Bulgaria at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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]

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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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Norair Nurikyan	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight	19 July
Gold	Yordan Mitkov	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight	22 July
Gold	Svetla Otsetova, Zdravka Yordanova	Rowing	Women's double sculls	24 July
Gold	Siyka Kelbecheva, Stoyanka Gruycheva	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	24 July
Gold	Ivanka Khristova	Athletics	Women's shot put	31 July
Gold	Hasan Isaev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light flyweight	31 July
Silver	Georgi Todorov	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight	20 July
Silver	Kapka Georgieva-Panayotova, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva and Reni Yordanova	Rowing	Women's coxed fours	24 July
Silver	Trendafil Stoychev	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight	24 July
Silver	Aleksandar Tomov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight	24 July
Silver	Kamen Goranov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight	24 July
Silver	Stoyan Nikolov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight	24 July
Silver	Nikolina Shtereva	Athletics	Women's 800 metres	26 July
Silver	Krastyu Semerdzhiev	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight	26 July
Silver	Mariya Vergova	Athletics	Women's discus throw	29 July
Bronze	Stefan Angelov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light flyweight	24 July
Bronze	Ivan Kolev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight	24 July
Bronze	Atanas Shopov	Weightlifting	Men's middle heavyweight	25 July
Bronze	Krasimira Bogdanova, Diana Dilova-Braynova, Nadka Golcheva, Krasimira Gyurova, Petkana Makaveeva, Penka Metodieva, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Margarita Shtarkelova, Girgina Skerlatova, Mariya Stoyanova, Penka Stoyanova, and Todorka Yordanova	Basketball	Basketball, Women's Team Competition	26 July
Bronze	Yordanka Blagoeva	Athletics	Women's high jump	28 July
Bronze	Vladimir Kolev	Boxing	Men's light welterweight	29 July
Bronze	Dimo Kostov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	31 July

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

• Nikolina Shtereva
• Svetla Zlateva
• Liliyana Todorova

Women's 1,500 metres

• Nikolina Shtereva
• Vesela Yatsinska
• Rositsa Pekhlivanova

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

• Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova
• Ekaterina Nedeva

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

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

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

• • Nadka Golcheva
  • Penka Metodieva
  • Petkana Makaveyeva
  • Snezhana Mihailova
  • Krassima Gyurova
  • Krassimira Bogdanova
  • Todorka Yordanova
  • Diana Dilova
  • Margarita Shturkelova
  • Mania Stoyanova
  • Girgina Skerlatova
  • Penka Stoyanova
  • Head coach: Ivan Galabov

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		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
	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
	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
	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
		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

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Road

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

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
		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

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Men's sabre

• Miroslav Dudekov
• Anani Mikhaylov
• Trayan Dimitrov

Men's team sabre

• Miroslav Dudekov, Anani Mikhaylov, Konstantin Dzhelepov, Khristo Khristov

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		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

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Individual

• Stoyan Zlatev
• Velko Bratanov
• Nikolay Nikolov

Team

• Stoyan Zlatev
• Velko Bratanov
• Nikolay Nikolov

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		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
		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

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Dencho Denev	50 m pistol	575	8
Lyubcho Dyakov		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

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolay Ganev	200 metre freestyle	2:00.54	43	Did not advance
Petar Georgiev		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
	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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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		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		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		170	1	215	3	385

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics