Bulgaria at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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silver=10
bronze=5
total=21

Bulgaria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Bulgaria finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 21 medals overall.

Gold

* Georgi 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

* Georgi Markov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-RomanFeatherweight

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

Bronze

* Vasilka 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

Results by event

=Athletics=

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=

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Nayden Stanchev:* 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:* First Round — Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), KO-1

=Cycling=

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Dimo Angelov:* Final — 1:07.55 (→ 6th place)

=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)

=Rowing=

Men's Single Sculls
*Yordan Valtchev:*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:*Heat — 8:01.12:*Repechage — 8:10.94:*Semi Finals — 8:20.21:*B-Final — 8:01.86 (→ 10th place)

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated South Korea (3-1):* Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-2):* Lost to Soviet Union (1-3):* Defeated Poland (3-2):* Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
*Semifinals:* Lost to Japan (2-3)
*Bronze Medal Match:* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) → Fourth place
*Team Roster:*Dimiter Karov:*Brunko Iliev:*Alex Trenev:*Ivan Ivanov:*Dimiter Zlatanov:*Zdravko Simeonov:*Tsano Tsanov:*Kiril Slavov:*Emil Vulchev:*Emil Trenev:*Luchezar Soyanov:*Ivan Dimitrov

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Yulian Roussev:* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
*Yulian Roussev:* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

=Water Polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Lost to Italy (5-8):* Lost to Soviet Union (2-7):* Defeated Japan (7-4):* Lost to Spain (4-6)
*Final Round (Group II):* 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:* Bisser Naoumov:* Ivan Kovatchev:* Alexander Chpitzer:* Toma Tomov:* Plamen Brankov:* Mladen Khristov:* Nedeltcho Yordanov:* Vassil Tomov:* Andrei Konstantinov:* Matei Popov:* Lubomir Rountov