Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 63 competitors, 54 men and 9 women, took part in 34 events in 8 sports. Medalists Athletics Basketball Preliminary round Group 2 |} Quarterfinals The top two teams in each quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals. The other two teams in each quarterfinals played in the fifth through eighth place classification. Quarterfinals group A |} Classification matches 5-8th-place match 7th-place match Boxing 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) Equestrian Football Preliminary round results Head coach: Krum Milev Gymnastics Shooting Six shooters represented Bulgaria in 1952. Men References External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1952