Bulgaria at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Flag bearer
Aleksandar Tomov
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
6
Silver
9
Bronze
7
Total
22
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)

Bulgaria competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 158 competitors, 105 men and 53 women, took part in 108 events in 14 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

Women's 200 metres

Women's 800 metres

Women's 1,500 metres

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

  • Liliyana Todorova

Women's High Jump

Women's Long Jump

Women's Shot Put

Women's Discus Throw

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Pentathlon

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Team W L PF PA PD Pts 1st Tie
 Soviet Union 5 0 504 346 +158 10
 United States 3 2 415 417 −2 8 1W–0L
 Bulgaria 3 2 365 377 −12 8 0W–1L
 Czechoslovakia 2 3 351 359 −8 7 1W–0L
 Japan 2 3 405 400 +5 7 0W–1L
 Canada 0 5 336 477 −141 5
July 25
Canada  62–85  Bulgaria

Team Roster

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Beyhan Fuchedzhiev
 Light Flyweight  Jorge Hernández (CUB)
L RSC-3 		Did not advance
Georgi Kostadinov Flyweight BYE  
Jung Chul-Kim (KOR
)
W 5-0 		 Alfredo Pérez (VEN)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Chacho Andreykovski
 Bantamweight BYE  Aldo Cosentino (FRA)
W KO-3 		 
Gu Yong-Ju (PRK
)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Rumen Peshev Featherweight BYE  Gustavo de la Cruz (DOM)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Tsvetan Tsvetkov Lightweight BYE  
Khaidav Altanhuiag (MGL
)
W 5-0 		 Parviz Bahmani (IRN)
W 5-0 		 
Howard Davis (USA
)
L RSC-3 		Did not advance
Vladimir Kolev Light Welterweight BYE  
Tai Shik-Park (KOR
)
W 5-0 		 Ernst Müller (FRG)
W 5-0 		 Calistrat Cuțov (ROM)
W 5-0 		 Andrés Aldama (CUB)
L KO-1 		Did not advance
Plamen Yankov Welterweight BYE  Emilio Correa (CUB)
L RSC-2 		Did not advance
Nayden Stanchev Light Middleweight  Steven Moi (KEN)
W WO 		 Vasile Didea (ROM)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Ryszard Pasiewicz Middleweight  Musa Gariba (GHA)
W WO 		 Rufat Riskiyev (URS)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Georgi Stoymenov
 Light Heavyweight  
Ernesto Sanchez (VEN
)
W 5-0 		 Janusz Gortat (POL)
L AB-3 		Did not advance
Atanas Suvandzhiev
 Heavyweight  
Mahmoud Ahmed Ali (EGY
)
W WO 		 Viktor Ivanov (URS)
W 4-1 		—  
Mircea Şimon (ROM
)
L 1-4 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Borislav Ananiev C-1 500 m 2:12.16 3 Q BYE 2:11.23 3 Q 1:59.92 4
C-1 1000 m 4:28.18 3 Q BYE 4:13.39 1 Q 4:14.41 4
Ivan Burchin
Krasimir Khristov
 C-2 500 m 1:58.84 2 Q BYE 1:51.63 2 Q 1:50.43 6
C-2 1000 m 3:57.13 4 Q 3:52.00 2 Q 3:58.74 3 Q 4:02.44 7
Ivan Manev K-1 500 m 1:57.30 3 Q BYE 1:57.30 4 Did not advance
Lazar Khristov
Borislav Borisov 		K-2 500 m 1:46.02 3 Q BYE 1:42.21 4 Did not advance
K-2 1000 m 3:35.94 3 Q BYE 3:26.76 1 Q 3:37.30 9
Vasil Chilingirov
 K-4 1000 m 3:11.39 3 Q BYE 3:14.35 3 Q 3:12.94 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rosa Georgieva K-1 500 m 2:14.23 4 Q 2:10.57 2 Q 2:10.51 3 Q 2:08.54 9
Natasha Petrova
 K-2 500 m 2:00.52 7 Q 1:56.60 2 Q 1:53.29 2 Q 1:55.95 7

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Stoyan Bobekov Men's road race 4:58:35 49
Martin Martinov DNF
Ivan Popov DNF
Nedyalko Stoyanov DNF
Georgi Fortunov
Ivan Popov
Nedyalko Stoyanov
Stoyan Bobekov 		Team time trial 2:15:07 12

Track

1000m time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Dimo Angelov Tonchev Men's 1000m time trial 1:08.950 14
Men's Sprint
Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Repechage Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Dimo Angelov Tonchev Men's sprint  Singleton (CAN)
L 		 Kountras (GRE)
W 11.50 		 
Tormen Mendez (CHI)
 Rossi (ITA
)
L 		 Vaarten (BEL)
 Echeverry (COL)
L 		Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Parvan Parvanov −63kg  David Saad  (LIB)
W 0010-0000 		 Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL)
L 0000-0001 		Did not advance 12
Georgi Georgiev −70kg BYE  Vacinuff Morrison (GBR)
L 0000-0001 		Did not advance 13
Tsancho Atanasov −93kg BYE  Ung Nam An (PRK)
L 0000-0010 		Did not advance 18
Emil Petrunov +93kg BYE  Keith Remfry (GBR)
L 0000–0010 		Did not advance 12

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1976.

Individual
Team
  • Stoyan Zlatev
  • Velko Bratanov
  • Nikolay Nikolov

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Georgi Georgiev
Valentin Stoev 		Coxless pair 6:58.96 2 Q BYE 6:33.23 3 Q 7:37.42 5
Tsvetan Petkov
Rumen Khristov
Todor Kishev 		Coxed pair 7:24.44 1 Q BYE 7:01.10 1 Q 8:11.27 4
Khristo Zelev
 Quadruple sculls 5:57.19 3 R 5:49.38 2 Q — 6:32.04 5
Rumian Khristov
Todor Mrankov
Dimitar Valov
Dimitar Yanakiev
 Coxless four 6:20.71 3 Q BYE 6:06.58 5 FB 6:41.36 7
Lachesar Boichev
Ivan Botev
Nacho Minchev
Kiril Kirchev
Nenko Dobrev
 Coxed Four 6:43.69 4 R 6:23.47 2 Q 6:13.26 2 Q 6:52.88 5
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rosica Spasova
 Single sculls 3:42.67 1 Q BYE — 4:10.86 4
Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova 		Double sculls 3:25.05 1 Q BYE — 3:44.36
Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva
 		Coxless pair 3:33.24 2 R 3:48.73 1 Q — 4:01.22
Troianka Vasileva
Stanka Georgieva
 		Quadruple sculls 3:12.13 2 R 3:22.43 1 Q — 3:34.13 4
Ginka Gyurova
Lilyana Vaseva
Reni Yordanova
Mariyka Modeva
Kapka Georgieva 		Coxed four 3:20.98 1 Q BYE — 3:48.24

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Dencho Denev
50 m pistol
 575 8
Lyubcho Dyakov 550 18
Stefan Krastev
50 m rifle prone
 591 12
Anton Manolov Skeet 188 35
Nonka Matova 50 m rifle three positions 1148 11
Anka Pelova
50 m rifle prone
 582 60
Emiliyan Vergov 50 m rifle three positions 1139 20

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nikolay Ganev 200 metre freestyle 2:00.54 43 Did not advance
Petar Georgiev 2:00.70 44 Did not advance
Stefan Georgiev 100 metre freestyle 53.85 23 Did not advance
Krasimir Stoykov 100 metre backstroke 1:00.24 17 Did not advance
200 metre backstroke 2:09.67 19 Did not advance
Petar Georgiev
Stefan Georgiev
Toni Statelov
Krasimir Stoykov 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:57.08 13 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Norair Nurikyan −56 kg 117.5 1 145 1 262.5
Georghi Todorov
 		−60 kg 122.5 3 157.5 2 280
Todor Todorov 0 NVL 0 DNS 0 AC
Yordan Mitkov −75 kg 145 1 190 1 335
Blagoy Blagoev −82,5 kg 162.5 AC 200 AC 362.5 DSQ
Trendafil Stoitchev
 		162.5 2 197.5 2 360
Atanas Shopov −90 kg 155 6 205 2 360
Valentin Khristov −110 kg 170 AC 225 AC 395 DSQ
Krastiu Semerdzhiev
 		170 1 215 3 385

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Bulgaria at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

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