title: Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: # Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  
  Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 63 competitors, 54 men and 9 women, took part in 34 events in 8 sports.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bronze | Boris Nikolov | Boxing | Men's Middleweight | 1 August |
  
  ## Basketball
  
  ### Preliminary round
  
  **Group 2**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 143 | +49 | 6 |
  | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 163 | 182 | −19 | 5 |
  | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 172 | 171 | +1 | 4 |
  | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 178 | −31 | 3 |
  | Bulgaria | 46–74 | Soviet Union |
  | Mexico | 44–52 | Bulgaria |
  | Finland | 64–65 | Bulgaria |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification.
  
  **Quarterfinals group A**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 194 | 187 | +7 | 5 |
  | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 174 | +52 | 5 |
  | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 220 | −43 | 4 |
  | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 194 | −16 | 4 |
  | Bulgaria | 56–100 | Argentina |
  | Bulgaria | 54–62 | Uruguay |
  | France | 58–67 | Bulgaria |
  
  ### Classification matches
  
  **5-8th-place match**
  
  | Bulgaria | 53–60 | Chile |
  | - | - | - |
  
  **7th-place match**
  
  | France | 44–58 | Bulgaria |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Cycling
  
  ### Road Competition
  
  Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
  
  * Petar Georgiev — 5:24:34.0 (→ 46th place)
  * Boyan Kotsev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  * Ilya Velchev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  * Milcho Rosev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Bulgaria
  
  Head coach: Krum Milev
  
  | Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | DF | Boris Apostolov | 20 January 1925 | 27 | ? | Spartak Sofia |
  | FW | Petar Argirov | 19 February 1923 | 29 | ? | Lokomotiv Sofia |
  | MF | Stefan Bozhkov | 20 September 1923 | 28 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
  | MF | Georgi Eftimov | 24 March 1931 | 21 | ? | |
  | FW | Ivan Kolev | 1 November 1930 | 21 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
  | DF | Manol Manolov | 22 October 1926 | 25 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
  | FW | Dimitar Milanov | 18 October 1928 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
  | FW | Panayot Panayotov | 30 December 1930 | 21 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
  | GK | Apostol Sokolov | 23 October 1917 | 34 | ? | Spartak Sofia |
  | FW | Dimitar Stoyanov | 18 October 1927 | 24 | ? | |
  | MF | Gavril Stoyanov | 9 July 1929 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
  | FW | Krum Yanev | 9 January 1929 | 23 | ? | CSKA Sofia |
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952.
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
  | Ivan Ivanov | Trap | 182 | 16 |
  | Georgi Keranov | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 561 | 17 |
  | Nikolay Khristozov | 50 m pistol | 500 | 41 |
  | Stoyan Popov | 50 m pistol | 517 | 26 |
  | Khristo Shopov | Trap | 168 | 30 |
  | Todor Stanchev | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 552 | 25 |
  