Bulgaria at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
Flag of Bulgaria IOC code  BUL NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee Website www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian) (English)
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	130 (106 men and 24 women) in 15 sports
Medals Rank: 9	Gold 6	Silver 10	Bronze 5	Total 21
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Bulgaria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 130 competitors, 106 men and 24 women, took part in 92 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Georgi Kostadinov — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Norair Nurikyan — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
• Yordan Bikov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Andon Nikolov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
• Petar Kirov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
• Georgi Markov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

Silver

• Yordanka Blagoeva — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Diana Yorgova — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Angel Angelov — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
• Mladen Kutchev — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Atanas Shopov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
• Aleksandar Kraitchev — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
• Osman Duraliev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
• Ognian Nikolov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
• Stoyan Apostolov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
• Aleksandr Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Bronze

• Vasilka Stoeva — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Ivanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
• Fedia Damianov & Ivan Burtchin — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 1000m (canoe double)
• Ivan Krastev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
• Stefan Angelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight

Athletics

Men's 5000 metres

• Mikhail Jelev
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Petar Bogdanov
  • Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Nayden Stanchev
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated John Opio (UGA), 3:2
  • Third Round — Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 0:5

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Atanas Suvandzhiev
  • First Round — Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), KO-1

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972.

1000m time trial

• Dimo Angelov Tonchev
  • Final — 1:07.55 (→ 6th place)

Individual pursuit

• Ivan Tsvetkov

Team pursuit

• Nikifor Petrov Minchev
• Plamen Timchev
• Dimo Angelov Tonchev
• Ivan Tsvetkov

Equestrianism

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Men's sabre

• Boris Stavrev
• Stoyko Lipchev
• Anani Mikhaylov

Men's team sabre

• Khristo Khristov, Stoyko Lipchev, Anani Mikhaylov, Valentin Nikolov, Boris Stavrev

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Georgi Stoyanov — 4695 points (→ 26th place)
• Velko Bratanov — 4339 points (→ 50th place)
• Angel Pepelyankov — 3971 points (→ 57th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Stoyanov, Bratanov, and Pepelyankov — 12957 points (→ 16th place)

Rowing

Men's Single Sculls

• Yordan Valtchev
  • Heat — 7:50.29
  • Semi Finals — 8:17.64
  • B-Final — 7:59.55 (→ 8th place)

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Dimitar Valov, Dimitar Yanakiev and Nenko Dobrev
  • Heat — 8:01.12
  • Repechage — 8:10.94
  • Semi Finals — 8:20.21
  • B-Final — 8:01.86 (→ 10th place)

Shooting

Five male shooters represented Bulgaria in 1972.

25 m pistol

• Dencho Denev
• Ivan Mandov

50 m pistol

• Dencho Denev
• Ivan Mandov

50 m rifle, three positions

• Emiliyan Vergov
• Stefan Vasilev

50 m rifle, prone

• Emiliyan Vergov
• Stefan Vasilev

Skeet

• Anton Manolov

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Yulian Roussev
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Yulian Roussev
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-1)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-2)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
  • Defeated Poland (3-2)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
• Semifinals
  • Lost to Japan (2-3)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) → Fourth place
• Team Roster
  • Dimiter Karov
  • Brunko Iliev
  • Alex Trenev
  • Ivan Ivanov
  • Dimiter Zlatanov
  • Zdravko Simeonov
  • Tsano Tsanov
  • Kiril Slavov
  • Emil Vulchev
  • Emil Trenev
  • Luchezar Soyanov
  • Ivan Dimitrov

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Lost to Italy (5-8)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (2-7)
  • Defeated Japan (7-4)
  • Lost to Spain (4-6)
• Final Round (Group II)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (2-5)
  • Lost to Romania (3-4)
  • Drew with Australia (4-4)
  • Drew with Cuba (4-4) → 11th place
• Team Roster
  • Bisser Naoumov
  • Ivan Kovatchev
  • Alexander Chpitzer
  • Toma Tomov
  • Plamen Brankov
  • Mladen Khristov
  • Nedeltcho Yordanov
  • Vassil Tomov
  • Andrei Konstantinov
  • Matei Popov
  • Lubomir Rountov

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Bulgaria at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-10.