Bulgaria at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee Website www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian) (English) Competitors 112 (102 men and 10 women) in 13 sports MedalsRanked 18th GoldSilverBronzeTotal2439

Bulgaria competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 112 competitors, 102 men and 10 women, took part in 69 events in 13 sports.

Gold

Petar Kirov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Boyan Radev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Silver

Tsvetan Dimitrov, Yancho Dimitrov, Asparukh Donev, Milko Gaydarski, Ivailo Georgiyev, Atanas Gerov, Mikhail Gionin, Georgi Ivanov, Kiril Ivkov, Atanas Khristov, Georgi Khristakiev, Kiril Khristov, Todor Nikolov, Georgi Vasiliev, Yevgeny Yanchovsky, Stoyan Yordanov, Ivan Zafirov, and Petar Zhekov — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition

Enyu Todorov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

Enyu Valchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

Osman Duraliev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Bronze

Ivan Mihailov — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Georgi Stankov — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

Prodan Gardzhev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Penathlon

Group B

October 13

October 14

October 15

October 16

October 18

October 19

October 20

9th–12th Place

October 23

9th–10th Place

October 24

Boxing

Men

Sprint

Men

Quarter-finals

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1968.

Men's Individual Competition:

Antoni Panyovski – 4247 points (→ 33rd place)

Konstantin Sardzhev – 4191 points (→ 36th place)

Ivan Apostolov – 3462 points (→ 45th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Paniowsky, Sardjev, and Apostolov – 11976 points (→ 11th place)

Rowing

Men

Shooting

Six shooters, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1968.

Open

Swimming

Men