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395,983 medals, every one searchable. Filter by nation, championship, event and year, count a country’s haul edition by edition, or set two championships side by side.

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Bulgaria ’s medals at every Universiade

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Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships

Cuba · Pan American Games

Kenya · Olympic Games

Jamaica · World Championships

All-time haul

55 medals

20 gold 16 silver 19 bronze

Relays count once.

On the podium

16 of 32 editions since 1959

First medal

1959 Turin · Lidia Sharamovich, shot put gold

First gold

1959 Turin · Lidia Sharamovich, shot put

Best edition

Sofia 1977 15 medals, 7 of them gold

All-time table

19th of 101 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1959–2027

Bars grow with the medals won · empty column = no medal · click a year

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Edition by edition

Year	Edition	Medals	G	S	B	Total
2025	Bochum 32nd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2023	Chengdu 31st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2019	Naples 30th edition		1	0	0	1
2017	Taipei 29th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2015	Gwangju 28th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2013	Kazan 27th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2011	Shenzhen 26th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2009	Belgrade 25th edition		1	0	0	1
2007	Bangkok 24th edition		1	0	0	1
2005	Izmir 23rd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2003	Daegu 22nd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2001	Beijing 21st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1999	Palma de Mallorca 20th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1997	Sicily 19th edition		0	0	1	1
1995	Fukuoka 18th edition		0	0	1	1
1993	Buffalo 17th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1991	Sheffield 16th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1989	Duisburg 15th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1987	Zagreb 14th edition		2	1	0	3
1985	Kobe 13th edition		1	3	2	6
1983	Edmonton 12th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1981	Bucharest 11th edition		0	1	0	1
1979	Mexico City ↗ 10th edition		0	1	1	2
1977	Sofia 9th edition		7	4	4	15
1975	Rome 8th edition		2	0	4	6
1973	Moscow 7th edition		1	1	2	4
1970	Turin 6th edition		1	1	0	2
1967	Tokyo 5th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1965	Budapest 4th edition		1	1	0	2
1963	Porto Alegre 3rd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1961	Sofia 2nd edition		1	2	4	7
1959	Turin 1st edition		1	1	0	2
Total	16 of 32 editions on the podium		20	16	19	55