Bulgaria at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria at the; 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Montreal
Competitors	158 (105 men and 53 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Aleksandar Tomov
Medals; Ranked 7th	Gold 6 Silver 9 Bronze 7 Total 22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 158 competitors, 105 men and 53 women, took part in 108 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold edit

Ivanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
Svetla Otsetova and Zdravka Yordanova — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kubatova-Gruicheva — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
Norair Nurikyan — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Yordan Mitkov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
Hasan Isaev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight

Silver edit

Nikolina Shtereva — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
Mariya Vergova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Kapka Georgieva-Panayotova, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva and Reni Yordanova — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
Georgi Todorov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
Trendafil Stoychev — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
Krastyu Semerdzhiev — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
Stoyan Nikolov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Kamen Goranov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Aleksandar Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Bronze edit

Yordanka Blagoeva — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Vladimir Kolev — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Atanas Shopov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
Stefan Angelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
Ivan Kolev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Dimo Kostov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Krasimira Bogdanova, Diana Braynova-Dilova, Nadka Golcheva, Krasimira Gyurova, Petkana Makaveeva, Penka Metodieva, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Margarita Shtarkelova, Girgina Skerlatova, Mariya Stoyanova, Penka Stoyanova, and Todorka Yordanova — Basketball, Women's Team Competition

Athletics edit

Men's 100 metres

Petar Petrov

Men's 400m Hurdles

Yanko Bratanov
- Heats — 51.84s
- Semi Final — 50.11s
- Final — 50.03s (→ 6th place)

Men's Discus Throw

Velko Velev
- Qualification — 63.54m
- Final — 60.94m (→ 10th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

Valentin Dzhonev

Women's 200 metres

Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova

Women's 800 metres

Women's 1,500 metres

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

Penka Sokolova

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

Yordanka Ivanova, Svetla Zlateva, Ivanka Bonova, and Liliyana Todorova

Women's High Jump

Yordanka Blagoeva

Women's Long Jump

Women's Shot Put

Ivanka Khristova
- Final — 21.16 m (→ Gold Medal)
Elena Stoyanova
- Final — 18.89 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

Mariya Vergova

Women's Javelin Throw

Yordanka Peeva

Women's Pentathlon

Penka Sokolova

Basketball edit

Women's tournament edit

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	1st Tie
Soviet Union	5	0	504	346	+158	10
United States	3	2	415	417	−2	8	1W–0L
Bulgaria	3	2	365	377	−12	8	0W–1L
Czechoslovakia	2	3	351	359	−8	7	1W–0L
Japan	2	3	405	400	+5	7	0W–1L
Canada	0	5	336	477	−141	5

July 19

Czechoslovakia

66–67

Bulgaria

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

July 20

United States

95–79

Bulgaria

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

July 22

Bulgaria

68–91

Soviet Union

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

July 23

Bulgaria

66–63

Japan

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

July 25

Canada

62–85

Bulgaria

Montreal Forum, Montreal

Team Roster edit

Boxing edit

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Beyhan Fuchedzhiev	Light Flyweight	Jorge Hernández (CUB) L RSC-3	Did not advance
Georgi Kostadinov	Flyweight	BYE	Jung Chul-Kim (KOR) W 5-0	Alfredo Pérez (VEN) L 0-5	Did not advance
Chacho Andreykovski	Bantamweight	BYE	Aldo Cosentino (FRA) W KO-3	Gu Yong-Ju (PRK) L 0-5	Did not advance
Rumen Peshev	Featherweight	BYE	Gustavo de la Cruz (DOM) L 0-5	Did not advance
Tsvetan Tsvetkov	Lightweight	BYE	Khaidav Altanhuiag (MGL) W 5-0	Parviz Bahmani (IRN) W 5-0	Howard Davis (USA) L RSC-3	Did not advance
Vladimir Kolev	Light Welterweight	BYE	Tai Shik-Park (KOR) W 5-0	Ernst Müller (FRG) W 5-0	Calistrat Cuțov (ROM) W 5-0	Andrés Aldama (CUB) L KO-1	Did not advance
Plamen Yankov	Welterweight	BYE	Emilio Correa (CUB) L RSC-2	Did not advance
Nayden Stanchev	Light Middleweight	Steven Moi (KEN) W WO	Vasile Didea (ROM) L 0-5	Did not advance
Ryszard Pasiewicz	Middleweight	Musa Gariba (GHA) W WO	Rufat Riskiyev (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Georgi Stoymenov	Light Heavyweight	Ernesto Sanchez (VEN) W 5-0	Janusz Gortat (POL) L AB-3	Did not advance
Atanas Suvandzhiev	Heavyweight	Mahmoud Ahmed Ali (EGY) W WO	Viktor Ivanov (URS) W 4-1	—	Mircea Şimon (ROM) L 1-4	Did not advance

Canoeing edit

Sprint edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Borislav Ananiev	C-1 500 m	2:12.16	3 Q	BYE		2:11.23	3 Q	1:59.92	4
Borislav Ananiev	C-1 1000 m	4:28.18	3 Q	BYE		4:13.39	1 Q	4:14.41	4
Ivan Burchin Krasimir Khristov	C-2 500 m	1:58.84	2 Q	BYE		1:51.63	2 Q	1:50.43	6
Ivan Burchin Krasimir Khristov	C-2 1000 m	3:57.13	4 Q	3:52.00	2 Q	3:58.74	3 Q	4:02.44	7
Ivan Manev	K-1 500 m	1:57.30	3 Q	BYE		1:57.30	4	Did not advance
Lazar Khristov Borislav Borisov	K-2 500 m	1:46.02	3 Q	BYE		1:42.21	4	Did not advance
Lazar Khristov Borislav Borisov	K-2 1000 m	3:35.94	3 Q	BYE		3:26.76	1 Q	3:37.30	9
Ivan Manev Bozhidar Milenkov Nikolai Nachev Vasil Chilingirov	K-4 1000 m	3:11.39	3 Q	BYE		3:14.35	3 Q	3:12.94	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rosa Georgieva	K-1 500 m	2:14.23	4 Q	2:10.57	2 Q	2:10.51	3 Q	2:08.54	9
Mariya Mincheva Natasha Petrova	K-2 500 m	2:00.52	7 Q	1:56.60	2 Q	1:53.29	2 Q	1:55.95	7

Cycling edit

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Road edit

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stoyan Bobekov	Men's road race	4:58:35	49
Martin Martinov		DNF
Ivan Popov		DNF
Nedyalko Stoyanov		DNF
Georgi Fortunov Ivan Popov Nedyalko Stoyanov Stoyan Bobekov	Team time trial	2:15:07	12

Track edit

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dimo Angelov Tonchev	Men's 1000m time trial	1:08.950	14

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Repechage Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Dimo Angelov Tonchev	Men's sprint	Singleton (CAN) L	Kountras (GRE) W 11.50	Tormen Mendez (CHI) Rossi (ITA) L	Vaarten (BEL) Echeverry (COL) L	Did not advance

Fencing edit

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Miroslav Dudekov, Anani Mikhaylov, Konstantin Dzhelepov, Khristo Khristov

Gymnastics edit

Judo edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Parvan Parvanov	−63kg	David Saad (LIB) W 0010-0000	Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) L 0000-0001	Did not advance					12
Georgi Georgiev	−70kg	BYE	Vacinuff Morrison (GBR) L 0000-0001	Did not advance					13
Tsancho Atanasov	−93kg	BYE	Ung Nam An (PRK) L 0000-0010	Did not advance					18
Emil Petrunov	+93kg	BYE	Keith Remfry (GBR) L 0000–0010	Did not advance					12

Modern pentathlon edit

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Individual

Team

Stoyan Zlatev
Velko Bratanov
Nikolay Nikolov

Rowing edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgi Georgiev Valentin Stoev	Coxless pair	6:58.96	2 Q	BYE		6:33.23	3 Q	7:37.42	5
Tsvetan Petkov Rumen Khristov Todor Kishev	Coxed pair	7:24.44	1 Q	BYE		7:01.10	1 Q	8:11.27	4
Mincho Nikolov Eftim Gerzilov Yordan Valchev Khristo Zelev	Quadruple sculls	5:57.19	3 R	5:49.38	2 Q	—		6:32.04	5
Rumian Khristov Todor Mrankov Dimitar Valov Dimitar Yanakiev	Coxless four	6:20.71	3 Q	BYE		6:06.58	5 FB	6:41.36	7
Lachesar Boichev Ivan Botev Nacho Minchev Kiril Kirchev Nenko Dobrev	Coxed Four	6:43.69	4 R	6:23.47	2 Q	6:13.26	2 Q	6:52.88	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rosica Spasova	Single sculls	3:42.67	1 Q	BYE		—		4:10.86	4
Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova	Double sculls	3:25.05	1 Q	BYE		—		3:44.36
Siyka Kelbecheva Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva	Coxless pair	3:33.24	2 R	3:48.73	1 Q	—		4:01.22
Verka Aleksieva Svetlana Gincheva Iskra Velinova Troianka Vasileva Stanka Georgieva	Quadruple sculls	3:12.13	2 R	3:22.43	1 Q	—		3:34.13	4
Ginka Gyurova Lilyana Vaseva Reni Yordanova Mariyka Modeva Kapka Georgieva	Coxed four	3:20.98	1 Q	BYE		—		3:48.24

Shooting edit

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Dencho Denev	50 m pistol	575	8
Lyubcho Dyakov	50 m pistol	550	18
Stefan Krastev	50 m rifle prone	591	12
Anton Manolov	Skeet	188	35
Nonka Matova	50 m rifle three positions	1148	11
Anka Pelova	50 m rifle prone	582	60
Emiliyan Vergov	50 m rifle three positions	1139	20

Swimming edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolay Ganev	200 metre freestyle	2:00.54	43	Did not advance
Petar Georgiev	200 metre freestyle	2:00.70	44	Did not advance
Stefan Georgiev	100 metre freestyle	53.85	23	Did not advance
Krasimir Stoykov	100 metre backstroke	1:00.24	17	Did not advance
Krasimir Stoykov	200 metre backstroke	2:09.67	19	Did not advance
Petar Georgiev Stefan Georgiev Toni Statelov Krasimir Stoykov	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:57.08	13	Did not advance

Weightlifting edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Norair Nurikyan	−56 kg	117.5	1	145	1	262.5
Georghi Todorov	−60 kg	122.5	3	157.5	2	280
Todor Todorov	−60 kg	0	NVL	0	DNS	0	AC
Yordan Mitkov	−75 kg	145	1	190	1	335
Blagoy Blagoev	−82,5 kg	162.5	AC	200	AC	362.5	DSQ
Trendafil Stoitchev	−82,5 kg	162.5	2	197.5	2	360
Atanas Shopov	−90 kg	155	6	205	2	360
Valentin Khristov	−110 kg	170	AC	225	AC	395	DSQ
Krastiu Semerdzhiev	−110 kg	170	1	215	3	385

Wrestling edit

References edit

^ "Bulgaria at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

External links edit

[sports-reference-1] "Bulgaria at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

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