Bulgaria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Stefan Mliakov → Round of 64, 45th place (0-1)

Men's Long Jump

• Ivaylo Mladenov
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Khristo Stefanov — 2:18.29 (→ 30th place)
• Petko Stefanov — 2:29.06 (→ 80th place)

Women's High Jump

• Stefka Kostadinova
  • Qualification — 1.93m
  • Final — 2.05m (→ Gold Medal)
• Venelina Veneva
  • Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Sonya Radicheva
  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Atanaska Angelova
  • Qualification — 59.82m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Svetla Mitkova
  • Qualification — 17.48m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Iva Prandzheva
  • Qualification — 6.62m
  • Final — 6.82m (→ 7th place)

Women's Triple Jump

• Iva Prandzheva
  • Qualification — 14.61m
  • Final — 14.92m (→ 4th place)

Men's Flyweight (— 48 kg)

• Daniel Petrov → Gold Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Nshan Munchyan (Armenia), 11-5
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 18-6
  • Semi Finals — Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 17-8
  • Final — Defeated Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 19-6

Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)

• Yuliyan Strogov
  • First Round — Lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 11-12

Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)

• Aleksandar Khristov
  • First Round — Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela), 3-9

Men's Featherweight (— 57 kg)

• Serafim Todorov → Silver Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Yevheniy Shestakov (Ukraine), 11-4
  • Second Round — Defeated Robert Peden (Australia), 20-8
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Falk Huste (Germany), 14-6
  • Semi Finals — Defeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 10-9
  • Final — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand), 5-8

Men's Lightweight (— 60 kg)

• Tontcho Tontchev → Silver Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Oktavian Taykou (Moldova), referee stopped contest in second round
  • Second Round — Defeated Dennis Zimba (Zambia), 17-9
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Michael Strange (Canada), 16-10
  • Semi Finals — Defeated Terrance Cauthen (United States), 15-12
  • Final — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 3-3 (referee decision)

Men's Light Welterweight (— 63,5 kg)

• Radoslav Suslekov
  • First Round — Lost to Babak Moghimi (Iran), 3-11

Women's 10m Platform

• Radoslava Georgieva
  • Semi Finals — 402.54 pt(→ 16th place)

Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Bulgaria in 1996.

Men's épée

• Iliya Mechkov

Women's foil

• Anna Angelova
• Ivana Georgieva

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Denislav Kalchev
  • Heat — 54.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Denislav Kalchev
  • Heat — 2:08.16 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's Singles Competition

• Magdalena Maleeva
  • First round — Defeated Rennae Stubbs (Australia) 6-2 6-1
  • Second round — Defeated Florencia Labat (Argentina) 7-6 6-1
  • Third round — Lost to Kimiko Date (Japan) 4-6 4-6

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Krastu Milev
  • Final — 160.0 + 200.0 = 360.0 (→ 8th place)

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• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.