Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Bulgaria ranked 5th overall by medal count with 35 medals won. 171 competitors, 104 men and 67 women, took part in 120 events in 16 sports.[1] The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Seoul
Competitors	171 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Vasil Etropolski
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 10 Silver 12 Bronze 13 Total 35
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Gold

• Khristo Markov — Athletics, Men's triple jump
• Yordanka Donkova — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
• Ivailo Marinov Khristov — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
• Lubomir Geraskov — Gymnastics, Men's Pommel horse
• Tanyu Kiryakov — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol
• Tanya Dangalakova — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
• Sevdalin Marinov — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (52 kg)
• Borislav Gidikov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
• Atanas Komchev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Silver

• Stefka Kostadinova — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Aleksandar Khristov — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova and Diana Paliyska — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
• Adriana Dunavska — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
• Lalka Berberova and Radka Stoyanova — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
• Vesela Letcheva — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
• Antoaneta Frenkeva — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
• Stefan Topurov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
• Stoyan Balov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
• Zhivko Vangelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
• Rangel Gerovski — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
• Ivan Nikolov Tsonov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Bronze

• Tsvetanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Martin Georgiev Marinov — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles
• Nikolay Bukhalov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova, Borislava Ivanova, Diana Paliyska, and Ognyana Petkova — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours
• Diana Doudeva — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
• Magdalena Stoyanova Georgieva — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
• Stefka Mihaylova Madina and Violeta Nikolaeva Ninova — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
• Antoaneta Frenkeva — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
• Manuela Maleeva — Tennis, Women's Individual Competition
• Aleksandar Varbanov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Bratan Tsenov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
• Simeon Shterev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
• Rakhmat Sefiadi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight (74 kg)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Evgeni Ignatov	5000 m	13:43.42	5 Q	N/A		13:24.76	6 Q	13:26.41	8
	10000 m	28:15.63	5 Q	N/A				28:09.32	12
Lyubomir Ivanov	20 km walk	N/A						1:28:43	43
Toma Tomov	400 m hurdles	49.66	4 q	N/A		48.90	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Viktor Apostolov	Hammer throw	71.10	20	Did not advance
Gueorgui Gueorguiev	Discus throw	61.34	12 q	61.24	11
Khristo Markov	Triple jump	16.91	4 Q	17.61
Plamen Minev	Hammer throw	74.46	14	Did not advance
Ivan Tanev		76.24	9 q	76.08	8
Atanas Tarev	Pole vault	NM		Did not advance
Gueorgui Todorov	Shot put	19.68	13	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yordanka Donkova	100 m hurdles	12.89	4 Q	12.47	1 Q	12.58	1 Q	12.38 OR
Nadezhda Georgieva	200 m	22.80	3 Q	22.60	7 Q	22.67	5	Did not advance
Anelia Nuneva	100 m	11.09	1 Q	10.96	1 Q	11.00	2 Q	11.49	8
Ginka Zagorcheva	100 m hurdles	DNF		Did not advance
Tsvetanka Ilieva Valya Demireva-Valova Nadezhda Georgieva Yordanka Donkova	4 × 100 m relay	43.92	4 Q	N/A		43.07	3 Q	43.02	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lyudmila Andonova	High jump	1.92	8 Q	1.93	5
Tsvetanka Khristova	Discus throw	65.92	4 Q	69.74
Stefka Kostadinova	High jump	1.92	8 Q	2.01
Svetla Mitkova	Discus throw	64.68	6 Q	69.14	4
	Shot Put	19.53	10 Q	19.09	10
Antoaneta Selenska	Javelin throw	64.60	4 Q	56.78	11

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Svetla Dimitrova	Result	13.24	1.80	12.02	23.49	6.19	37.62	2:15.73	6171	12
	Points	1089	978	662	1030	908	622	882

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Bulgaria roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]

Bulgaria women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. 4 Nina Khadzhiyankova 25 – (1963-09-18)18 September 1963 5 Larisa Spasova 28 – (1960-08-22)22 August 1960 6 Mariana Naydenova 26 – (1962-02-11)11 February 1962 7 Tsonka Vaysilova 21 – (1967-02-20)20 February 1967 8 Vanya Dermendzhieva 29 – (1958-12-03)3 December 1958 9 Sonya Dragomirova 27 – (1961-09-07)7 September 1961 10 Radmila Vasileva 24 – (1964-01-05)5 January 1964 11 Kostadinka Radkova 26 – (1962-06-27)27 June 1962 12 Evladiya Slavcheva-Stefanova 26 – (1962-02-25)25 February 1962 13 Madlena Staneva 25 – (1963-06-01)1 June 1963 C 14 Polina Tzekova 20 – (1968-04-30)30 April 1968 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) WBC Lokomotiv Sofia 15 Mariana Chobanova 23 – (1965-09-13)13 September 1965	Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	178	196	−18	5	Semifinals
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	208	188	+20	5
3	Bulgaria	3	1	2	217	241	−24	4
4	South Korea	3	1	2	244	222	+22	4

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.

19 September 1988 11:45

Boxscore

Bulgaria	62–91	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17 Rebs: Staneva 6 Asts: Slavcheva 3		Pts: Zasulskaya 23 Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10 Asts: Minkh 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

22 September 1988 19:30

Boxscore

Australia	63–57	Bulgaria
Scoring by half: 31–30, 32–27
Pts: Maher 20 Rebs: Maher 9 Asts: Timms 3		Pts: Slavcheva 15 Rebs: Slavcheva 6 Asts: Slavcheva 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

25 September 1988 19:30

Boxscore

Bulgaria	98–87	South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–51, 50–36
Pts: Slavcheva 39 Rebs: Slavcheva 8 Asts: Kostourkova 3		Pts: Choi 26 Rebs: Choi, Sung 7 Asts: 5 players 1

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification 5–8

27 September 1988 19:30

Boxscore

Bulgaria	81–78	Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 49–42, 32–36
Pts: Radkova 25 Rebs: Radkova 6 Asts: Khadzhiyankova, Slavcheva 3		Pts: Janoštinová 27 Rebs: Dobrovičová 9 Asts: Kysilková, Nováková 3

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification 5/6

29 September 1988 9:45

Boxscore

Bulgaria	102–74	China
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22 Rebs: Staneva 8 Asts: Radkova 2		Pts: Zheng 23 Rebs: Cong, Peng 5 Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivailo Marinov	Light Flyweight	BYE	Mark Epton (GBR) W 5-0	Henry Martínez (ESA) W 5-0	Alexander Makhmutov (URS) W 5-0	Leopoldo Serrantes (PHI) W 5-0	Michael Carbajal (USA) W 5-0
Serafim Todorov	Flyweight	David Griman (VEN) W 4-1	Setsuo Segawa (JPN) W 5-0	Gamal El-Komy (EGY) W WO	Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) L 1-4	Did not advance		5
Aleksandar Khristov	Bantamweight	Peter Anok (SUD) W 4-1	Byun Jung-Il (KOR) W 4-1	Jimmy Majanya (SWE) W 5-0	Alexander Artemev (URS) W 3-2	Jorge Julio Rocha (COL) W 3-2	Kennedy McKinney (USA) L 0-5
Kirkor Kirkorov	Featherweight	Diego Drumm (GDR) W 5–0	Jamie Pagendam (CAN) W WO	Lee Jae-Hyuk (KOR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Emil Chuprenski	Lightweight	BYE	Eduardo de la Peña (GUA) W 5–0	Mark Kennedy (JAM) W 5–0	Romallis Ellis (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance		5
Borislav Abadzhiev	Light Welterweight	Vukasin Dobrasinovic (YUG) L 2–3	Did not advance
Khristo Furnigov	Welterweight	BYE	Gregory Griffiths (BAR) W	Abdoukerim Hamidou (TOG) W 5-0	Robert Wangila (KEN) L 0-5	Did not advance		5
Angel Stoyanov	Light Middleweight	BYE	Torsten Schmitz (GDR) L 2-3	Did not advance
Deyan Kirilov	Light Heavyweight	Damir Škaro (YUG) L 2-3	Did not advance
Svilen Rusinov	Heavyweight	BYE	Andrzej Golota (POL) L 0-5	Did not advance
Petar Stoimenov	Super Heavyweight	BYE	Peter Hrivnák (TCH) L RSC-2	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Marinov	C-1 500 m	1:52.74	2 Q	BYE		1:55.61	1 Q	1:57.27
Nikolay Bukhalov	C-1 1000 m	4:09.57	3 Q	BYE		4:07.23	2 Q	4:18.94
Deyan Bonev Petar Bozhilov	C-2 500 m	1:44.53	1 Q	BYE		1:48.60	3 Q	1:44.32	4
	C-2 1000 m	4:01.42	5 Q	4:06.91	2 Q	3:54.98	3 Q	4:11.62	9
Nikolay Yordanov Petar Godev Borislav Tsvetkov Ivan Marinov	K-4 1000 m	3:15.00	6 Q	3:09.30	2 Q	3:11.56	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vanja Gesheva	K-1 500 m	1:55.44	1 Q	N/A		1:56.26	2 Q	1:55.19
Vanja Gesheva Diana Paliiska	K-2 500 m	1:44.52	1 Q	BYE		1:52.48	2 Q	1:44.06
Vanja Gesheva Diana Paliiska Ogniana Petkova Borislava Ivanova	K-4 500 m	1:39.40	2 Q	N/A		BYE		1:42.63

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1988.

Men

Individual

Athlete	Event	Elimination Round	Round I	Repechage Round I	Round II	Repechage Round II	Round III	Repechage Round III	Round IV	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Khristo Etropolski	Individual sabre	Q									Did not advance
Vasil Etropolski		Q									Did not advance
Nikolay Marincheshki			Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Elimination Round	1/16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Khristo Etropolski Vasil Etropolski Nikolay Marincheshki Nikolay Mateev Georgi Chomakov	Team sabre	Hungary (HUN) L 2-9  France (FRA) L 3-9	N/A				8

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Petar Gueorguiev	All-around	18.95	19.55	19.35	19.30	19.50	18.95	115.60	39	Did not advance
Stoyko Gochev		19.20	19.10	19.55	18.90	19.65	19.55	115.95	36	Did not advance
Lyubomir Gueraskov		19.50	19.90	19.70	19.15	19.40	19.10	116.75	21 Q	9.550	9.900	9.800	9.500	9.700	9.800	116.625	23
Kalofer Hristozov		19.80	19.55	19.80	19.30	19.75	19.50	117.70	6 Q	9.800	9.900	9.900	9.650	9.850	9.800	117.750	6
Deyan Kolev		19.45	19.00	19.65	19.65	19.35	19.20	116.30	30	Did not advance
Dimitar Taskov		19.50	19.65	19.45	19.45	19.25	19.45	116.75	21 Q	9.550	9.800	9.750	9.850	9.900	9.900	117.125	20
Kalofer Hristozov Lyubomir Gueraskov Deyan Kolev Dimitar Taskov Stoyko Gochev Petar Gueorguiev	Team all-around	N/A								97.45	97.90	98.15	96.90	97.85	96.85	585.100	5

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Lyubomir Gueraskov	Pommel horse	N/A	19.950	N/A				19.950
Kalofer Hristozov	Floor	19.750	N/A					19.750	7
	Rings	N/A		19.825	N/A			19.825	4
	Parallel bars	N/A				19.725	N/A	19.725	4
Deyan Kolev	Vault	N/A			19.737	N/A		19.737	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	UB	BB	V			F	UB	BB	V
Diana Doudeva	All-around	19.800	19.600	19.625	19.625	39.325	9 Q	9.800	9.875	9.825	9.900	78.725	9
Khrabrina Khrabrova	All-around	19.225	18.475	18.725	19.600	76.025	62	Did not advance
Maria Kartalova	All-around	19.500	19.250	19.150	19.350	77.250	35	Did not advance
Ivelina Raykova	All-around	19.575	19.400	19.325	19.550	77.850	20	Did not advance
Boriana Stoyanova	All-around	19.300	19.300	19.525	19.825	38.975	17 Q	9.775	9.875	9.725	9.850	78.200	13
Deliana Vodenitcharova	All-around	19.750	19.500	19.475	19.600	39.162	15 Q	9.700	9.800	9.775	9.900	78.337	12
Diana Doudeva Khrabrina Khrabrova Maria Kartalova Ivelina Raykova Boriana Stoyanova Deliana Vodenitcharova	Team all-around	N/A						98.200	97.125	97.125	98.100	390.550	5

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	UB	BB	V
Diana Doudeva	Floor	19.850	N/A			19.850
	Balance beam	N/A		19.724	N/A	19.724	6
Boriana Stoyanova	Vault	N/A			19.780	19.780	4
Deliana Vodenitcharova	Floor	19.837	N/A			19.837	4

Rhythmic gymnastics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Prelim Total	Total	Rank
Adriana Dunavska	Individual	10.000	10.000	10.000	10.000	40.000	19.950	59.950
Bianka Panova		10.000	10.000	10.000	10.000	40.000	19.725	59.725	4

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pavel Botev	−60 kg	BYE	Mikhalakis Skouroumounis (CYP) W 0010–0000	Patrick Roux (FRA) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Ivo Kostadinov	−65 kg	Mark Adshead (GBR) W 0001–0000	Guido Schumacher (GER) W 1000–0000	Janusz Pawłowski (POL) L 0000–1000	N/A		BYE	Philip Laats (BEL) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Georgi Petrov	−86 kg	BYE	Ng Chiu Fan (HKG) W 1000–0000	János Gyáni (HUN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Marko Valev	−95 kg	N/A	Juri Fazi (ITA) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Dimitar Zapryanov	+95 kg	N/A	Roger Vachon (FRA) W 0010–0000	Hitoshi Saito (JPN) L 0000–1000	N/A		BYE	Lansana Coly (SEN) W 1000–0000	Mohamed Rashwan (EGY) W 0001–0000	Cho Yong-chul (KOR) L 0000–0001	5

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vasil Radev Daniel Yordanov	Double sculls	6:17.92	3 R	6:41.10	2 Q	6:20.33	4 FB	7:04.39	8
Emil Groytsev Atanas Andreev Stefan Stoykov	Coxed pair	7:15.24	2 Q	BYE		7:01.23	1 Q	7:03.04	5
Rumen Aleksiev Emil Bondev Yuri Dyulgerov Ivo Gelov Dimitar Kamburski Ventseslav Kanchev Ivan Stanev Dimitar Tonchev Nikola Zlatanov	Eight	5:48.25	4 R	5:40.93	3 FB	N/A		5:49.99	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Magdalena Georgieva	Single sculls	7:50.64	1 Q	BYE		7:35.47	1 Q	7:53.65
Violeta Ninova Stefka Madina	Double sculls	7:32.82	2 R	7:24.96	1 Q	N/A		7:06.03
Radka Stoyanova Lalka Berberova	Coxless pair	7:48.68	2 R	7:50.94	1 Q	N/A		7:31.95
Pavlina Khristova Galina Anakhrieva Iskra Velinova Krasimira Tocheva	Quadruple sculls	6:23.22	1 Q	N/A				6:24.10	4
Teodora Zareva Violeta Zareva Miglena Mikhaleva Svetla Durchova Greta Georgieva Olya Stoichkova Mariana Stoyanova Katia Todorova	Coxed four	7:11.59	2 R	7:20.78	FB	N/A		7:02.27	4
Emilia Mikhaleva Teodora Zareva Violeta Zareva Nevyana Ivanova Olya Stoichkova Todorka Vasileva Rita Todorova Mariana Stoyanova Daniela Oronova Greta Georgieva	Eight	6:47.99	4 R		2 Q	N/A		6:25.02	5

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lyubtcho Diakov	50 m pistol	554	23	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	575	23	Did not advance
Tanyu Kiryakov	50 m pistol	566	3 Q	656	4
	10 m air pistol	585	3 Q	687.9 OR
Georgi Poliakov	50 m rifle three positions	1161	28	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	593	32	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	582	31	Did not advance
Petar Zaprianov	50 m rifle three positions	1162	27	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	590	41	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Vesela Letcheva	50 m rifle three positions	583	6	683.2
	10 m air rifle	389	17	Did not advance
Nonka Matova	50 m rifle three positions	580	11	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	391	12	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tzvetan Golomeev	50 metre freestyle	23.41	13	DNS		Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	50.82	15	51.16	15	Did not advance
Georgi Mihalev	100 metre backstroke	57.06	11	57.17	13	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:02.71	13	2:04.24	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tanya Dangalakova	100 metre breaststroke	1:08.35	1	Did not advance		1:07.95
	200 metre breaststroke	2:29.91	5	Did not advance		2:28.43	4
Antoaneta Frenkeva	100 metre breaststroke	1:10.09	5	Did not advance		1:08.74
	200 metre breaststroke	2:29.57	3	Did not advance		2:28.34
Bistra Gospodinova	100 metre backstroke	1:04.91	19	Did not advance
Natasha Khristova	100 metre freestyle	57.80	24	Did not advance
Neviana Miteva	100 metre butterfly	1:02.01	11	1:02.47	12	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:18.44	19	Did not advance
Antoaneta Strumenlieva	400 metre freestyle	4:13.25	11	4:13.43	12	Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:35.40	8	Did not advance		8:41.05	8
	400 metre individual medley	4:51.58	12	Did not advance		4:52.33	12
Bistra Gospodinova Tanya Dangalakova Neviana Miteva Natasha Khristova	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:15.22	6	Did not advance		4:12.36	6

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Group E

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		KOR	SWE	JPN	IND	BUL	POL	CHI	EGY
1	Kim Ki-taik (KOR)	7	0	21	5	514	394		X	3–2	3–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–0
2	Jörgen Persson (SWE)	6	1	20	7	516	384		2–3	X	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–0
3	Kiyoshi Saito (JPN)	5	2	19	6	499	397		2–3	2–3	X	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
4	Kamlesh Mehta (IND)	4	3	13	12	470	457		0–3	1–3	0–3	X	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–1
5	Mariano Domuschiev (BUL)	3	4	10	15	425	473		0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	X	3–0	3–2	3–1
6	Piotr Molenda (POL)	2	5	8	17	405	474		0–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–3	X	3–1	3–1
7	Jorge Gambra (CHI)	1	6	7	18	413	490		1–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	2–3	1–3	X	3–0
8	Sherif El-Saket (EGY)	0	7	3	21	324	497		0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	X

Women

Group G

Rank	Athlete	W	L	GW	GL	PW	PL		NED	BUL	TCH	YUG	ARG	EGY
1	Bettine Vriesekoop (NED)	5	0	15	1	335	197		X	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Daniela Guergueltcheva (BUL)	4	1	13	5	357	268		1–3	X	3–0	3–2	3–0	3–0
3	Alena Šafářová (TCH)	3	2	9	6	268	225		0–3	0–3	X	3–0	3–0	3–0
4	Gordana Perkučin (YUG)	2	3	8	9	282	296		0–3	2–3	0–3	X	3–0	3–0
5	Kim Hae-Ja (ARG)	1	4	3	13	214	319		0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	X	3–1
6	Nihal Meshref (EGY)	0	5	1	15	182	333		0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	X

Round of 16

Chen Jing (CHN) - Daniela Guergueltcheva (BUL) 3:0 21–15, 21–7, 22–20

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Katerina Maleeva	Singles	BYE	Gisele Miró (BRA) W 7-5, 6-1	Pam Shriver (USA) L 3-6, 6-3, 2-6	Did not advance
Manuela Maleeva		BYE	Mercedes Paz (ARG) W 6-1, 6-2	Catarina Lindqvist (SWE) W 6-1, 6-0	Raffaella Reggi (ITA) W 6-3, 6-4	Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) L 1-6, 1-6	Did not advance
Manuela Maleeva Katerina Maleeva	Doubles	N/A		Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull (AUS) W 2-6, 6-3, 0-6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the Semifinals
	Qualified for the 5th–8th semifinals
	Qualified for the 9th–12th semifinals

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	9	4	1	14	4	3.500	248	190	1.305
2	Brazil	9	4	1	14	7	2.000	296	225	1.316
3	Sweden	7	2	3	9	11	0.818	220	262	0.840
4	Bulgaria	7	2	3	7	9	0.778	190	194	0.979
5	Italy	7	2	3	7	11	0.636	203	222	0.914
6	South Korea	6	1	4	5	14	0.357	200	264	0.758

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–9	15–8			45–24
19 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Italy	15–7	15–8	15–6			45–21
22 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	13–15	15–6	15–12	15–12		58–45
24 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	15–7	15–10	15–8			45–25
26 Sep	Sweden	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–12	15–8			45–31

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	France	15–8	15–12	15–11			45–31

5th place match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Oct	Netherlands	3–0	Bulgaria	15–6	15–8	15–10			45–24

• Team Roster
  • Kostadin Mitev
  • Petyo Draguiev
  • Borislav Kyossev
  • Ljubomir Ganev
  • Ilian Kaziiski
  • Dimo Tonev
  • Petko Petkov
  • Plamen Khristov
  • Sava Kovatchev
  • Nayden Naydenov
  • Miltcho Milanov
  • Zvetan Florov
• Head Coach: Todor Piperkov

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sevdalin Marinov	−52 kg	120	1	150	1	270 OR
Mitko Grablev	−56 kg	130	1	167.5	1	297.5	DQ
Stefan Topurov	−60 kg	137.5	2	175	2	312.5
Angel Guenchev	−67,5 kg	160	1	202.5	1	362.5	DQ
Borislav Gidikov	−75 kg	167.5 OR	1	207.5 OR	1	375
Aleksandar Varbanov		157.5	3	200	2	357.5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool								Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Round 7 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Ivan Tzonov	−48 kg	Sergey Karamchakov (URS) L 1-3	Hour Jiunn-Yih (TPE) W 4–0	Mohammad Razigul (AFG) W 3-1	Rajesh Kumar (IND) W 3-1	BYE	Reiner Heugabel (FRG) W 3-0	N/A	1	Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) L 0-3
Valentin Yordanov	−52 kg	Carlos Negron (PUR) W 4–0	Oushane Diallo (GUI) W 4–0	Kenneth Chertow (USA) W 3-0	BYE	Šaban Trstena (YUG) L 1-3	Vladimir Toguzov (URS) L 0-3	N/A	4	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL) L 0-4	8
Valentin Ivanov	−57 kg	Chen Yongliang (CHN) W 4-0	Ramón Meña (PAN) W 4-0	Mourad Zelfani (TUN) W 4-0	BYE	Askari Mohammadian (IRN) L 1-3	Noh Kyung-Sun (KOR) L 1-3	N/A	3	Béla Nagy (HUN) W 3-1	5
Simeon Shterev	−62 kg	Kazuhito Sakae (JPN) W 3-1	John Smith (USA) L 1-3	Daniel Cumming (AUS) W 4-0	Marian Skubacz (POL) W 3-0	Avirmediin Enkhee (MGL) W 3-0	BYE		2	Akbar Fallah (IRN) W 3-1
Angel Yassenov	−68 kg	Arsen Fadzayev (URS) L 1-3	Ho Bisgaltu (CHN) W 3-1	Georgios Athanassiadis (GRE) W 3-1	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) W 4-0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN) L 1-3	N/A		4	Alexander Leipold (FRG) L 1-3	8
Rahmat Sofiadi	−74 kg	Jean Manga (CMR) W 4-0	Monday Eguabor (NGR) W 4-0	BYE	Yoshihiko Hara (JPN) W 3-1	Claudiu Tămăduianu (ROU) W 3-0	Adlan Varayev (URS) L 1-3	Ayat Vagozari (IRN) W 4-0	2	Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) W 3-1
Alexander Nanev	−82 kg	Mark Schultz (USA) L 0-3	Andrzej Radomski (POL) L 1-3	N/A					11	Did not advance
Rumen Alabakov	−90 kg	Jerzy Nieć (POL) W 3-1	Mohammad Reza Toupchi (IRN) W 3-1	Bodo Lukowski (FRG) W 3-1	Hubert Bindels (BEL) W 3-0	Edwin Lins (AUT) W 4-0	Kim Tae-woo (KOR) L 1-3	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) L 0-4	3	Jim Scherr (USA) L 1-3	6
Georgi Karaduchev	−100 kg	Wilfried Colling (FRG) W 3-0	Július Strnisko (TCH) W 3-1	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) L 1-3	Babacar Sar (MTN) W 4-0	Noel Loban (GBR) W 3-1	William Scherr (USA) L 1-3	N/A	3	Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL) W 4-0	5
Atanas Atanassov	−130 kg	BYE	László Klauz (HUN) L 0-3	Dennis Atiyeh (SYR) W 4-0	David Gobezhishvili (URS) L 1-3	BYE			3	Dan Payne (CAN) W 3-1	5

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool								Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Round 7 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Bratan Tsenov	−48 kg	Yang Zhizhong (CHN) W 3-0	Markus Scherer (FRG) W 3-0	Lars Rønningen (NOR) W 3-0	BYE	Vincenzo Maenza (ITA) L 1-3	BYE		2	Mahaddin Allahverdiyev (URS) W 3-0
Hristo Fliev	−52 kg	Jihad Sharif (JOR) W 3–0	Florentino Tirante (PHI) W 4–0	Erol Kemah (TUR) W 4–0	Alexander Ignatenko (URS) L 0-3	Atsuji Miyahara (JPN) L 1-3	N/A		4	Peter Stjernberg (SWE) W 3-1	7
Stoyan Balov	−57 kg	Zoran Galović (YUG) W 4–0	BYE	Kacem Bouallouche (MAR) W 4–0	Keijo Pehkonen (FIN) W 3-1	Huh Byung-Ho (KOR) W 3-1	Haralambos Holidis (GRE) W 3-0	N/A	1	András Sike (HUN) L 0-4
Zhivko Vangelov	−62 kg	Jenő Bódi (BUL) W 3–0	Jukka Loikas (FIN) W 3-1	Shigeki Nishiguchi (JPN) W 4-0	Hugo Dietsche (SUI) W 4-0	N/A			1	Kamandar Madzhidov (URS) L 1-3
Georgi Karamanliev	−68 kg	Kiptoo Salbei (KEN) W 4-0	BYE	Attila Repka (HUN) L 0-3	Jerzy Kopański (POL) L 0-3	N/A			8	Did not advance
Borislav Velichkov	−74 kg	Jean Manga (CMR) W 4-0	Wei Qingkun (CHN) W 3-0	Kim Young-Nam (KOR) L 1-3	Franc Podlesek (YUG) W 3-0	BYE	Józef Tracz (POL) L 1-3	N/A	3	Martial Mischler (FRA) L 1-3	6
Angel Stoykov	−82 kg	Mehdi Moradi Ganji (IRN) W 3-0	Moustafa Ramadan Hussein (EGY) W 3-0	John Morgan (USA) DQ 0-0	Tibor Komáromi (HUN) L 1-3	N/A			6	Did not advance
Atanas Komchev	−90 kg	Yasutoshi Moriyama (JPN) W 3-0	Samba Adama (MTN) W 4-0	Franz Pitschmann (AUT) W 3-1	Christer Gulldén (SWE) W 3-0	Georgios Pikilidis (GRE) W 3-1	N/A		1	Harri Koskela (FIN) W 3-0
Ilia Georgiev	−100 kg	Ambroise Sarr (SEN) W 4-0	Tamás Gáspár (HUN) L 1-3	Sören Claeson (SWE) W 3-0	Yoo Young-Tae (KOR) W 4-0	BYE	Gerhard Himmel (FRG) L 1-3	N/A	2	Dennis Koslowski (USA) L 0-3	4
Rangel Gerovski	−130 kg	Daniel Payne (CAN) W 3-0	Fabio Valguarnera (ITA) W 3-0	Roman Wrocławski (POL) W 3-0	Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) W 3-0	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) W 3-0	N/A		1	Aleksandr Karelin (URS) L 1-3

References

1. "Bulgaria at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
2. "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 1 August 2018.