List of Bulgarian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Bulgaria maintained by the Bulgarian Athletic Federation (Bulgarian: Българска Федерация Лека Атлетика) (BFLA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by BFLA   Not ratified or later rescinded by BFLA

+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.13 (+1.4 m/s)	Petar Petrov	24 July 1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union
200 m	20.20 (+0.8 m/s)	Nikolay Antonov	26 August 1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan
400 m	45.32	Iliya Dzhivondov	3 June 2000		Sofia, Bulgaria
800 m	1:46.3 h	Binko Kolev	12 July 1979		Celje, Yugoslavia
1000 m	2:18.22	Miroslav Chochkov	20 August 1988		Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
1500 m	3:39.53	Evgeni Ignatov	28 August 1982		Sofia, Bulgaria
Mile	3:58.31	Zhelisko Zhelev	1992		?
2000 m	4:59.02	Evgeni Ignatov	4 September 1985	Rieti IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
3000 m	7:46.34	Evgeni Ignatov	4 July 1987	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
5000 m	13:13.15	Evgeni Ignatov	31 August 1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany
10000 m	27:56.26	Evgeni Ignatov	2 July 1988	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway
10 km (road)	29:27	Evgeni Ignatov	24 September 1989		Birmingham, United Kingdom
15 km (road)	44:15	Christo Stefanov	September 1995		Piła, Poland
Half marathon	1:02:33	Petko Stefanov	27 October 2002		Podgorica, Montenegro
Marathon	2:11:26	Christo Stefanov	19 October 1997		Sofia, Bulgaria
110 m hurdles	13.33 (+1.5 m/s)	Zhivko Videnov	14 June 2000		Chania, Greece
400 m hurdles	48.48	Toma Tomov	11 August 1986		Budapest, Hungary
2000 m steeplechase	5:25.12	Mitko Tsenov	20 May 2015	New Stars Meeting	Sofia, Bulgaria	[1]
3000 m steeplechase	8:20.87	Mitko Tsenov	12 June 2014	Meeting Iberoamericano	Huelva, Spain	[2]
High jump	2.36 m	Georgi Dakov	10 August 1990		Brussels, Belgium
Pole vault	5.82 m	Spas Bukhalov	2 June 2007	U23 National Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria
Long jump	8.33 m (0.0 m/s)	Ivaylo Mladenov	3 June 1995		Seville, Spain
Triple jump	17.92 m (+1.6 m/s)	Khristo Markov	31 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy
Shot put	21.09 m	Georgi Ivanov	20 July 2013	Ústí nad Labem Grand Prix	Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic	[3]
Discus throw	67.82 m	Velko Velev	15 August 1978		Riga, Soviet Union
Hammer throw	82.40 m	Plamen Minev	1 June 1991		Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Javelin throw	83.40 m	Mark Slavov	20 September 2020	Balkan Championships	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	[4]
Decathlon	8199 pts	Atanas Andonov	20–21 June 1981		Sofia, Bulgaria
	11.08 (100 m), 7.32 m (long jump), 15.90 m (shot put), 2.08 m (high jump), 49.47 (400 m) / 14.57 (110 m hurdles), 50.58 m (discus), 4.40 m (pole vault), 56.92 m (javelin), 4:37.48 (1500 m)
20 km walk (road)	1:20:43	Lyubomir Ivanov	26 June 1988		Sofia, Bulgaria
50 km walk (road)	4:07:46	Boncho Lapkov	14 April 1985		Békéscsaba, Hungary
4×100 m relay	38.99	Bulgaria Pavel Pavlov Vladimir Ivanov Ivaylo Karanyotov Petar Petrov	1 August 1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union
4×400 m relay	3:01.61	Bulgaria Stanislav Georgiev Tsvetoslav Stankulov Kiril Raykov Anton Ivanov	21 August 1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 y	10.59+ (-0.1 m/s)	Inna Eftimova	31 May 2011	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	[5]
100 m	10.77 (+0.7 m/s)	Ivet Lalova	19 June 2004	European Cup	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
200 m	22.01 (-0.5 m/s)	Anelia Nuneva	16 August 1987		Sofia, Bulgaria
400 m	49.53	Vania Stambolova	27 August 2006	IAAF Grand Prix	Rieti, Italy
800 m	1:55.42	Nikolina Shtereva	26 July 1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada
1000 m	2:33.0	Totka Petrova	13 August 1978		Sofia, Bulgaria
1500 m	3:57.4	Totka Petrova	11 August 1979		Athens, Greece
Mile	4:21.52	Vesela Yatsinka	30 June 1982		Budapest, Hungary
Mile (road)	4:56.6	Devora Avramova	9 September 2023	Brașov Running Festival	Brașov, Romania	[6]
2000 m	5:35.85	Daniela Yordanova	8 July 2004	Agora Meeting	Sofia, Bulgaria
3000 m	8:30.59	Daniela Yordanova	6 July 2001	Meeting Areva	Saint Denis, France
5000 m	14:56.95	Daniela Yordanova	25 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
5 km (road)	15:45 Wo	Militsa Mircheva	1 October 2023	World Road Running Championships	Riga, Latvia	[7]
10000 m	32:30.07	Militsa Mircheva	29 March 2019	Stanford Invitational	Stanford, United States	[8]
10 km (road)	34:26	Milka Mikhailova	22 May 2004		Maltepe, Turkey
15 km (road)	52:39	Radka Naplatanova	16 November 1988		Griesheim, Germany
20 km (road)	1:07:38+	Militsa Mircheva	27 October 2019	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[9]
Half marathon	1:11:14	Militsa Mircheva	27 October 2019	Valencia Half Marathon	Valencia, Spain	[10]
25 km (road)	1:28:37+	Militsa Mircheva	15 May 2022	Copenhagen Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[11]
30 km (road)	1:46:12+	Militsa Mircheva	15 May 2022	Copenhagen Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[12]
Marathon	2:29:23	Militsa Mircheva	15 May 2022	Copenhagen Marathon	Copenhagen, Denmark	[13]
100 m hurdles	12.21 (+0.7 m/s)	Yordanka Donkova	20 August 1988		Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
400 m hurdles	53.68	Vanya Stambolova	5 June 2011	Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme	Rabat, Morocco	[14]
2000 m steeplechase	6:26.45	Silvia Danekova	18 May 2016	38th New Stars International Meeting	Sofia, Bulgaria	[15]
3000 m steeplechase	9:33.41	Silvia Danekova	1 August 2015	Balkan Championships	Pitești, Romania	[16]
High jump	2.09 m	Stefka Kostadinova	30 August 1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy
Pole vault	4.45 m	Tanya Koleva	21 June 2003	European Cup	Velenje, Slovenia
Long jump	7.00 m (+0.6 m/s)	Silvia Khristova-Moneva	3 August 1986		Sofia, Bulgaria
Triple jump	15.20 m (-0.3 m/s)	Tereza Marinova	24 September 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
Shot put	21.89 m	Ivanka Khristova	4 July 1976		Belmeken, Bulgaria
Discus throw	73.22 m	Tsvetanka Khristova	19 April 1987		Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Hammer throw	65.35 m	Anelia Yordanova	10 June 2000		Sofia, Bulgaria
Javelin throw	63.32 m	Hristina Georgieva	28 June 2000		Athens, Greece
Heptathlon	6658 pts	Svetla Dimitrova	30–31 May 1992	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria
	13.41 (100 m hurdles), 1.75 m (high jump), 14.72 m (shot put), 23.06w (200 m) / 6.64 m (long jump), 43.84 m (javelin), 2:09.60 (800 m)
10 km walk (road)	46:04	Nevena Mineva-Dimitrova	7 August 2002		Munich, Germany
20 km walk (road)	1:32:11	Nevena Mineva-Dimitrova	30 June 2001		Nova Zagora, Bulgaria
4×100 m relay	42.29	Bulgaria Krasimira Pencheva Anelia Nuneva Nadezhda Georgieva Yordanka Donkova	26 June 1988		Sofia, Bulgaria
4×200 m relay	1:32.48	Bulgaria Popova G. Penkova Nuneva Georgieva	20 June 1981		Bourges, France
4×400 m relay	3:25.81	Bulgaria Katya Ilieva Rositsa Stamenova Galina Penkova Svobodka Damyanova	24 July 1983		Sofia, Bulgaria

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
4 × 400 m relay	3:22.58	Bulgaria	22 June 2023	European Team Championships	Chorzów, Poland	[17]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	5.80	Ivaylo Karanyotov	21 February 1981		Sofia, Bulgaria
60 m	6.58	Petar Petrov	25 February 1978		Sofia, Bulgaria
100 m	10.6	Pavel Bidinki	27 February 1965		Sofia, Bulgaria
200 m	20.41	Nikolay Antonov	1 March 1992	European Championships	Genoa, Italy
400 m	46.35	Iliya Dzhivondov	12 February 2000		Piraeus, Greece
800 m	1:47.78	Binko Kolev	25 February 1979		Wien, Austria
1000 m	2:25.05	Binko Kolev	1 February 1986		Dobrich, Bulgaria
		Zdravko Gospodinov	1 February 1986		Dobrich, Bulgaria
1500 m	3:41.7	Evgeni Ignatov	8 February 1981		Sofia, Bulgaria
3000 m	7:55.4	Evgeni Ignatov	1 February 1981		Sofia, Bulgaria
50 m hurdles	6.62	Plamen Krastev	22 February 1981	European Championships	Grenoble, France
		Zhivko Videnov	25 February 2001	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
60 m hurdles	7.62	Zhivko Videnov	29 January 2000		Sofia, Bulgaria
High jump	2.31 m	Georgi Dakov	26 February 1991		Budapest, Hungary
Pole vault	5.76 m	Spas Bukhalov	4 February 2006		Sofia, Bulgaria
Long jump	8.30 m	Ivaylo Mladenov	28 February 1994		Piraeus, Greece
Triple jump	17.45 m	Khristo Markov	6 February 1988		Piraeus, Greece
Shot put	21.02 m	Georgi Ivanov	7 March 2014	World Championships	Sopot, Poland	[18]
Heptathlon	5853 pts	Atanas Andonov	11 March 1981		Sofia, Bulgaria
	7.21 (60 m), 6.84 m (long jump), 15.63 m (shot put), 2.12 m (high jump), 8.17 (60 m hurdles), 4.60 m (pole vault), 2:47.1 (1000 m)
5000 m walk	18:58.18	Lyubomir Ivanov	11 February 1990		Sofia, Bulgaria
4x200 m relay	1:27.77	University Team G. Atanasov F. Jakubov Kr. Sokolov B. Padev	17 February 1985		Sofia, Bulgaria
4x400 m relay	3:15.0	Bulgaria Yanko Bratanov Marin Danov Vasil Kasov Krastyo Khristov	17 February 1974		Sofia, Bulgaria

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
50 m	6.12	Anelia Nuneva	27 January 1995		Moscow, Russia
55 m	6.64	Anelia Nuneva	27 February 1987		New York City, United States
60 m	7.03	Anelia Nuneva	22 February 1987	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France
100 m	12.28	Nadeschda Georgieva	22 December 1982		Sofia, Bulgaria
200 m	22.91	Ivet Lalova	6 March 2005	European Championships	Madrid, Spain
	22.87		1 February 2004	Akademik Meeting	Sofia, Bulgaria
300 m	36.81	Vania Stambolova	14 February 2012	Meeting Pas de Calais	Liévin, France	[19]
400 m	50.21	Vania Stambolova	12 March 2006	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	[20]
800 m	2:00.07	Teodora Kolarova	21 February 2007	Balkan Championships	Piraeus, Greece
1000 m	2:40.15	Tsvetelina Kirilova	2 February 2003		Sofia, Bulgaria
1500 m	4:04.19	Daniela Yordanova	9 March 2008	World Championships	Valencia, Spain	[21]
3000 m	8:47.45	Daniela Yordanova	27 February 2000	European Championships	Ghent, Belgium
5000 m	17:27.44	Petrana Petkova	24 January 2004		Nebraska, United States
	17:19.53 OT		3 February 2006	Hoosier Relays	Bloomington, United States	[22]
50 m hurdles	6.77	Yordanka Donkova	7 February 1993		Grenoble, France
60 m hurdles	7.74	Yordanka Donkova	14 February 1987		Sofia, Bulgaria
	7.6 h		8 February 1987		Sofia, Bulgaria
High jump	2.06 m	Stefka Kostadinova	20 February 1988		Piraeus, Greece
Pole vault	4.50 m [23]	Tanya Koleva-Stefanova	16 February 2005	Athens Meeting	Athens, Greece
Long jump	6.91 m	Magdalena Khristova	19 February 1998	GE Galan	Stockholm, Sweden
Triple jump	14.94 m	Iva Prandzheva	7 March 1999	World Championships	Maebashi, Japan
Shot put	20.78 m	Ivanka Khristova	14 February 1976		Sofia, Bulgaria
Pentathlon	4542 pts	Daniela Nenova	6 March 1983		Yambol, Bulgaria
	8.66 (60 m hurdles), 1.82 m (high jump), 12.74 m (shot put), 6.28 m (long jump), 2:13.80 (800 m)
3000 m walk	12:50.28	Nevena Mineva-Dimitrova	27 January 2001		Sofia, Bulgaria
4×200 m relay	1:39.7	Bulgaria If. Benkova If Koschintscharka S. Kasandschieva M. Bobtjcheva	14 March 1971		Sofia, Bulgaria
4×400 m relay	3:32.03	Bulgaria Monika Gachevska Mariyana Dimitrova Teodora Kolarova Vanya Stambolova	4 February 2006		Sofia, Bulgaria

References

General

• Bulgarian Athletics Records - Men Outdoor 20 September 2020 updated
• Bulgarian Athletics Records - Women Outdoor 15 May 2022 updated
• Bulgarian Athletics Records - Men Indoor
• Bulgarian Athletics Records - Women Indoor

Specific

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19. "300 Metres Results" (PDF). www.meeting-pasdecalais.com. 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
20. "400 Metres Results" (PDF). IAAF. 2006-03-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
21. "1500 Metres Results" (PDF). IAAF. 2008-03-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
22. "Hoosier Relays 2006 Complete Results". www.usi.edu. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
23. outdoor mark ratified as absolute record

External links

• BFLA web site