Bulgaria at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	91 (52 men and 39 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Ivo Yanakiev
Medals Rank: 16	Gold 5	Silver 6	Bronze 2	Total 13
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Bulgaria competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

• Tereza Marinova — Athletics, Women’s Triple Jump
• Tanyu Kiryakov — Shooting, Men’s 50 m Pistol
• Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting, Women’s Sport Pistol
• Galabin Boevski — Weightlifting, Men’s Lightweight (69 kg)
• Armen Nazaryan — Wrestling, Men’s Greco-Roman Bantamweight (58 kg)

Silver

• Petar Merkov — Canoeing, Men’s K1 500 m Kayak Singles
• Petar Merkov — Canoeing, Men’s K1 1000 m Kayak Singles
• Rumyana Neykova — Rowing, Women’s Single Sculls
• Georgi Markov — Weightlifting, Men’s Lightweight (69 kg)
• Alan Tsagaev — Weightlifting, Men’s Heavyweight (105 kg)
• Serafim Barzakov — Wrestling, Men’s Freestyle Featherweight (63 kg)

Bronze

• Yordan Yovchev — Gymnastics, Men’s Rings
• Yordan Yovchev — Gymnastics, Men’s Floor Exercises

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m

• Petko Yankov
  • Round 1 — 10.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Petko Yankov
  • Round 1 — 20.91
  • Round 2 — 20.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m

• Iliya Dzhivondov
  • Round 1 — 48.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Zhivko Videnov
  • Round 1 — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Iliya Dzhivondov
  • Round 1 — 54.36 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Petar Dachev
  • Qualifying — 8.03
  • Final — 7.80 (→ 11th place)
• Nikolay Atanasov
  • Qualifying — 7.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Rostislav Dimitrov
  • Qualifying — 17.00
  • Final — 16.95 (→ 9th place)
• Ivaylo Rusenov
  • Qualifying — 16.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Ilian Efremov
  • Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Petko Stefanov
  • Final — 2:26:24 (→ 60th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m

• Petya Pendareva
  • Round 1 — 11.30
  • Round 2 — 11.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Monika Gachevska
  • Round 1 — 24.16 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m

• Daniela Georgieva
  • Round 1 — 54.46 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

• Daniela Yordanova
  • Round 1 — 15:10.08
  • Final — 14:56.95 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Svetla Dimitrova
  • Round 1 — 13.00
  • Round 2 — 13.04
  • Semifinal — 12.95 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Khristina Georgieva
  • Qualifying — 54.60 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Aneliya Yordanova
  • Qualifying — 54.92 (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Tereza Marinova
  • Qualifying — 14.73
  • Final — 15.20 (→ Gold Medal)
• Mariya Dimitrova
  • Qualifying — 13.87 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Eleonora Miloucheva
  • Qualifying — 1.94
  • Final — 1.90 (→ 13th place)
• Venelina Veneva
  • Qualifying — 1.94
  • Final — 1.93 (→ 9th place)
• Hristina Kalcheva
  • Qualifying — no mark (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Tanya Koleva
  • Qualifying — no mark (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Men's Singles

• Svetoslav Stoyanov
  • Round of 64 — Bye
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Rio Suryana of Australia
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Xia Xuanze of China
• Mihail Popov
  • Round of 64 — Bye
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Fung Permadi of Chinese Taipei

Men's Doubles

• Mihail Popov and Svetoslav Stoyanov
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Martin Lundgaard Hansen, Lars Paaske of Denmark

Women's Singles

• Nely Boteva
  • Round of 64 — Defeated Kellie Lucas of Australia
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Chia-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei

Women's Doubles

• Nely Boteva and Diana Koleva-Tzvetanova
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Gao Ling, Qin Yiyuan of China

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Juri Mladenov
  • Round 1 — Defeated Servin Suleymanov of Ukraine
  • Round 2 — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Dmitry Usagin
  • Round 1 — Lost to Jermain Taylor of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Dankov Emil-Krastev
  • Round 1 — Lost to Ali Ysmajlov of Azerbaijan (→ did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Peter Merkov
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:40.227
  • Semifinal — 01:40.008
  • Final — 01:58.393 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Peter Merkov
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:38.234
  • Semifinal — 03:38.217
  • Final — 03:34.649 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Petar Sibinkitch, Milko Kazanov
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:33.682
  • Semifinal — 01:31.919
  • Final — 01:52.725 (→ 8th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Mariyan Dimitrov, Dimitar Ivanov
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:23.646 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Milko Kazanov, Iordan Iordanov, Petar Merkov, Petar Sibinkitch
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:00.634
  • Semifinal — 03:01.051
  • Final — 02:58.112 (→ 5th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Nikolav Bouhalov
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:51.996
  • Semifinal — 01:52.371
  • Final — 02:44.289 (→ 9th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Nikolav Bouhalov
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:59.092
  • Semifinal — 04:05.236 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Only one woman competed for Bulgaria in the Sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics.

Women's Mistral

• Irina Konstantinova
  • Race 1 — 20
  • Race 2 — (25)
  • Race 3 — 22
  • Race 4 — 15
  • Race 5 — 25
  • Race 6 — 22
  • Race 7 — 22
  • Race 8 — 23
  • Race 9 — (26)
  • Race 10 — 22
  • Race 11 — 22
  • Final — 193 (→ 24th place)

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Petar Stoychev
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:59.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Petar Stoychev
  • Preliminary Heat — 15:42.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Simeon Makedonski
  • Preliminary Heat — 55.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Georgi Palazov
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:04.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Krasimir Zahov
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:07.09 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Ivan Angelov
  • Preliminary Heat — 58.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Ivan Angelov
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:07.30 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Georgi Palazov
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:35.92 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Ivanka Moralieva
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:07.61 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Ivanka Moralieva
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:19.10 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Ivanka Moralieva
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:52.61 (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Women's Beach Competition

• Lina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova — 17th place (tied)

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Ivan Ivanov [1]	– 56 kg	125.0	130.0	130.0	155.0	160.0	162.5	DSQ	—
Galabin Boevski	– 69 kg	155.0	160.0	162.5	185.0	190.0	196.5	357.5
Georgi Markov	– 69 kg	155.0	160.0	165.0	182.5	187.5	192.5	352.5
Alan Tsagaev	– 105 kg	180.0	183.0	187.5	230.0	235.0	237.5	422.5

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Milena Trendafilova	– 69 kg	100.0	105.0	105.0	127.5	132.5	132.5	232.5	4
Daniela Kerkelova	– 69 kg	97.5	100.0	100.0	127.5	132.5	132.5	232.5	5

Wrestling

References

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