Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Bulgaria
games=1980 Summer
competitors=269 (182 men and 87 women)
sports=20
flagbearer=
gold=8
silver=16
bronze=17
total=41

Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

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

* Maria Petkova-Vergova — 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

Results by event

=Archery=

In its first appearance in Olympic archery, Bulgaria entered one man and one woman.

Women's Individual Competition:
*Tzvetanka Stoytcheva — 2144 points (→ 27th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
*Petyo Kishev — 2233 points (→ 30th place)

=Athletics=

Men's Triple Jump
*Atanas Chochev:* Qualification — 16.42 m:* Final — 16.56 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 Decathlon
* Atanas Andonov:* Final — 7927 points (→ 7th place)

* Razvigor Yankov:* Final — 7624 points (→ 14th 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 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

=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

=Diving=

Men's Springboard
*Petr Georgiev:* Preliminary Round — 504.33 points (→ 13th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform
*Petr Georgiev:* Preliminary Round — 391.32 points (→ 18th place, did not advance)
*Radoslav Radev:* Preliminary Round — 406.89 points (→ 17th place, did not advance)

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
*Simeon Monev — 4915 pts, 28th place
*Nikolai Nikolov — 4832 pts, 30th place
*Borislav Batikov — 4798 pts (→ 34th place)
Men's Team Competition:
*Monev, Nikolov, and Batikov — 14545 pts (→ 10th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100 m Freestyle
*Yulian Vasilev:* Heats — 53.61 (→ did not advance)
*Tsvetan Golomeev:* Heats — 53.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle
*Petar Kochanov:* Heats — 1:54.45 (→ did not advance)
*Tsvetan Golomeev:* Heats — 1:55.88 (→ did not advance)
"'Women's 100 m Breaststroke
*Tania Dangalakova:* Heats — 1:13.52 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
*Sonya Dangalakova:* Heats — 4:56.26:* Final — 4:49.25 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
*Dobrinka Mincheva, Rumiana Nikolova, Ani Kostova, and Sonya Dangalakova:* Final — 3:56.34 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
*Sonya Dangalakova, Tania Bogomilova, Ani Moneva, and Dobrinka Mincheva:* Final — 4:22.38 (→ 8th place)

=Volleyball=

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Defeated Romania (3-1):* Defeated Brazil (3-0):* Lost to Hungary (1-3)
*Semi Finals:* Lost to East Germany (2-3)
*Bronze Medal Game:* Defeated Hungary (3-2) → Bronze Medal
*Team Roster:* 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=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Lost to Australia (5-9):* Lost to Yugoslavia (2-9):* Lost to Cuba (1-7)
*Final Round (Group B):* Lost to Australia (5-8):* Lost to Greece (4-6):* Lost to Italy (4-5):* Lost to Romania (6-10):* Lost to Sweden (6-8) → 12th place
*Team Roster:* Volodia Sirakov:* Andrei Andreev:* Kiril Kiriakov:* Asen Denchev:* Vasil Nanov:* Anton Partalev:* Petar Kostadinov:* Nikolai Stamatov:* Biser Georgiev:* Matei Popov:* Georgi Gospodinov

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1980/ sports-reference]