Bulgaria at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Bulgaria
games=1952 Summer
competitors=63
sports=8
flagbearer=
gold=0
silver=0
bronze=1
total=1
rank=40

Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Bronze

* Boris Nikolov — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

Results by event

=Basketball=

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

=Cycling=

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)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]