Bulgaria at the 1972 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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| 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich | ||||
| Medals | Gold 6 |
Silver 10 |
Bronze 5 |
Total 21 |
| 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 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
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[edit] Medals
Bulgaria finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 21 medals overall.
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Gold
- Georghi Kostadinov — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Norair Nurikian — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Yordan Bikov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Andon Nikolov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
- Petar Kirov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-RomanFlyweight
- Georghi Markov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-RomanFeatherweight
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Silver
- Yordanka Blagoeva-Dimitrova — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Diana Christova-Yorgova — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Angel Angelov — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Mladen Kutchev — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
- Atanas Shopov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
- Aleksandar Kraitchev — Weightlifting, heavyweight
- Osman Duraliev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
- Ognian Nikolov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
- Stoyan Apostolov — Wrestling, Greco-Roman Lightweight
- Aleksandr Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
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Bronze
- Vassilka Stoeva — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Ivanka Mikailova Christova-Todorova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Fedia Damianov & Ivan Burtchin — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 1000m (canoe double)
- Ivan Krastev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
- Stefan Angelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 5000 metres
- Mikhail Jelev
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- Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Nayden Stanchev
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated John Opio (UGA), 3:2
- Third Round — Lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 0:5
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
- Atanas Suvandzhiev
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- First Round — Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), KO-1
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
- Georgi Stoyanov — 4695 points (→ 26th place)
- Velko Bratanov — 4339 points (→ 50th place)
- Angel Pepeliankov — 3971 points (→ 57th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Stoyanov, Bratanov, and Pepeliankov — 12957 points (→ 16th place)
[edit] Rowing
Men's Single Sculls
- Yordan Valtchev
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- Heat — 7:50.29
- Semi Finals — 8:17.64
- B-Final — 7:59.55 (→ 8th place)
Men's Coxed Pairs
- Dimitar Valov, Dimitar Yanakiev and Nenko Dobrev
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- Heat — 8:01.12
- Repechage — 8:10.94
- Semi Finals — 8:20.21
- B-Final — 8:01.86 (→ 10th place)
[edit] Water Polo
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group C)
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- Lost to Italy (5-8)
- Lost to Soviet Union (2-7)
- Defeated Japan (7-4)
- Lost to Spain (4-6)
- Final Round (Group II)
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- Lost to the Netherlands (2-5)
- Lost to Romania (3-4)
- Drew with Australia (4-4)
- Drew with Cuba (4-4) → 11th place
- Team Roster
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- Bisser Naoumov
- Ivan Kovatchev
- Alexander Chpitzer
- Toma Tomov
- Plamen Brankov
- Mladen Khristov
- Nedeltcho Yordanov
- Vassil Tomov
- Andrei Konstantinov
- Matei Popov
- Lubomir Rountov
