Bulgaria at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	158 in 14 sports
Medals Rank: 7	Gold 6	Silver 9	Bronze 7	Total 22
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Bulgaria competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 158 competitors, 105 men and 53 women, took part in 108 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Ivanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
• Svetlana Otsetova and Zdravka Yordanova — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
• Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-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

• 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

• 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

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

Women's Team Competition

• 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

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Beyhan Fuchedzhiev
  1. First Round – Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), RSC-3

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Individual road race

• Stoyan Bobekov — 4:58:35 (→ 49th place)
• Ivan Popov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Martin Martinov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Nedyalko Stoyanov — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Ivan Popov
• Georgi Fortunov
• Nedyalko Stoyanov
• Stoyan Bobekov

Sprint

• Dimo Angelov Tonchev — 15th place

1000m time trial

• Dimo Angelov Tonchev — 1:08.950 (→ 14th place)

Fencing

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

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Individual

• Stoyan Zlatev
• Velko Bratanov
• Nikolay Nikolov

Team

• Stoyan Zlatev
• Velko Bratanov
• Nikolay Nikolov

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Bulgaria at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database