Bulgaria at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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]

Bulgaria at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Montreal
Competitors158 in 14 sports
Flag bearer Aleksandar Tomov
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
6
Silver
9
Bronze
7
Total
22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

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

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 Union50504346+15810
 United States32415417−281W–0L
 Bulgaria32365377−1280W–1L
 Czechoslovakia23351359−871W–0L
 Japan23405400+570W–1L
 Canada05336477−1415
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		 N/A  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
Ivan Manev
Bozhidar Milenkov
Nikolai Nachev
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
Mariya Mincheva
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
Mincho Nikolov
Eftim Gerzilov
Yordan Valchev
Khristo Zelev		 Quadruple sculls 5:57.19 3 R 5:49.38 2 Q N/A 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 N/A 4:10.86 4
Svetla Otsetova
Zdravka Yordanova		 Double sculls 3:25.05 1 Q BYE N/A 3:44.36
Siyka Kelbecheva
Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva		 Coxless pair 3:33.24 2 R 3:48.73 1 Q N/A 4:01.22
Verka Aleksieva
Svetlana Gincheva
Iskra Velinova
Troianka Vasileva
Stanka Georgieva		 Quadruple sculls 3:12.13 2 R 3:22.43 1 Q N/A 3:34.13 4
Ginka Gyurova
Lilyana Vaseva
Reni Yordanova
Mariyka Modeva
Kapka Georgieva		 Coxed four 3:20.98 1 Q BYE N/A 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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