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Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.

In total, 70 athletes including 43 men and 27 women represented Bulgaria in 14 different sports including archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

Bulgaria won a total five medals at the games including one gold in the rowing events and one silver and three bronze in the wrestling events.

Competitors

In total, 70 athletes represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across 14 different sports.

Medalists

Bulgaria won a total of five medals at the games including one gold, one silver and three bronze.

Archery

In total, one Bulgarian athlete participated in the archery events – Daniel Pavlov in the men's individual.

Athletics

In total, 17 Bulgarian athletes participated in the athletics events – Nikolay Atanasov, Spas Bukhalov, Gita Dodova, Iliyan Efremov, Inna Eftimova, Venera Getova, Desislav Gunev, Georgi Ivanov, Momchil Karailiev, Rumyana Karapetrova, Tsvetelina Kirilova, Ivet Lalova, Tezdzhan Naimova, Kolyo Neshev, Dobrinka Shalamanova and Daniela Yordanova.

Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events

<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> On 13 June 2008, Daniela Yordanova was tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia.</small>

Field events

Badminton

In total, one Bulgarian athlete participated in the badminton events – Petya Nedelcheva in the women's singles.

Boxing

In total, two Bulgarian athletes participated in the boxing events – Boris Georgiev in the light welterweight category and Kubrat Pulev in the super heavyweight category.

Canoeing

In total, two Bulgarian athletes participated in the canoeing events – Adnan Aliev and Deyan Georgiev in the men's C-2 500 m and the men's C-2 1,000 m.

Cycling

In total, two Bulgarian athletes participated in the cycling events – Daniel Petrov and Evgeniy Gerganov in the men's road race.

Gymnastics

In total, 10 Bulgarian athletes participated in the gymnastics events – Nikolina Tankusheva in the women's artistic individual all-around, Yordan Yovchev in the men's rings, Elizabeth Paisieva and Simona Peycheva in the women's rhythmic individual all-around and Tsveta Kuseva, Yolita Manolova, Zornitsa Marinova, Maya Paunovska, Yoanna Tancheva and Tatyana Tongova in the women's rhythmic team all-around.

Artistic

Men
Women

Rhythmic

Rowing

In total, three Bulgarian athletes participated in the rowing events – Ivo Yanakiev and Martin Yanakiev in the men's double sculls and Rumyana Neykova in the women's single sculls.

Men
Women

Sailing

In total, one Bulgarian athlete participated in the sailing events – Irina Konstantinova-Bontemps in the women's sailboard.

Shooting

In total, four Bulgarian athletes participated in the shooting events – Desislava Balabanova in the women's 10 m air rifle and the women's 50 m rifle three positions, Tanyu Kiryakov in the men's 10 m air pistol and the men's 50 m pistol and Mariya Grozdeva and Irena Tanova in the women's 10 m air pistol and the women's 25 m pistol.

Men
Women

Swimming

In total, four Bulgarian athletes participated in the swimming events – Mihail Alexandrov in the men's 100 m breaststroke, the men's 200 m breaststroke and the men's 200 m individual medley, Georgi Palazov in the men's 100 m butterfly and the men's 200 m butterfly, Nina Rangelova in the women's 200 m freestyle and Petar Stoychev in the 1,500 m freestyle and the men's 10 km open water.

Men
Women

Tennis

In total, one Bulgarian athlete participated in the tennis events – Tsvetana Pironkova in the women's singles.

Volleyball

In total, 12 Bulgarian athletes participated in the volleyball events – Todor Aleksiev, Krasimir Gaydarski, Evgeni Ivanov, Matey Kaziyski, Plamen Konstantinov, Vladimir Nikolov, Teodor Salparov, Kostadin Stoykov, Ivan Tasev, Hristo Tsvetanov, Boyan Yordanov and Andrey Zhekov in the indoor men's tournament.

Group play
Quarterfinal

Wrestling

In total, 12 Bulgarian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Serafim Barzakov in the men's freestyle −66 kg category, Bozhidar Boyadzhiev in the men's freestyle −120 kg category, Kaloyan Dinchev in the men's Greco-Roman −96 kg category, Nikolay Gergov in the men's Greco-Roman −66 kg category, Ivan Ivanov in the men's Greco-Roman −120 kg category, Armen Nazaryan in the men's Greco-Roman −60 kg category, Kiril Terziev in the men's freestyle −74 kg category, Elina Vaseva in the women's freestyle −63 kg category, Radoslav Velikov in the men's freestyle −55 kg category, Venelin Venkov in the men's Greco-Roman −55 kg category, Yavor Yanakiev in the men's Greco-Roman −74 kg category and Stanka Zlateva in the women's freestyle −72 kg category.

On 9 August 2008, Anatolie Guidea ruptured his Achilles' tendon and could not compete in the event. The Bulgarian Wrestling Federation has asked another Bulgarian wrestler, Ismail Redzhep, to replace Guidea, but he was involved in a car accident, prompting him not to compete. Eventually, the freed spot was taken by Mike Zadick from the United States.

Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle

Weightlifting controversy

The Bulgarian Olympic Committee initially selected a team of eight athletes, six men and two women, for weightlifting, but decided to withdraw its entire weightlifting delegation to the games after its athletes tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid substance.

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