Bulgaria at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

Gold

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

Silver

 * Yordanka Blagoeva &mdash; Athletics, Women's High Jump
 * Diana Yorgova &mdash; Athletics, Women's Long Jump
 * Angel Angelov &mdash; Boxing, Men's Welterweight
 * Mladen Kutchev &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
 * Atanas Shopov &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
 * Aleksandar Kraitchev &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
 * Osman Duraliev &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
 * Ognian Nikolov &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
 * Stoyan Apostolov &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
 * Aleksandr Tomov &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Bronze

 * Vasilka Stoeva &mdash; Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
 * Ivanka Khristova &mdash; Athletics, Women's Shot Put
 * Fedia Damianov & Ivan Burtchin &mdash; Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 1000m (canoe double)
 * Ivan Krastev &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
 * Stefan Angelov &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight

Athletics
Men's 5000 metres
 * Mikhail Jelev
 * Heat &mdash; DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump
 * Petar Bogdanov
 * Qualification Round &mdash; 2.12m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

 * Men

Sprint

 * Men
 * Women

Cycling
Four cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Track

 * 1000m time trial
 * Pursuit

Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1972.


 * Men's sabre
 * Boris Stavrev
 * Stoyko Lipchev
 * Anani Mikhaylov


 * Men's team sabre
 * Khristo Khristov, Stoyko Lipchev, Anani Mikhaylov, Valentin Nikolov, Boris Stavrev

Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:
 * Georgi Stoyanov &mdash; 4695 points (→ 26th place)
 * Velko Bratanov &mdash; 4339 points (→ 50th place)
 * Angel Pepelyankov &mdash; 3971 points (→ 57th place)

Men's Team Competition:
 * Stoyanov, Bratanov, and Pepelyankov &mdash; 12957 points (→ 16th place)

Rowing

 * Men

Shooting
Six male shooters represented Bulgaria in 1972.
 * Open

Swimming

 * Men
 * Women

Preliminary round

 * Pool A

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

Team Roster

 * Bisser Naoumov
 * Ivan Kovatchev
 * Alexander Chpitzer
 * Toma Tomov
 * Plamen Brankov
 * Mladen Khristov
 * Nedeltcho Yordanov
 * Vassil Tomov
 * Andrei Konstantinov
 * Matei Popov
 * Lubomir Rountov

Weightlifting

 * Men

Wrestling
Editing process right now
 * Key
 * VT - Victory or Lose by Fall.
 * PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
 * PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
 * DR - Draw in penalty points -draw in points.


 * Men's freestyle


 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle