Bulgaria at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Bulgaria at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Calgary
Competitors	26 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Vladimir Velichkov
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	4	0	4
Biathlon	5	–	5
Bobsleigh	5	–	5
Cross-country skiing	5	0	5
Figure skating	1	1	2
Luge	2	1	3
Ski jumping	2	–	2
Total	24	2	26

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Stefan Shalamanov	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Borislav Dimitrachkov		DNF	–	DNF	–
Lyubomir Popov		1:10.73	DNF	DNF	–
Stefan Shalamanov	Slalom	58.68	53.69	1:52.37	23
Lyubomir Popov		57.78	53.03	1:50.81	19
Borislav Dimitrachkov		57.58	53.23	1:50.81	19
Petar Popangelov		55.14	51.20	1:46.34	16

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Vasil Bozhilov	2	28:06.5	43
	Vladimir Velichkov	2	27:48.8	38
	Khristo Vodenicharov	1	27:40.5	36
	Krasimir Videnov	1	27:31.1	29

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Khristo Kovachki	59:15.6	7	1'06:15.6	55
	Vladimir Bozhilov	56:56.5	4	1'00:56.5	21
	Vasil Bozhilov	56:49.8	4	1'00:49.8	19
	Khristo Vodenicharov	58:20.8	2	1'00:20.8	15

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Vasil Bozhilov Vladimir Velichkov Krasimir Videnov Khristo Vodenicharov	7	1'29:24.9	8

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BUL-1	Tsvetozar Viktorov Aleksandar Simeonov	Two-man	58.82	22	1:00.74	26	1:01.35	23	1:00.26	20	4:01.17	22
BUL-2	Todor Todorov Nikolay Botev	Two-man	59.68	32	1:01.44	34	1:02.05	33	1:01.64	33	4:04.81	32

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BUL-1	Tsvetozar Viktorov Plamen Stamov Nikolay Botev Aleksandar Simeonov	Four-man	57.72	21	59.07	24	58.20	24	58.67	21	3:53.66	24

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Atanas Simidchiev	49:53.6	67
	Mano Ketenzhiev	48:54.7	64
	Todor Makhov	47:47.5	55
	Svetoslav Atanasov	46:43.0	49
30 km C	Mano Ketenzhiev	1'34:57.0	48
	Todor Makhov	1'33:25.5	41
	Ivan Smilenov	1'32:26.9	36
	Svetoslav Atanasov	1'31:15.7	28
50 km F	Mano Ketenzhiev	DNF	–
	Todor Makhov	DNF	–
	Atanas Simidchiev	2'17:02.4	40

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Svetoslav Atanasov Ivan Smilenov Atanas Simidchiev Todor Makhov	1'49:27.9	12

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Boyko Aleksiev	26	27	DNQ	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Petya Gavazova	30	26	DNQ	DNF	–

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Krasimir Kamenov Mitko Bachev	51.957	18	48.620	16	1:40.577	18

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Simoneta Racheva	48.790	23	48.836	23	48.698	22	48.533	23	3:14.857	23

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Emil Zografski	Normal hill	77.0	83.3	78.0	87.9	171.2	40
Vladimir Breychev		79.0	90.0	71.0	69.7	159.7	53
Vladimir Breychev	Large hill	101.5	86.5	86.5	61.0	147.5	46
Emil Zografski		101.5	88.0	94.0	73.0	161.0	40