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.

Bulgaria at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Nagano
Competitors19 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Lyubomir Popov
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Main article: 1998 Winter Olympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldEkaterina DafovskaBiathlonWomen's 15 km

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Lyubomir Popov Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Stefan Georgiev 1:27.76 1:23.13 2:50.89 32
Angel Pumpalov Slalom DNF – DNF –
Lyubomir Popov DNF – DNF –
Petar Dichev 59.62 DNF DNF –
Stefan Georgiev 57.95 58.17 1:56.12 22

Men's combined

Athlete Slalom Downhill Total
Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank
Petar Dichev 51.16 DSQ – DSQ –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Nadejda Vassileva Slalom 52.68 52.76 1:45.44 26

Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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
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
Ekaterina Dafovska 53:52.0 1 54:52.0
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
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
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C		 Slavcho Batinkov 33:23.2 84
15 km
pursuit1
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
Time Rank
5 km
C		 Irina Nikulchina 20:52.6 70
10 km
pursuit2
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
Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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
Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Evgeniya Radanova 500 m 45.977 1 Q DSQ – Did not advance
Daniela Vlaeva 46.681 3 Did not advance
Daniela Vlaeva 1000 m 1:37.124 3 Did not advance
Evgeniya Radanova 1:39.279 2 Q 1:38.510 3 Did not advance

Snowboarding
Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Women's giant slalom
Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Mariya Dimova 1:23.31 1:19.53 2:42.84 20
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