Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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| Bulgaria at the Olympic Games | ||||
 Flag of Bulgaria |
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| IOC code: | BUL | |||
| NOC: | Bulgarian Olympic Committee external link (Bulgarian) |
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| 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm | ||||
| Medals Rank: 19 |
Gold 1 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 5 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
Bulgaria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).
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[edit] Medals
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Gold
- Nikola Stanchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
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Silver
- Dimitar Dobrev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
- Petko Sirakov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
- Yusein Mekhmedov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
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Bronze
- Stefan Bozhkov, Todor Diev, Georgi Dimitrov, Milcho Goranov, Ivan Petkov Kolev, Nikola Kovachev, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Milanov, Georgi Naydenov, Panayot Panayotov, Kiril Rakarov, Gavril Stoyanov, Krum Yanev, and Yosif Yosifov — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
[edit] References
| Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Afghanistan • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Belgium • Bermuda • Brazil • British Guiana • Bulgaria • Burma • Cambodia* • Canada • Ceylon • Chile • Republic of China • Colombia • Cuba • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Egypt* • Ethiopia • Fiji • Finland • France • United Team of Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Kenya • South Korea • Liberia • Luxembourg • Malaya • Mexico • Netherlands* • New Zealand • Nigeria • North Borneo • Norway • Pakistan • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Romania • Singapore • South Africa • Soviet Union • Spain* • Sweden • Sweden • Switzerland* • Thailand • Trinidad • Turkey • Uganda • United States • Uruguay • Venezuela • Vietnam • Yugoslavia *competed in Stockholm only |
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