Bulgaria_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Bulgaria at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Bulgaria at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Munich
Competitors	130 (106 men and 24 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Dimitar Zlatanov
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 6 Silver 10 Bronze 5 Total 21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900–1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Bulgaria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 130 competitors, 106 men and 24 women, took part in 92 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold edit

Georgi Kostadinov — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Norair Nurikyan — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
Yordan Bikov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
Andon Nikolov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
Petar Kirov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
Georgi Markov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

Silver edit

Yordanka Blagoeva — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Diana 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, Men's Heavyweight
Osman Duraliev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Ognian Nikolov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
Stoyan Apostolov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Aleksandr Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Bronze edit

Vasilka Stoeva — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Ivanka Khristova — 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

Athletics edit

Men's 5000 metres

Mikhail Jelev
- Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Petar Bogdanov
- Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

Boxing edit

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Asen Nikolov	Light Flyweight	Yoshimitsu Aragaki (JPN) W 5-0	Vladimir Ivanov (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Georgi Kostadinov	Flyweight	BYE	Jan Balouch (PAK) W TKO-2	Chris Ius (CAN) W 5-0	Calixto Perez (COL) W 3-2	Leszek Blazynski (POL) W 5-0	Leo Rwabwogo (UGA) W 5-0
Kuncho Kunchev	Featherweight	BYE	Palamdorj Baatar (MGL) W 3-2	Clemente Rojas (COL) L WO	Did not advance
Ivan Mihailov	Lightweight	Roy Hurdley (PAN) W TKO-2	Hosain Eghmaz (IRN) W 3-2	László Orbán (HUN) L 1-4	Did not advance
Angel Angelov	Light Welterweight	Luis Contreras (VEN) W TKO-3	Walter Desiderio Gomez (ARG) W 4-1	—	Srisook Bantow (THA) W TKO-2	Issaka Dabore (NIG) W 5-0	Ray Seales (USA) L 2-3
Vladimir Kolev	Welterweight	Abdelhamid Fouad Gad (EGY) W 5-0	David Jackson (UGA) L 1-4	Did not advance
Nayden Stanchev	Light Middleweight	BYE	John Opio (UGA) W 3-2	Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) L 0-5	Did not advance
Georgi Stankov	Light Heavyweight	Nikolay Anfimov (URS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Atanas Suvandzhiev	Heavyweight	Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR) L KO-1	Did not advance

Canoeing edit

Sprint edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Lyubenov	C-1 1000 m	4:32.03	2 Q	—		BYE		4:14.65	6
Ivan Burchin Fedia Damianov	C-2 1000 m	4:14.47	3 Q	BYE		3:53.72	3 Q	3:58.10
Vasil Chilingrov	K-1 1000 m	DSQ		Did not advance
Vasil Chilingrov Aleksandar Donkov	K-2 1000 m	3:45.06	3 Q	BYE		3:36.39	3 Q	3:45.40	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natasha Petrova	K-1 500 m	2:25.49	7 Q	2:19.66	4	Did not advance
Petrana Koleva Natasha Petrova	K-2 500 m	2:05.16	5 Q	—		1:57.31	2 Q	1:59.40	8

Cycling edit

Four cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Track edit

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dimo Angelov Tonchev	Men's 1000m time trial	1:07.55	6

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1/8	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Ivan Tsvetkov	Men's individual pursuit	5:02.39	15	Did not advance
Nikifor Petrov Minchev Plamen Timchev Dimo Angelov Tonchev Ivan Tsvetkov	Team pursuit	4:31.43	8 Q	—	West Germany (FRG) L 4:31.55	Did not advance		5

Equestrian edit

Fencing edit

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Khristo Khristov, Stoyko Lipchev, Anani Mikhaylov, Valentin Nikolov, Boris Stavrev

Gymnastics edit

Modern pentathlon edit

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Georgi Stoyanov — 4695 points (→ 26th place)
Velko Bratanov — 4339 points (→ 50th place)
Angel Pepelyankov — 3971 points (→ 57th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Stoyanov, Bratanov, and Pepelyankov — 12957 points (→ 16th place)

Rowing edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yordan Valtchev	Single sculls	7:50.29	1 Q	BYE		8:17.64	4 FB	7:59.55	8
Dimitar Valov Dimitar Yanakiev Nenko Dobrev	Coxed pair	8:01.01	2 R	8:10.94	1 Q	8:20.21	4 FB	8:01.86	10
Biser Boyadzhiev Borislav Vasilev Nikolay Kolev Metodi Khalvadzhiski	Coxless four	6:47.99	3 R	7:02.69	2 Q	7:24.93	6 FB	6:54.54	8

Shooting edit

Six male shooters represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Dencho Denev	50 m pistol	554	11
Dencho Denev	25 m pistol	590	7
Ratcho Kossev	Skeet	DNS
Ivan Mandov	50 m pistol	544	29
Ivan Mandov	25 m pistol	576	42
Anton Manolov	Skeet	187	33
Stefan Vasilev	50 m rifle three positions	1130	34
Stefan Vasilev	50 m rifle prone	594	21
Emiliyan Vergov	300 m rifle three positions	DNS
	50 m rifle three positions	1143	13
	50 m rifle prone	594	19

Swimming edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angel Chakarov	100 metre breaststroke	1:10.34	30	Did not advance
Angel Chakarov	200 metre breaststroke	2:30.27	19	Did not advance
Vasil Dobrev	100 metre butterfly	1:00.07	27	Did not advance
Vasil Dobrev	200 metre butterfly	2:11.28	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Khriska Peycheva	100 metre freestyle	1:03.43	43	Did not advance

Volleyball edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	257	196	1.311	Semifinals
2	Bulgaria	5	4	1	9	13	8	1.625	294	235	1.251	Semifinals
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	230	205	1.122	5th–8th semifinals
4	South Korea	5	2	3	7	7	10	0.700	209	197	1.061	5th–8th semifinals
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	8	12	0.667	237	259	0.915	9th place match
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	90	225	0.400	11th place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Aug	Bulgaria	3–1	South Korea	16–18	15–6	15–9	15–13		61–46
29 Aug	Bulgaria	3–2	Czechoslovakia	15–11	15–11	12–15	14–16	15–9	71–62
31 Aug	Soviet Union	3–1	Bulgaria	9–15	15–10	15–11	15–10		54–46
02 Sep	Bulgaria	3–2	Poland	14–16	12–15	15–7	15–3	15–10	71–51
05 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Tunisia	15–10	15–5	15–7			45–22

Semifinals edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
08 Sep	Bulgaria	2–3	Japan	15–13	15–9	9–15	9–15	12–15	60–67

Bronze medal match edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
09 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–11	15–8	15–13			45–32

Team roster edit

Dimiter Karov
Brunko Iliev
Alex Trenev
Ivan Ivanov
Dimiter Zlatanov
Zdravko Simeonov
Tsano Tsanov
Kiril Slavov
Emil Vulchev
Emil Trenev
Luchezar Soyanov
Ivan Dimitrov

Water polo edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool C edit

Nation	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
Soviet Union	4	4	0	30	9
Italy	4	3	1	25	16
Spain	4	2	2	19	20
Bulgaria	4	1	3	18	25
Japan	4	0	4	14	36

	August 28		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Italy	8-5	Bulgaria	3-1	3-2	2-1	0-1

	August 29		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Soviet Union	7-2	Bulgaria	2-0	2-1	2-0	1-1

	August 30		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Bulgaria	7-4	Japan	3-1	0-1	2-1	2-1

	August 31		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Spain	6-4	Bulgaria	0-0	2-1	2-1	2-2

Classification 7th – 12th edit

Pos.	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
7	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	29	25
8	Romania	5	4	1	0	25	18
9	Cuba	5	2	1	2	23	24
10	Spain	5	2	0	3	24	20
11	Bulgaria	5	0	2	3	15	17
12	Australia	5	0	1	4	18	27

	September 1		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Netherlands	5-2	Bulgaria	1-0	0-1	2-1	2-0

	September 2		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Romania	4-3	Bulgaria	2-2	1-0	1-0	0-1

	September 3		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Australia	4-4	Bulgaria	2-2	1-0	1-1	0-1

	September 4		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Cuba	4-4	Bulgaria	0-0	2-3	1-0	1-1

Team Roster edit

Weightlifting edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Military press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Atanas Kiroy	56 kg	117.5	7	105	5	140	4	362.5	5
Georgi Todorov	56 kg	110	12	100	10	140	5	350	8
Norair Nurikyan	60 kg	127.5 OR	2	117.5	4	157.5 WR	1	402.5 WR
Mladen Kuchev	67,5 kg	157.5 WR	1	125	4	167.5	2	450
Yordan Bikov	75 kg	160	3	140	4	185	1	485 WR
Andon Nikolov	90 kg	180	3	155	1	190	6	525 OR
Atanas Shopov	90 kg	180	4	145	7	192.5	3	517.5
Aleksandar Kraychev	110 kg	197.5	2	162.5	5	202.5	5	562.5
Stancho Penchev	110 kg	0	NVL	DNS		DNS		0	AC