Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	271 (183 men and 88 women) in 20 sports
Medals Rank: 3	Gold 8	Silver 16	Bronze 17	Total 41
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Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 271 competitors, 183 men and 88 women, took part in 151 events in 20 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Petar Lesov — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Lyubomir Lyubenov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Stojan Deltshev — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Yanko Rusev — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Asen Zlatev — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Georgi Raikov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
• Valentin Raychev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
• Ismail Abilov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Silver

• Mariya Petkova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Krasimira Bogdanova, Diana Braynova-Dilova, Vanya Dermendzhieva, Silviya Germanova, Nadka Golcheva, Petkana Makayeeva, Penka Metodieva, Angelina Mikhaylova, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Kostadinka Radkova, Evladiya Slavcheva, and Penka Stoyanova — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
• Lyubomir Lyubenov — Canoeing, Men's C1 500m Canadian Singles
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
• Georgi Gadshev, Svetoslav Ivanov, and Petar Mandazhiev — Equestrian, Team Dressage
• Dimitar Zapryanov — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
• Nadya Filipova, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova and Iskra Velinova — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
• Yordan Angelov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Stefan Dimitrov, Stoyan Gunchev, Khristo Iliev, Petko Petkov, Kaspar Simeonov, Khristo Stoyanov, Mitko Todorov, Tsano Tsanov, Emil Valchev, and Dimitar Zlatanov — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
• Stefan Dimitrov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
• Blagoi Blagoev — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Rumen Aleksandrov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
• Valentin Khristov — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
• Aleksandar Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
• Mikho Dukov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
• Ivan Yankov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
• Slavcho Chervenkov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Bronze

• Petar Petrov — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
• Ivailo Khristov — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
• Borislav Borisov, Lazar Khristov, Ivan Manev, and Bozhidar Milenkov — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
• Borislav Ananiev and Nikolay Ilkov — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
• Stojan Deltshev — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
• Iliyan Nedkov — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
• Bogdan Dobrev, Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, and Ivo Rusev — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
• Ani Bakova, Rumeliana Boncheva, Dolores Nakova, and Mariana Serbezova — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
• Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
• Lyubcho Dyakov — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
• Petar Zapryanov — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
• Verka Borisova-Stoyanova, Tsvetana Bozhurina, Rositsa Dimitrova, Tanya Dimitrova-Todorova, Maya Georgieva-Stoeva, Tanya Gogova, Valentina Ilieva-Kharalampieva, Rumyana Kaisheva, Anka Kristolova-Uzunova, and Silva Petrunova — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
• Micho Pashov — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Nedelcho Kolev — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Mladen Mladenov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
• Pavel Pavlov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
• Nermedin Selimov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

Archery

In its first appearance in Olympic archery, Bulgaria entered one man and one woman.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Tzvetanka Stoytcheva — 2144 points (→ 27th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Petyo Kishev — 2233 points (→ 30th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Petar Petrov
  • Heat — 10.32
  • Quarterfinals — 10.13
  • Semifinals — 10.39
  • Final — 10.39 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Ivaylo Karanyotov
  • Heat — 10.66 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Binko Kolev
  • Heat — 1:48.7
  • Semifinals — 1:47.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Plamen Krastev
  • Heat — 13.95
  • Semifinals — 13.99 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Yanko Bratanov
  • Heat — 50.56
  • Semifinals — 50.17
  • Final — 56.35 (→ 8th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Stanimir Nenov
  • Heat — 8:43.8
  • Semifinals — 8:50.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Atanas Mladenov
  • Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Yordan Yanev
  • Qualification — 7.84 m
  • Final — 8.02 m (→ 8th place)
• Ivan Tuparov
  • Qualification — 7.46 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Atanas Chochev
  • Qualification — 16.42 m
  • Final — 16.56 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Atanas Tarev
  • Qualification — 5.25 m (→ did not advance)
• Ivo Yanchev
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Emanuil Dyulgerov
  • Qualification — 70.60 m
  • Final Round — 74.04 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Emil Vladimirov
  • Qualification — 62.50 m
  • Final — 63.18 m (→ 7th place)
• Velko Velev
  • Qualification — 61.32 m
  • Final — 63.04 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Stefan Stoykov
  • Qualification — 78.74 m
  • Final — 79.04 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Nikola Hristov
  • Qualification — 19.01 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
• Valcho Stoyev
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

• Atanas Andonov
  • Final — 7927 points (→ 7th place)
• Razvigor Yankov
  • Final — 7624 points (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Mariya Shishkova
  • Heat — 11.57
  • Quarterfinals — 11.47
  • Semifinals — 11.65 (→ did not advance)
• Sofka Popova
  • Heat — 11.35
  • Quarterfinals — 11.42
  • Semifinals — 11.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Nikolina Shtereva
  • Heat — 1:58.9
  • Semifinals — 1:58.9
  • Final — 1:58.8 (→ 7th place)
• Vesela Yatsinska
  • Heat — 1:59.9
  • Semifinals — 1:59.9 (→ did not advance)
• Totka Petrova
  • Heat — 2:00.6
  • Semifinals — 2:00.0 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Vesela Yatsinska
  • Heat — 4:04.7 (→ did not advance)
• Nikolina Shchereva
  • Heat — 4:08.3 (→ did not advance)
• Totka Petrova
  • Heat — 4:13.8 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Yordanka Donkova
  • Heat — 13.24
  • Semifinal — 13.39 (→ did not advance)
• Daniela Valkova
  • Heat — 13.66
  • Semifinal — 13.79 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Lidiya Gusheva
  • Qualification — 6.56 m
  • Final — 6.24 m (→ 12th place)
• Ekaterina Nedeva
  • Qualifying Round — 5.83 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's High Jump

• Yordanka Blagoeva
  • Qualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Mariya Petkova
  • Qualification — 65.02 m
  • Final — 67.90 m (→ Silver Medal)
• Svetla Bozhkova
  • Qualification — 60.84 m
  • Final — 63.14 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Ivanka Vancheva
  • Qualification — 61.16 m
  • Final — 65.38 m (→ 5th place)
• Antoaneta Todorova
  • Qualification — 60.56 m
  • Final — 60.66 m (→ 10th place)
• Tsvetana Ralinska
  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Shot Put

• Verzhinia Veselinova
  • Final — 20.72 m (→ 5th place)
• Elena Stoyanova
  • Final — 20.22 m (→ 6th place)
• Ivanka Petrova
  • Final — 18.34 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Pentathlon

• Valentina Dimitrova — 4458 points (→ 7th place)
  • 100 metres — 14.39s
  • Shot Put — 15.65m
  • High Jump — 1.74m
  • Long Jump — 5.91m
  • 800 metres — 2:15.50
• Emilia Kunova — 4431 points (→ 8th place)
  • 100 metres — 13.72s
  • Shot Put — 11.98m
  • High Jump — 1.74m
  • Long Jump — 6.10m
  • 800 metres — 2:11.10

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Ismail Mustafov → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) on points (5-0)
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) on points (5-0)
  • Semi Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (1-4)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Petar Lesov → Gold Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Onofre Ramirez (Nicaragua) on points (5-0)
  • Second Round — Defeated Hassen Sherif (Ethiopia) on points (5-0)
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Roman Gilberto (Mexico) on points (4-1)
  • Semi Finals — Defeated Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)
  • Final — Defeated Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in 2nd round

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Aleksandr Radev
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Tsacho Andreikovski
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated William Azanor (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
  • Third Round — Defeated Barthelemy Adoukonou (Benin) after knock-out in second round
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Yordan Lesov
  • First Round — Defeated Patrice Martin (Benin) after knock-out in first round
  • Second Round — Defeated Tibor Dezamits (Hungary) on points (4-1)
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Margarit Anastasov
  • First Round — Lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Petr Stoimenov
  • First Round — Defeated Naasan Ajjoub (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second round
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (East Germany) after referee stopped contest in second round

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Individual road race

• Borislav Asenov
• Yordan Penchev
• Andon Petrov
• Nencho Staykov

Team time trial

• Borislav Asenov
• Venelin Khubenov
• Yordan Penchev
• Nencho Staykov

1000m time trial

• Stoyan Petrov

Diving

Men's Springboard

• Petr Georgiev
  • Preliminary Round — 504.33 points (→ 13th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

• Petr Georgiev
  • Preliminary Round — 391.32 points (→ 18th place, did not advance)
• Radoslav Radev
  • Preliminary Round — 406.89 points (→ 17th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Men's sabre

• Vasil Etropolski
• Khristo Etropolski
• Georgi Chomakov

Men's team sabre

• Khristo Etropolski, Nikolay Marincheshki, Vasil Etropolski, Georgi Chomakov

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Simeon Monev — 4915 pts, 28th place
• Nikolai Nikolov — 4832 pts, 30th place
• Borislav Batikov — 4798 pts (→ 34th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Monev, Nikolov, and Batikov — 14545 pts (→ 10th place)

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Yulian Vasilev
  • Heats — 53.61 (→ did not advance)
• Tsvetan Golomeev
  • Heats — 53.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Petar Kochanov
  • Heats — 1:54.45 (→ did not advance)
• Tsvetan Golomeev
  • Heats — 1:55.88 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Tanya Bogomilova
  • Heats — 1:13.52 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Sonya Dangalakova
  • Heats — 4:56.26
  • Final — 4:49.25 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Dobrinka Mincheva, Rumiana Nikolova, Ani Kostova, and Sonya Dangalakova
  • Final — 3:56.34 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Sonya Dangalakova, Tanya Bogomilova, Ani Moneva, and Dobrinka Mincheva
  • Final — 4:22.38 (→ 8th place)

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Romania (3-1)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Lost to Hungary (1-3)
• Semi Finals
  • Lost to East Germany (2-3)
• Bronze Medal Game
  • Defeated Hungary (3-2) → Bronze Medal
• Team Roster
  • Tania Dimitrova
  • Valentina Ilieva
  • Galina Stancheva
  • Silva Petrunova
  • Anka Khristolova
  • Verka Borisova
  • Margarita Gerasimova
  • Rumiana Kaicheva
  • Maia Georgieva
  • Tania Gogova
  • Tsvetana Bozhurina
  • Rositsa Dimitrova

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Lost to Australia (5-9)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (2-9)
  • Lost to Cuba (1-7)
• Final Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Australia (5-8)
  • Lost to Greece (4-6)
  • Lost to Italy (4-5)
  • Lost to Romania (6-10)
  • Lost to Sweden (6-8) → 12th place
• Team Roster
  • Volodia Sirakov
  • Andrei Andreev
  • Kiril Kiriakov
  • Asen Denchev
  • Vasil Nanov
  • Anton Partalev
  • Petar Kostadinov
  • Nikolai Stamatov
  • Biser Georgiev
  • Matei Popov
  • Georgi Gospodinov

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-18.