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Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 271 competitors, 183 men and 88 women, took part in 151 events in 20 sports.
Video Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Gold
- Petar Lesov -- Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Lyubomir Lyubenov -- Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
- Stojan Deltshev -- Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
- Yanko Rusev -- Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
- Asen Zlatev -- Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Georgi Raikov -- Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
- Valentin Raychev -- Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
- Ismail Abilov -- Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Silver
- Mariya Petkova -- Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Krasimira Bogdanova, Diana Braynova-Dilova, Vanya Dermendzhieva, Silviya Germanova, Nadka Golcheva, Petkana Makayeeva, Penka Metodieva, Angelina Mikhaylova, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Kostadinka Radkova, Evladiya Slavcheva, and Penka Stoyanova -- Basketball, Women's Team Competition
- Lyubomir Lyubenov -- Canoeing, Men's C1 500m Canadian Singles
- Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova -- Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
- Georgi Gadshev, Svetoslav Ivanov, and Petar Mandazhiev -- Equestrian, Team Dressage
- Dimitar Zapryanov -- Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Nadya Filipova, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova and Iskra Velinova -- Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
- Yordan Angelov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Stefan Dimitrov, Stoyan Gunchev, Khristo Iliev, Petko Petkov, Kaspar Simeonov, Khristo Stoyanov, Mitko Todorov, Tsano Tsanov, Emil Valchev, and Dimitar Zlatanov -- Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
- Stefan Dimitrov -- Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Blagoi Blagoev -- Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Rumen Aleksandrov -- Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
- Valentin Khristov -- Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
- Aleksandar Tomov -- Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
- Mikho Dukov -- Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
- Ivan Yankov -- Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
- Slavcho Chervenkov -- Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Bronze
- Petar Petrov -- Athletics, Men's 100 metres
- Ivailo Khristov -- Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
- Borislav Borisov, Lazar Khristov, Ivan Manev, and Bozhidar Milenkov -- Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
- Borislav Ananiev and Nikolay Ilkov -- Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
- Stojan Deltshev -- Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
- Iliyan Nedkov -- Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
- Bogdan Dobrev, Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, and Ivo Rusev -- Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
- Ani Bakova, Rumeliana Boncheva, Dolores Nakova, and Mariana Serbezova -- Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
- Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva -- Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
- Lyubcho Dyakov -- Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
- Petar Zapryanov -- Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
- Verka Borisova-Stoyanova, Tsvetana Bozhurina, Rositsa Dimitrova, Tanya Dimitrova-Todorova, Maya Georgieva-Stoeva, Tanya Gogova, Valentina Ilieva-Kharalampieva, Rumyana Kaisheva, Anka Kristolova-Uzunova, and Silva Petrunova -- Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
- Micho Pashov -- Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
- Nedelcho Kolev -- Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Mladen Mladenov -- Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
- Pavel Pavlov -- Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
- Nermedin Selimov -- Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
Maps Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Archery
In its first appearance in Olympic archery, Bulgaria entered one man and one woman.
- Men
- Women
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Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Petar Petrov
- Heat -- 10.32
- Quarterfinals -- 10.13
- Semifinals -- 10.39
- Final -- 10.39 (-> Bronze Medal)
- Ivaylo Karanyotov
- Heat -- 10.66 (-> did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
- Binko Kolev
- Heat -- 1:48.7
- Semifinals -- 1:47.3 (-> did not advance)
Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Plamen Krastev
- Heat -- 13.95
- Semifinals -- 13.99 (-> did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Yanko Bratanov
- Heat -- 50.56
- Semifinals -- 50.17
- Final -- 56.35 (-> 8th place)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
- Stanimir Nenov
- Heat -- 8:43.8
- Semifinals -- 8:50.2 (-> did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Atanas Mladenov
- Qualification -- 2.10 m (-> did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Yordan Yanev
- Qualification -- 7.84 m
- Final -- 8.02 m (-> 8th place)
- Ivan Tuparov
- Qualification -- 7.46 m (-> did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
- Atanas Chochev
- Qualification -- 16.42 m
- Final -- 16.56 m (-> 6th place)
Men's Pole Vault
- Atanas Tarev
- Qualification -- 5.25 m (-> did not advance)
- Ivo Yanchev
- Qualification -- no mark (-> did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Emanuil Dyulgerov
- Qualification -- 70.60 m
- Final Round -- 74.04 m (-> 6th place)
Men's Discus Throw
- Emil Vladimirov
- Qualification -- 62.50 m
- Final -- 63.18 m (-> 7th place)
- Velko Velev
- Qualification -- 61.32 m
- Final -- 63.04 m (-> 8th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Stefan Stoykov
- Qualification -- 78.74 m
- Final -- 79.04 m (-> 11th place)
Men's Shot Put
- Nikola Hristov
- Qualification -- 19.01 m (-> did not advance, 13th place)
- Valcho Stoyev
- Qualification -- no mark (-> did not advance, no ranking)
Men's Decathlon
- Atanas Andonov
- Final -- 7927 points (-> 7th place)
- Razvigor Yankov
- Final -- 7624 points (-> 14th place)
Women's 100 metres
- Mariya Shishkova
- Heat -- 11.57
- Quarterfinals -- 11.47
- Semifinals -- 11.65 (-> did not advance)
- Sofka Popova
- Heat -- 11.35
- Quarterfinals -- 11.42
- Semifinals -- 11.40 (-> did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
- Nikolina Shtereva
- Heat -- 1:58.9
- Semifinals -- 1:58.9
- Final -- 1:58.8 (-> 7th place)
- Vesela Yatsinska
- Heat -- 1:59.9
- Semifinals -- 1:59.9 (-> did not advance)
- Totka Petrova
- Heat -- 2:00.6
- Semifinals -- 2:00.0 (-> did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
- Vesela Yatsinska
- Heat -- 4:04.7 (-> did not advance)
- Nikolina Shchereva
- Heat -- 4:08.3 (-> did not advance)
- Totka Petrova
- Heat -- 4:13.8 (-> did not advance)
Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Yordanka Donkova
- Heat -- 13.24
- Semifinal -- 13.39 (-> did not advance)
- Daniela Valkova
- Heat -- 13.66
- Semifinal -- 13.79 (-> did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
- Lidiya Gusheva
- Qualification -- 6.56 m
- Final -- 6.24 m (-> 12th place)
- Ekaterina Nedeva
- Qualifying Round -- 5.83 m (-> did not advance, 17th place)
Women's High Jump
- Yordanka Blagoeva
- Qualification -- 1.80 m (-> did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
- Mariya Petkova
- Qualification -- 65.02 m
- Final -- 67.90 m (-> Silver Medal)
- Svetla Bozhkova
- Qualification -- 60.84 m
- Final -- 63.14 m (-> 8th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Ivanka Vancheva
- Qualification -- 61.16 m
- Final -- 65.38 m (-> 5th place)
- Antoaneta Todorova
- Qualification -- 60.56 m
- Final -- 60.66 m (-> 10th place)
- Tsvetana Ralinska
- Qualification -- did not start (-> did not advance, no ranking)
Women's Shot Put
- Verzhinia Veselinova
- Final -- 20.72 m (-> 5th place)
- Elena Stoyanova
- Final -- 20.22 m (-> 6th place)
- Ivanka Petrova
- Final -- 18.34 m (-> 11th place)
Women's Pentathlon
- Valentina Dimitrova -- 4458 points (-> 7th place)
- 100 metres -- 14.39s
- Shot Put -- 15.65m
- High Jump -- 1.74m
- Long Jump -- 5.91m
- 800 metres -- 2:15.50
- Emilia Kunova -- 4431 points (-> 8th place)
- 100 metres -- 13.72s
- Shot Put -- 11.98m
- High Jump -- 1.74m
- Long Jump -- 6.10m
- 800 metres -- 2:11.10
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Basketball
Women's Tournament
The women's tournament was decided in a round robin group with all six teams. The first two places competed for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places for the bronze. The remaining teams retain their group ranks for the final standings. The host nation finished the group phase undefeated and won the gold against Bulgaria. Yugoslavia would go on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.
Gold Medal Match
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Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (- 48 kg)
- Ismail Mustafov -> Bronze Medal
- First Round -- Bye
- Second Round -- Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) on points (5-0)
- Quarter Finals -- Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) on points (5-0)
- Semi Finals -- Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (1-4)
Men's Flyweight (- 51 kg)
- Petar Lesov -> Gold Medal
- First Round -- Defeated Onofre Ramirez (Nicaragua) on points (5-0)
- Second Round -- Defeated Hassen Sherif (Ethiopia) on points (5-0)
- Quarter Finals -- Defeated Roman Gilberto (Mexico) on points (4-1)
- Semi Finals -- Defeated Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)
- Final -- Defeated Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in 2nd round
Men's Bantamweight (- 54 kg)
- Aleksandr Radev
- First Round -- Bye
- Second Round -- Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Featherweight (- 57 kg)
- Tsacho Andreikovski
- First Round -- Bye
- Second Round -- Defeated William Azanor (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
- Third Round -- Defeated Barthelemy Adoukonou (Benin) after knock-out in second round
- Quarter Finals -- Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)
Men's Lightweight (- 60 kg)
- Yordan Lesov
- First Round -- Defeated Patrice Martin (Benin) after knock-out in first round
- Second Round -- Defeated Tibor Dezamits (Hungary) on points (4-1)
- Quarter Finals -- Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (- 63.5 kg)
- Margarit Anastasov
- First Round -- Lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
- Petr Stoimenov
- First Round -- Defeated Naasan Ajjoub (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second round
- Quarter Finals -- Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (East Germany) after referee stopped contest in second round
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Canoeing
Sprint
- Men
- Women
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Cycling
Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.
Road
Track
- Time trial
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Diving
- Men
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Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Show jumping
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Fencing
Four fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1980.
- Men's sabre
- Vasil Etropolski
- Khristo Etropolski
- Georgi Chomakov
- Men's team sabre
- Khristo Etropolski, Nikolay Marincheshki, Vasil Etropolski, Georgi Chomakov
Gymnastics
Judo
- Men
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.
Rowing
- Men
- Women
Sailing
- Open
Shooting
- Open
Swimming
- Men
- Women
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary round
Pool A
Semifinals
Gold medal match
Team Roster
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- Stoyan Gunchev
- Hristo Stoyanov
- Dimitar Zlatanov
- Dimitar Dimitrov
- Tsano Tsanov
- Stefan Dimitrov
- Petko Petkov
- Mitko Todorov
- Kaspar Simeonov
- Emil Valtchev
- Hristo Iliev
- Yordan Angelov
Women's Team Competition
Preliminary round
Teams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the semi-finals and the finals.
Group B
Semifinal
3rd Place Match
Team Roster
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- Tania Dimitrova
- Valentina Ilieva
- Galina Stancheva
- Silva Petrunova
- Anka Khristolova
- Verka Borisova
- Margarita Gerasimova
- Rumiana Kaicheva
- Maia Georgieva
- Tania Gogova
- Tsvetana Bozhurina
- Rositsa Dimitrova
Water polo
Preliminary round
Group C
Final Round
Group B
- Team Roster
- Volodia Sirakov
- Andrei Andreev
- Kiril Kiriakov
- Asen Denchev
- Vasil Nanov
- Anton Partalev
- Petar Kostadinov
- Nikolai Stamatov
- Biser Georgiev
- Matei Popov
- Georgi Gospodinov
Weightlifting
- Men
Wrestling
- Men's freestyle
- Men's Greco-Roman
References
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