Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Bulgaria at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Flag bearer
Aleksandar Tomov
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
8
Silver
16
Bronze
17
Total
41
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)

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

Bronze

Archery

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

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Total score
Score Seed Score Seed Score Seed
Petyo Kishev
Individual 1117 30 1116 29 2233 30
Women
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Total score
Score Seed Score Seed Score Seed
Tzvetanka Stoytcheva Individual 1089 23 1055 29 2144 27

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yanko Bratanov 400 m hurdles 50.56 5 q 50.17 5 q 56.35 8
Vladimir Ivanov
200 m 21.28 4 q 20.96 5 Did not advance
Ivaylo Karanyotov 100 m 10.66 4 Did not advance
Binko Kolev 800 m 1:48.7 3 Q 1:47.3 3 Did not advance
Plamen Krastev 110 m hurdles 13.95 3 Q 13.99 6 Did not advance
Stanimir Nenov 3000 m steeplechase 8:50.2 12 Did not advance
Pavel Pavlov
200 m 21.78 3 Q 21.35 8 Did not advance
Petar Petrov
100 m 10.32 1 Q 10.13 2 Q 10.39 1 Q 10.39
200 m 21.78 3 Q 21.89 8 Did not advance
Petar Petrov
4 × 100 m relay 39.25 3 Q 38.99 6
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Atanas Chochev Triple jump 16.42 12 q 16.56 6
Emanuil Dyulgerov Hammer throw 70.60 11 q 74.04 6
Nikola Khristov Shot put 19.01 13 Did not advance
Atanas Mladenov High jump 2.10 24 Did not advance
Valcho Stoev Shot put NM Did not advance
Stefan Stoykov
Javelin throw 78.74 12 q 79.04 11
Atanas Tarev Pole vault 5.25 13 Did not advance
Ivan Tuparov Long jump 7.46 22 Did not advance
Ivo Yanchev Pole vault NM Did not advance
Yordan Yanev Long jump 7.84 10 q 8.02 8
Velko Velev Discus throw 61.30 10 q 63.04 8
Emil Vladimirov 62.50 7 Q 63.18 7
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 100H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Atanas Andonov Result 11.38 6.86 15.59 2.00 50.36 14.83 47.62 4.70 53.34 4:29.2 7927 7
Points
Razvigor Yankov Result 11.26 6.61 16.28 1.85 50.37 15.69 48.02 4.60 58.12 4:51.2 7624 14
Points
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Malena Andonova 400 m 53.30 6 Did not advance
Svobodka Damyanova 52.23 4 Did not advance
Yordanka Donkova 100 m hurdles 13.24 6 Q 13.39 6 Did not advance
Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova 200 m 23.17 2 Q 23.29 3 Q 23.07 6 Did not advance
Galina Penkova 23.35 3 Q 23.37 5 Q 23.27 8 Did not advance
Totka Petrova 800 m 2:00.6 3 Q 2:00.0 6 Did not advance
1500 m 4:13.8 8 Did not advance
Sofka Popova 100 m 11.35 1 Q 11.42 4 Q 11.40 7 Did not advance
Mariya Shishkova 11.57 3 Q 11.47 5 Q 11.65 7 Did not advance
Nikolina Shtereva 800 m 1:58.9 3 Q 1:58.9 4 Q 1:58.8 7
1500 m 4:08.3 7 Did not advance
Rositsa Stamenova 400 m 52.71 3 Q 52.96 8 Did not advance
Vesela Yatsinska 800 m 1:59.9 3 Q 1:59.9 5 Did not advance
1500 m 4:04.7 6 Did not advance
Daniela Valkova 100 m hurdles 13.66 5 Q 13.79 6 Did not advance
Sofka Popova
Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova
Mariya Shishkova
Galina Penkova
4 × 100 m relay 42.67 4
Svobodka Damyanova
Rositsa Stamenova
Malena Andonova
Bonka Dimova
4 × 400 m relay 3:28.7 2 Q DNF
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Yordanka Blagoeva High jump 1.80 16 Did not advance
Svetla Bozhkova Discus throw 60.84 5 Q 63.14 8
Lidiya Gusheva Long jump 6.56 5 Q 6.24 12
Ekaterina Nedeva 5.83 17 Did not advance
Mariya Petkova Discus throw 65.02 2 Q 67.90
Ivanka Petrova Shot put 18.34 11
Tsvetana Ralinska Javelin throw DNS Did not advance
Elena Stoyanova Shot put 20.22 6
Antoaneta Todorova Javelin throw 60.56 5 Q 60.66 10
Ivanka Vancheva Javelin throw 61.16 4 Q 65.38 5
Verzhinia Veselinova
Shot put 20.72 5
Combined events – pentathlon
Athlete Event 100H LJ SP HJ 1500 m Final Rank
Valentina Dimitrova
Result 14.39 5.91 15.65 1.74 2:15.50 4458 7
Points
Emilia Kunova
Result 13.72 6.10 11.98 1.74 2:11.10 4431 8
Points

Basketball

Women's tournament

The women's tournament was decided in a round robin group with all six teams. The first two places competed for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places for the bronze. The remaining teams retain their group ranks for the final standings. The host nation finished the group phase undefeated and won the gold against Bulgaria. Yugoslavia would go on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.

Competed for the gold medal
Competed for the bronze medal
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union 5 0 553 316 +237 10
 Bulgaria 4 1 440 405 +35 9
 Yugoslavia 3 2 356 364 −8 8
 Hungary 2 3 344 407 −63 7
 Cuba 1 4 346 403 −57 6
 Italy 0 5 308 452 −144 5
July 20
Italy  65–102  Bulgaria
Olympiiski
, Moscow
July 22
Bulgaria  83–122  Soviet Union
Olympiiski
, Moscow
July 24
Bulgaria  84–64  Cuba
Olympiiski
, Moscow
July 27
Hungary  75–90  Bulgaria
Olympiiski
, Moscow
July 28
Yugoslavia  79–81  Bulgaria
Olympiiski
, Moscow

Gold-medal match

July 30
Soviet Union  104–73  Bulgaria
Olympiiski
, Moscow

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

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 Barthelémy Adoukonu (Benin) after knock-out in second round
    • Quarter-finals – lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)

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)

Canoeing

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lyubomir Lyubenov C-1 500 m 1:54.31 1 Q BYE 1:53.49
C-1 1000 m 4:06.82 2 Q BYE 4:12.38
Borislav Ananiev
Nikolai Ilkov
C-2 500 m 1:45.00 4 Q 1:47.42 1 Q 1:44.83
Raycho Karmadzhiev
Kaman Kutsev
C-2 1000 m 3:45.56 3 Q BYE 3:53.89 7
Ivan Manev K-1 500 m DNS Did not advance
K-1 1000 m DNS Did not advance
Slavcho Mangarakov
Boiko Savov
K-2 500 m DNS Did not advance
Lazar Khristov
Georgi Donchev
K-2 1000 m DNS Did not advance
Borislav Borisov
Bozhidar Milenkov
Lazar Khristov
Ivan Manev
K-4 1000 m 3:07.19 5 Q 3:12.00 3 Q 3:15.46
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vanja Gesheva
K-1 500 m 1:58.40 2 Q BYE 1:59.48
Natasha Petrova
K-2 500 m 1:50.51 5 Q 1:51.66 1 Q 1:53.12 9

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Borislav Asenov Men's road race DNF
Yordan Penchev DNF
Andon Petrov DNF
Nencho Staykov DNF
Borislav Asenov
Venelin Khubenov
Yordan Penchev
Nencho Staykov
Team time trial 2:05:55.2 6

Track

Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Stoyan Petrov
1 km time trial
1:08.682 12

Diving

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Petr Georgiev
3 m springboard 504.33 13 Did not advance
10 m platform 391.32 18 Did not advance
Radoslav Radev 10 m platform 406.89 17 Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Georgi Gadzhev Vnimatelen
Individual
1146 9 Q 881 7 881 7
Svetoslav Ivanov Aleko 1190 8 Q 850 8 850 8
Petar Mandajiev Schibor 1244 7 Q 846 9 846 9
Georgi Gadzhev
Svetoslav Ivanov
Petar Mandajiev
See above
Team
3580 2 3580

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Trifon Datsinski Mentor-2
Individual
65.80 20 DNF DNS DNF AC
Tzvetan Dontchev
Medisson 66.40 21 114.40 180.80 5 5.00 185.80 5 185.80 5
Dimo Khristov Bogez 68.80 23 265.60 334.40 13 DNS DNF AC
Dzhenko Sabev Normativ 59.40 12 DNF DNS DNF AC
See above
Team
191.60 5 DNF AC DNF AC DNF

Show jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Dimitar Ghenov
Makbet
Individual
DNF AC DNS AC
Nikola Dimitrov Vals 24.00 14 12.25 9 36.25 13
Boris Pavlov Monblan 16.00 10 10.50 6 26.50 10
See above
Team
76.50 6 83.00 5 159.50 6

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Gymnastics

Judo

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
Iliyan Nedkov −65kg  Jimmy Arévalo (ECU)
W 1000-0000
 José António Branco (POR)
W 1000-0000
 
Nikolai Solodukhin (URS
)
L 0000-0010
BYE  Jaroslav Kříž (TCH)
W 0100-0000
 
Torsten Reissmann (GDR
)
W 0010-0000
Georgi Petrov −78kg BYE  Vladimír Bárta (TCH)
W 0001-0000
 Shota Khabareli (URS)
L 0000-0001
BYE  Harald Heinke (GDR)
L 0000-0010
Did not advance 7
Tsancho Atanasov −95kg  Luiz Virgilio Moura (BRA)
L 0000-1000
Did not advance 19
Dimitar Zapryanov +95kg BYE  Radomir Kovačević (YUG)
W 1000-0000
 Myong Gyu Kim (PRK)
W 0001-0000
BYE  Angelo Parisi (FRA)
L 0000–1000
Open BYE  Walter Carmona (BRA)
W 0001-0000
 Arthur Mapp (GBR)
L 0000–0100
Did not advance 8

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total points Final rank
Points Points Points Points Points
Borislav Batikov Men's 978 740 934 1164 982 4798 34
Simeon Monev 1010 636 1088 1148 1033 4915 28
Nikolai Nikolov
1004 740 1066 1028 994 4832 30
Nikolai Nikolov
Team 2992 2116 3088 3340 3009 14545 10

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chavdar Radoev
Single sculls 8:04.96 5 R 7:28.96 3 Q 7:34.21 6 FB 7:23.50 10
Dimitar Petrov
Stoyko Khadilev
Double sculls 7:21.83 5 R 7:01.25 4 FB 6:43.81 9
Tsvetan Petkov
Rumen Khristov
Todor Kishev
Coxed pair 7:58.31 2 Q 7:25.77 2 Q 7:09.21 5
Mincho Nikolov
Lyubomir Petrov
Ivo Rusev
Bogdan Dobrev
Quadruple sculls 6:01.68 2 R 6:00.78 2 Q 5:52.38
Georgi Georgiev
Lachezar Boychev
Kiril Kirchev
Valentin Stoev
Coxless four 6:47.21 3 R 6:22.57 3 Q 6:22.49 9
Khristo Aleksandrov
Vilkhelm Germanov
Georgi Petkov
Stoyan Stoyanov
Nenko Dobrev
Coxed Four 6:53.37 4 R 6:31.46 2 Q 6:28.13 5
Dimitar Yanakiev
Todor Mrankov
Bozhidar Rangelov
Ivan Botev
Yani Ignatov
Mikhail Petrov
Petar Patsev
Veselin Shterev
Ventseslav Kanchev
Eight 6:03.99 4 R 5:46.28 2 Q 6:04.05 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rositsa Spasova Single sculls 4:01.33 1 Q BYE 3:47.86 3 Q 3:47.22 4
Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova
Double sculls 3:37.86 4 R 3:21.36 2 Q 3:23.14 4
Stoyanka Kubatova
Coxless pair 4:00.38 3 R 3:37.48 3 Q 3:32.39
Mariana Serbezova
Rumelyana Boncheva
Dolores Nakova
Anka Bakova
Anka Georgieva
Quadruple sculls 3:14.91 1 Q BYE 3:16.10
Ginka Gyurova
Mariyka Modeva
Rita Todorova
Iskra Velinova
Nadiya Filipova
Coxed four 3:26.75 1 Q BYE 3:20.75
Eight 3:20.25 3 R 3:15.49 2 Q 3:10.03 5

Sailing

Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Nikolai Vasilev
Finn DSQ 18 11 16 14 DNF 7 124.0 18
Dimitr Georgiev
Flying Dutchman 13 13 14 13 14 13 10 112.0 14
Tsviatko Penchev

Krasimir Krastev
Tornado 11 10 10 8 9 RET 10 94.0 10

Shooting

Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Lyubcho Dyakov
50 m pistol
565
Kiril Gechevski Skeet 184 37
Ivan Mandov 25 m rapid fire pistol 592 12
Anton Manolov Skeet 192 21
Nonka Matova 50 m rifle three positions 1163 6
50 m rifle prone 597 7
Stayko Nenov Trap 187 18
Lyuben Popov
50 m pistol
575 11
Todor Stoimenov 25 m rapid fire pistol 590 16
Emiliyan Yankov 50 m rifle three positions 1142 22
Pencho Vichev Trap 188 14
Petar Zapryanov 50 m rifle prone 598

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Plamen Alexandrov 100 metre breaststroke 1:07.45 20 Did not advance
Tzvetan Golomeev
100 metre freestyle 53.50 30 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 1:55.88 29 Did not advance
Petar Kochanov 200 metre freestyle 1:54.45 18 Did not advance
400 metre freestyle 4:05.28 23 Did not advance
Branimir Popov 100 metre backstroke 1:00.06 21 Did not advance
Yulian Vasilev
100 metre freestyle 53.61 31 Did not advance
100 metre butterfly 57.27 17 Did not advance
Petar Kochanov
Krasimir Tumanov
Petar Stoianov
Tsvetan Golomeev
4 × 200 m freestyle relay DSQ Did not advance
Yulian Vasilev
Tsvetan Golomeev
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:58.35 10 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Tanya Bogomilova 100 metre breaststroke 1:13.52 13 Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:39.11 13 Did not advance
Sonya Dangalakova 200 metre freestyle 2:05.67 13 Did not advance
400 metre individual medley 4:56.26 8 4:49.25 6
Dobrinka Mincheva 200 metre freestyle 2:09.09 19 Did not advance
Dobrinka Mincheva
Rumiana Nikolova
Ani Kostova
Sonya Dangalakova
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:59.65 8 3:56.34 7
Sonya Dangalakova
Tanya Bogomilova
Ani Moneva
Dobrinka Mincheva
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:24.69 7 4:22.38 8

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Preliminary round

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Soviet Union 4 4 0 8 12 1 12.000 193 122 1.582 Semifinals
2  Bulgaria 4 3 1 7 9 5 1.800 171 149 1.148
3  Cuba 4 1 3 5 6 9 0.667 181 178 1.017 5th–8th semifinals
4  Czechoslovakia 4 1 3 5 6 11 0.545 180 230 0.783
5 Italy 4 1 3 5 4 11 0.364 145 191 0.759 9th place match
Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
22 Jul MAC Bulgaria  3–1  Cuba 15–7 15–8 6–15 15–8   51–38
24 Jul DMA Bulgaria  3–0  Czechoslovakia 15–12 15–5 15–7     45–24
26 Jul MAC Soviet Union  3–0  Bulgaria 15–6 15–8 15–10     45–24
28 Jul MAC Bulgaria  3–1 Italy 15–9 15–9 6–15 15–9   51–42


Semifinals

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
30 Jul MAC Bulgaria  3–0  Poland 15–13 15–13 15–7     45–33


Gold-medal match

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
01 Aug MAC Soviet Union  3–1  Bulgaria 15–7 15–13 14–16 15–11   59–47


Team roster

Women's team competition

Preliminary round

Teams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the semi-finals and the finals.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Bulgaria 3 2 1 5 7 4 1.750 138 114 1.211 1st–4th semifinals
2  Hungary 3 2 1 5 8 6 1.333 161 170 0.947
3  Romania 3 2 1 5 7 7 1.000 157 153 1.026 5th–8th semifinals
4  Brazil 3 0 3 3 4 9 0.444 152 171 0.889
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 July MAC Bulgaria  3–1  Romania 15–9 7–15 15–5 15–4 - 52–33  
23 July MAC Bulgaria  3–0  Brazil 15–7 15–9 15–12 - - 45–28  
25 July MAC Bulgaria  1–3  Hungary 15–8 9–15 7–15 10–15 - 41–53  

Semifinal

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Aug MAC East Germany  3–2  Bulgaria 15–10 12–15 15–9 7-15 15–6 64–55


3rd Place Match

Date Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
29 Aug MAC Bulgaria  3–2  Hungary 15–5 13–15 6–15 15–4 15–8 64–47


Team roster

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Yugoslavia (YUG) 5 3 2 1 0 24 10 +14
2.  Cuba (CUB) 5 3 2 1 0 19 11 +8
3.  Australia (AUS) 2 3 1 0 2 15 20 –5
4.  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 3 0 0 3 8 25 –17

Final Round

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
7.  Australia (AUS) 9 5 4 1 0 30 19 +11
8.  Italy (ITA) 8 5 4 0 1 26 18 +8
9.  Romania (ROU) 7 5 3 1 1 36 26 +10
10.  Greece (GRE) 4 5 2 0 3 28 28 0
11.  Sweden (SWE) 2 5 1 0 4 23 40 –17
12.  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 5 0 0 5 25 37 –12

Weightlifting

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Stefan Dimitrov −60 kg 127.5 2 160 1 287.5
Yanko Rusev −67,5 kg 147.5 1 195 1 342.5
Mincho Pashov 142.5 5 182.5 3 325
Asen Zlatev −75 kg 160 1 200 2 360
Nedelcho Kolev 157.5 2 187.5 3 345
Blagoy Blagoev −82,5 kg 175 2 197.5 5 372.5
Krasimir Drandarov 155 4 200 4 355 5
Rumen Aleksandrov −90 kg 170 2 205 3 375
Plamen Asparukhov −100 kg 170 7 0 NVL 170 DNF
Valentin Khristov −110 kg 185 1 220 2 405

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
Round 5
Result
Round 6
Result
Round 7
Result
Final round
Result
Rank
Rumen Yordanov −48 kg  
Khaled El-Rifai (SYR
)
W T 7:53
 
Jorge Frías (MEX
)
L 10-12
 
Sergei Kornilayev (URS
)
L 6-8
Did not advance 7
Nermedin Selimov −52 kg  Mark Dunbar (GBR)
W T 1:40
 Ashok Kumar (IND)
W T 2:25
 Koce Efremov (YUG)
W T 4:37
 
Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK
)
W 16-6
 
Anatoli Beloglazov (URS
)
L T 1:53
 Lajos Szabó (HUN)
W 19-3
 Władysław Stecyk (POL)
L 5-6
Ivan Tsochev −57 kg  Sergei Beloglazov (URS)
L T 4:46
 Mahmoud El-Messouti (SYR)
W T 4:26
 Antonio La Bruna (ITA)
W 13-1
 Sándor Németh (HUN)
W T 6:40
 Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL)
L 6-9
Did not advance 4
Miho Dukov −62 kg  Jan Szymański (POL)
W T 5:27
 Raúl Cascaret (CUB)
W 8-8
 Zoltán Szalontai (HUN)
W 16-8
 Magomedgasan Abushev (URS)
L 2-4
 Aurel Şuteu (ROU)
W 10-3
 Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE)
W T 2:04
Ivan Yankov −68 kg  Oscar Segers (BEL)
W 15-1
 Eberhard Probst (GDR)
W 11-3
 José Ramos (CUB)
W 11-3
 
Saipulla Absaidov (URS
)
L 1-6
 
Jagmander Balyan Singh (IND
)
W 11-7
 
Šaban Sejdi (YUG
)
W 6-2
Valentin Raychev −74 kg  Bartl Brötzner (AUT)
W T 4:20
 Riccardo Niccolini (ITA)
W T 7:59
 Reinhold Steingräber  (GDR)
W 25-6
 
Rajander Singh (IND
)
W 12-8
 Ryszard Ścigalski (POL)
W 9-4
 Pavel Pinigin (URS)
W T 1:59
 Dan Karabin (YUG)
W 10-6
 Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL)
W 6-5
Ismail Abilov −82 kg  Sören Claeson (SWE)
W T 4:01
 Vasile Ţigănaş (ROU)
W T 0:46
 Günter Busarello (AUT)
W DQ 7:25
 Abdula Memedi (YUG)
W T 4:19
 Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS)
W 8-4
 István Kovács (HUN)
W T 1:48
Ivan Ginov −90 kg  Kartar Singh (IND)
W DQ 7:55
BYE  Sanasar Oganisyan (URS)
L 6-12
 Ion Ivanov (ROU)
W 7-4
 Uwe Neupert (GDR)
L 3-4
Did not advance 4
Slavcho Chervenkov −100 kg  Antal Bodó (HUN)
W DQ 6:42
 
Bourcard Bineli (CMR
)
W T 1:14
 Ambroise Sarr (SEN)
W T 1:08
 Ilya Mate (URS)
W 6-4
BYE  Július Strnisko (TCH)
W 11-3
Petar Ivanov +100 kg  József Balla (HUN)
L DQ 8:37
 
Youssef Dibo (SYR
)
W T 0:58
 Roland Gehrke (GDR)
L 3-5
Did not advance 7

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
Round 5
Result
Round 6
Result
Final round
Result
Rank
Pavel Hristov −48kg  Kent Andersson (SWE)
W DQ 8:16
 Vincenzo Maenza (ITA)
W DQ 14-4
 Reijo Haaparanta (FIN)
W 27-0
 Constantin Alexandru (ROU)
L DQ 7:34
 Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS)
L 7-12
Did not advance 4
Mladen Mladenov −52kg  
Haralambos Holidis (GRE
)
W T 8:28
 Taisto Halonen (FIN)
W 4-3
 Vakhtang Blagidze (URS)
L 2-7
 Nicu Gingă (ROU)
W 5-2
 Lajos Rácz (HUN)
L 0-5
Georgi Donev −57kg  Pertti Ukkola (FIN)
W T 7:23
 Józef Lipień (POL)
L T 17:7
 Benni Ljungbeck (SWE)
L 4-10
Did not advance 8
Panaiot Kirov
−62kg  Radwan Karout (SYR)
W DQ 5:37
 István Tóth (HUN)
L D 7:00
 Kazimierz Lipień (POL)
W 5-3
 Ivan Frgić (YUG)
L DQ 7:15
Did not advance 5
Ivan Atanasov −68kg  Ștefan Rusu (ROU)
L T 5:35
 Ferenc Čaba (YUG)
W 7-2
 Lionel Lacaze (FRA)
W DQ 8:36
 Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE)
L 10-10
Did not advance 6
Yanko Chopov
−74kg  Karolj Kasap (YUG)
W DQ 7:57
 Kaj Jægergaard (DEN)
W T 2:28
 Ferenc Kocsis (HUN)
W 4-3
 Vítězslav Mácha (TCH)
W 6-2
 Anatoly Bykov (URS)
L 4-5
Did not advance 4
Pavel Pavlov −82kg  Aduuchiin Baatarkhüü (MGL)
W T 3:48
 Detlef Kühn (GDR)
W DQ 5:42
 Mihály Toma (HUN)
W DQ 8:01
 Leif Andersson (SWE)
W 4-3
 
Gennadi Korban (URS
)
L 4-11
 Jan Dołgowicz (POL)
L T 1:28
Stoyan Ivanov −90kg  Igor Kanygin (URS)
L DQ 7:09
 Darko Nišavić (YUG)
W DQ 4:58
 Petre Dicu (ROU)
L 2-6
Did not advance 9
Georgi Raikov
−100kg BYE  Tamás Gáspár (HUN)
W DQ 8:05
 Oldřich Dvořák (TCH)
W DQ 6:39
 Vasile Andrei  (ROU)
W 7-2
 Roman Bierła (POL)
W D 7:52
Aleksandar Tomov +100kg  Prvoslav Ilić (YUG)
W DQ 3:57
 József Farkas (HUN)
W DQ 5:16
 Roman Codreanu (ROU)
W DQ 7:25
 Hassan Bechara (LIB)
W T 0:55
 
Alexander Kolchinsky (URS
)
L 2-4

References

  1. ^ "Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-18.