56.12 | 22 |
  
  Men's combined
  
  | Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Downhill | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank |
  | Petar Dichev | 51.16 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Nadejda Vassileva | Slalom | 52.68 | 52.76 | 1:45.44 | 26 |
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km Sprint | Georgi Kasabov | 0 | 31:09.5 | 57 |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
  | 20 km | Georgi Kasabov | 1'01:59.5 | 5 | 1'06:59.5 | 67 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7.5 km Sprint | Pavlina Filipova | 3 | 25:34.8 | 41 |
  | 7.5 km Sprint | Ekaterina Dafovska | 2 | 25:06.7 | 29 |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
  | 15 km | Pavlina Filipova | 54:18.1 | 1 | 55:18.1 | 4 |
  | 15 km | Ekaterina Dafovska | 53:52.0 | 1 | 54:52.0 | |
  
  ### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | Radka Popova Ekaterina Dafovska Pavlina Filipova Valentina Peychinova | 3 | 1'48:55.2 | 16 |
  
      $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
      $^2$ One minute added per missed target.
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 10 km C | Slavcho Batinkov | 33:23.2 | 84 |
  | 15 km $pursuit^1$ F | Slavcho Batinkov | 49:41.5 | 61 |
  | 30 km C | Slavcho Batinkov | 1'50:35.0 | 60 |
  
      $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
      C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 5 km C | Irina Nikulchina | 20:52.6 | 70 |
  | 10 km $pursuit^2$ F | Irina Nikulchina | 34:13.5 | 53 |
  | 15 km C | Irina Nikulchina | 57:07.2 | 63 |
  | 30 km F | Irina Nikulchina | 1'31:04.7 | 28 |
  
      $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
      C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ivan Dinev | 7 | 14 | 17.5 | 11 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sofia Penkova | 28 | DNF | DNF | – |
  
  ### Ice Dancing
  
  | Athletes | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Albena Denkova Maxim Staviyski | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 36.0 | 18 |
  
  ## Short track speed skating
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
  | Evgeniya Radanova | 500 m | 45.977 | 1 Q | DSQ | – | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Daniela Vlaeva | 500 m | 46.681 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Daniela Vlaeva | 1000 m | 1:37.124 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Evgeniya Radanova | 1000 m | 1:39.279 | 2 Q | 1:38.510 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Snowboarding
  
  ### Women's giant slalom
  
  | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Mariya Dimova | 1:23.31 | 1:19.53 | 2:42.84 | 20 |
  