Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  BUL
NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 295
Medals Gold
8		 Silver
16		 Bronze
17		 Total
41
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Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Georgi Raikov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
  • Valentin Raychev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Maria Petkova-Vergova — 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
  • 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
  • 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

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mladen Mladenov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  • Pavel Pavlov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
  • Nermedin Selimov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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:

  • Petio Kichev — 2233 points (→ 30th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 16.42 m
  • Final — 16.56 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 Decathlon

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


Women's Javelin Throw

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

Women's Pentathlon

  • Valentina Dimitrova — 4458 points (→ 7th place)
    1. 100 metres — 14.39s
    2. Shot Put — 15.65m
    3. High Jump — 1.74m
    4. Long Jump — 5.91m
    5. 800 metres — 2:15.50
  • Emilia Kunova — 4431 points (→ 8th place)
    1. 100 metres — 13.72s
    2. Shot Put — 11.98m
    3. High Jump — 1.74m
    4. Long Jump — 6.10m
    5. 800 metres — 2:11.10

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Ismail Mustafov → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) on points (5-0)
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (1-4)


Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Petar Lesov → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Onofre Ramirez (Nicaragua) on points (5-0)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Hassen Sherif (Ethiopia) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Roman Gilberto (Mexico) on points (4-1)
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)
    5. Final — Defeated Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in 2nd round


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

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


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

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


Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

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


Men's Light-Welterweight (63.5 kg)

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


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Modern pentathlon

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

[edit] 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 400 m Individual Medley

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

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Final — 4:22.38 (→ 8th place)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] 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) → Image:Med_3.png 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

[edit] Water polo

[edit] 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