Bulgaria at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	BUL
NOC:	Bulgarian Olympic Committee external link (Bulgarian)
1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Medals	Gold 6	Silver 9	Bronze 7	Total 22
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Bulgaria competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 3 References

[edit] Medals

Bulgaria finished in 7th position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 22 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

• Ivanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put

• Svetlana Otsetova and Zdravka Yordanova — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls

• Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs

• Norair Nurikyan — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

• Yordan Mitkov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight

• Khasan Isaev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight

[edit] Silver

• Nikolina Shtereva — Athletics, Women's 800 metres

• Maria Petkova-Vergova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw

• Kapka Georgieva-Panayotovna, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva and Reni Yordanova — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours

• Georgi Todorov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight

• Trendafil Stoychev — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight

• Krastyu Semerdzhiev — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight

• Stoyan Nikolov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

• Kamen Goranov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

• Aleksandar Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

• Jordanka Blagoeva — Athletics, Women's High Jump

• Vladimir Kolev — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

• Atanas Shopov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

• Stefan Angelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

• Ivan Kolev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

• Dimo Kostov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

• Krasimira Bogdanova, Diana Braynova-Dilova, Nadka Golcheva, Krasimira Gyurova, Petkana Makayeeva, Penka Metodieva, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Margarita Shtarkelova, Girgina Skerlatova, Mariya Stoyanova, Penka Stoyanova, and Todorka Yordanova — Basketball, Women's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

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)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Beyhan Fuchedzhiev
  1. First Round – Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), RSC-3

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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