Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the Olympic Games

Flag of Bulgaria
IOC code: BUL
NOC: Bulgarian Olympic Committee
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2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Flag Bearer Maria Grozdeva
Medals Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
9
Total
12
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Bulgaria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

  • Maria Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's 25m Sport Pistol
  • Milen Dobrev — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (94kg)

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

  • Jordan Jovtchev — Gymnastics, Men's Individual Floor
  • Boris Georgiev — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Zhaneta Ilieva, Eleonora Kezhova, Zornitsa Marinova, Kristina Ranguelova, Galina Tancheva, and Vladislava Tancheva — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition
  • Georgi Georgiev — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (66kg)
  • Ivo Yanakiev — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls
  • Rumyana Neykova — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
  • Maria Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol
  • Velichko Cholakov — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight (>105kg)
  • Armen Nazaryan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (60kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Men's individual:

[edit] Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

Women's 200 metres:

  • Ivet Lalova - Round 1: 22.88 s, Round 2: 22.81 s, Semifinal: 22.56 s, Final: 22.57 s (5th place)
  • Monika Gachevska - Round 1: 23.71 s

Women's 400 metres:

Women's 1500 metres:

  • Daniela Yordanova - Round 1: 4:05.87, Semifinal: 4:04.94, Final: 3:59.10 (5th place)

Women's 20 km walk:

  • Nevena Mineva - DNF

Men's long jump:

  • Petar Dachev - Round 1, 8.05 metres (did not advance)
  • Nikolay Atanasov - Round 1, 7.90 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

  • Antoniya Yordanova - Round 1: 6.45 metres

Men's triple jump:

Women's triple jump:

  • Mariya Dimitrova - Round 1: 14.16 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:

Men's pole vault:

  • Spas Bukhalov - Round 1, 5.50 metres (did not advance)
  • Iliyan Efremov - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

Men's shot put:

  • Galin Kostadinov - Round 1, 17.75 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:

  • Aneliya Kumanova - Round 1: 15.91 metres

Women's discus:

Women's javelin:

  • Khristina Georgieva - Round 1: 55.13 metres

[edit] Badminton

Women's singles:

Women's doubles:

  • Petya Nedelcheva and Neli Boteva - defeated in round of 32

[edit] Boxing

Bulgaria sent five boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals scoreboard. Their combined record was 5-5.

Light Flyweight (48kg)

  • Salim Salimov
    1. Round of 32 - Lost to Suban Pannon of Thailand, 26-14

Bantamweight (54kg)

Lightweight (60kg)

Light Welterweight (64kg)

  • Boris Georgiev - bronze medal
    1. Round of 32 - Defeated Fillali Nasserredine of Algeria, outscored
    2. Round of 16 - Defeated Rock Allen of United States, 30-10
    3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov of Kazakhstan, 20-18
    4. Semifinal - Lost to Yudel Johnson Cedeno of Cuba, 13-9

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

[edit] Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

Men's C1 1000 metres:

  • Stanimir Atanasov - semifinal, 15th place

Men's K1 500 metres:

Men's K2 500 metres:

  • Yordan Yordanov and Ivan Hristov - semifinal, 12th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

  • Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva - final, 6th place

Men's K4 1000 metres:

  • Milko Kazanov, Ivan Hristov, Petar Merkov, and Yordan Yordanov - final, 4th place

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's road race:

  • Dimitar Gospodinov - did not finish

[edit] Track cycling

Women's individual sprint:

Men's time trial:

  • Radoslav Konstantinov - 17th place, 1:06.265

[edit] Equestrian

Individual jumping:

  • Rossen Raitchev riding Medoc II - final round A, 43rd place

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

  • Jordan Jovtchev - advanced in two exercises
    • Rings - silver medal
    • Floor - bronze medal
  • Filip Yanev - advanced in one exercise
    • Vault - 5th place

Women's artistic:

  • Evgenia Kuznetsova - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

  • Individual
  • Team - bronze medal
    • Zhaneta Ilieva (hoops and balls)
    • Eleonora Kezhova
    • Zornitsa Marinova (ribbons)
    • Kristina Ranguelova
    • Galina Tancheva
    • Vladislava Tancheva

[edit] Judo

Men's 66 kg:

  • Georgi Georgiev - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 78+ kg:

  • Tsvetana Bozhilova - defeated in round of 32

[edit] Volleyball

Women's beach volleyball:

[edit] Officials

  • President: Mr. Ivan Slavkov
  • Secretary General: Dr. Beltcho Ivanov