title: Bulgaria at the 2002 Winter Olympics
text: # Bulgaria at the 2002 Winter Olympics
  
  Bulgaria competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Silver | Evgenia Radanova | Short track speed skating | Women's 500m |
  | Bronze | Irina Nikulchina | Biathlon | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
  | Bronze | Evgenia Radanova | Short track speed skating | Women's 1,500 m |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Stefan Georgiev | Giant Slalom | 1:18.01 | 1:15.00 | 2:33.01 | 38 |
  | Stefan Georgiev | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
  | Angel Pumpalov | Slalom | 53.72 | 58.21 | 1:51.93 | 23 |
  
  Men's combined
  
  | Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
  | Angel Pumpalov | DSQ | – | – | DSQ | – |
  | Stefan Georgiev | 1:44.25 | 49.63 | 55.51 | 3:29.39 | 16 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
  | Nadejda Vassileva | Giant Slalom | 1:22.89 | 1:21.54 | 2:44.43 | 42 |
  | Nadejda Vassileva | Slalom | 59.59 | 59.45 | 1:59.04 | 28 |
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 km sprint | Georgi Kasabov | 1 | 27:55.8 | 60 |
  | 12.5 km pursuit $^2$ | Georgi Kasabov | 7 | 40:38.5 | 56 |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^3$ | Rank |
  | 20 km | Georgi Kasabov | 55:16.1 | 4 | 59:16.1 | 65 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7.5 km sprint | Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva | 1 | 23:18.0 | 41 |
  | 7.5 km sprint | Pavlina Filipova | 1 | 22:20.6 | 17 |
  | 7.5 km sprint | Ekaterina Dafovska | 2 | 22:17.7 | 15 |
  | 7.5 km sprint | Irina Nikulchina | 2 | 21:57.0 | 11 |
  | 10 km pursuit $^4$ | Pavlina Filipova | 2 | 32:35.1 | 12 |
  | 10 km pursuit $^4$ | Ekaterina Dafovska | 2 | 32:22.6 | 10 |
  | 10 km pursuit $^4$ | Irina Nikulchina | 2 | 31:15.8 | |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^3$ | Rank |
  | 15 km | Irina Nikulchina | 47:16.7 | 6 | 53:16.7 | 43 |
  | 15 km | Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva | 49:59.3 | 2 | 51:59.3 | 32 |
  | 15 km | Pavlina Filipova | 47:47.5 | 3 | 50:47.5 | 20 |
  | 15 km | Ekaterina Dafovska | 47:15.5 | 1 | 48:15.5 | 5 |
  
  ### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
  | Pavlina Filipova Irina Nikulchina Iva Karagiozova-Shkodreva Ekaterina Dafovska | 0 | 1'29:25.8 | 4 |
  
      $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
      $^2$ Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
      $^3$ One minute added per missed target.
      $^4$ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.
  
  ## Bobsleigh
  
  ### Men
  
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | BUL-1 | Miroslav Danov Stefan Vasilev | Two-man | 49.77 | 36 | 49.35 | 32 | 49.48 | 31 | 49.42 | 33 | 3:18.02 | 32 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  Sprint
  
  | Athlete | Qualifying round | Qualifying round | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
  | Ivan Bayrakov | 3:18.97 | 62 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Slavcho Batinkov | 3:14.21 | 59 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  Pursuit
  
  | Athlete | 10 km C | 10 km C | 10 km F $pursuit^1$ | 10 km F $pursuit^1$ |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
  | Slavcho Batinkov | 32:12.6 | 72 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ivan Bayrakov | 31:17.1 | 70 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 15 km C | Slavcho Batinkov | DNF | – |
  | 15 km C | Ivan Bayrakov | 45:41.2 | 60 |
  
      $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
      C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Points | SP | FS | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ivan Dinev | 20.0 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
  
  ### Ice Dancing
  
  | Athletes | Points | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Albena Denkova Maxim Staviyski | 14.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
  
  ## Short track speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | 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 |
  | Asen Pandov | 500 m | 1:17.124 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Miroslav Boyadzhiev | 500 m | 43.462 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Miroslav Boyadzhiev | 1000 m | 1:32.421 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Kiril Pandov | 1000 m | 1:31.842 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Kiril Pandov | 1500 m | 2:27.730 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Miroslav Boyadzhiev | 1500 m | 2:22.082 | 3 Q | | | 2:23.468 | 4 QB | 2:29.307 | 11 |
  
  ### 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 |
  | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | 500 m | 45.916 | 2 Q | 46.422 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Evgeniya Radanova | 500 m | 45.195 | 2 Q | 44.780 | 1 Q | 44.686 | 1 QF | 44.252 | |
  | Evgeniya Radanova | 1000 m | 1:49.496 | 1 Q | 1:36.727 | 2 Q | 1:35.607 | 4 QB | 1:34.702 | 5 |
  | Anna Krasteva | 1000 m | 1:39.195 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Evgeniya Radanova | 1500 m | 2:32.821 | 1 Q | | | 2:31.194 | 2 QF | 2:31.723 | |
  | Marina Georgieva-Nikolova | 1500 m | 2:33.362 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Evgeniya Radanova Marina Georgieva-Nikolova Anna Krasteva Daniela Vlaeva | 3000 m relay | | | | | 4:25.877 | 3 QB | 4:20.703 | 6 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualifying jump | Qualifying jump | Qualifying jump | Final jump 1 | Final jump 1 | Final jump 1 | Final jump 2 | Final jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
  | Georgi Zharkov | Normal hill | 73.5 | 76.5 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Georgi Zharkov | Large hill | 101.0 | 75.3 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  