Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Bulgaria
competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
in Helsinki
, Finland
. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...
in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, England, United Kingdom. After a 12-year hiatus because of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin...
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Men's Team Competition
- Qualification Round (Group A)
- Defeated Switzerland (69-58)
- Defeated Cuba (62-56)
- Main Round (Group B)
- Lost to Soviet Union (46-74)
- Defeated Mexico (52-44)
- Defeated Finland (65-64)
- Final Round (Group B)
- Lost to Argentina (56-100)
- Lost to Uruguay (54-62)
- Defeated France (67-58)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Chile (53-60)
- 7th/8th place: Defeated France (58-44) → Seventh place
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)- Petar Georgiev — 5:24:34.0 (→ 46th place)
- Boyan Kotsev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Ilya Velchev — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Milcho Rosev — did not finish (→ no ranking)