Bulgaria at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||
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| Medals | Gold 6 |
Silver 9 |
Bronze 7 |
Total 22 |
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Bulgaria competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
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[edit] Medals
Bulgaria finished in 7th position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 22 medals overall.
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Gold
- Ivanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Svetlana Otsetova and Zdravka Yordanova — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
- Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
- Norair Nurikian — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
- Yordan Mitkov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
- Khasan Isaev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight
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Silver
- Nikolina Shtereva — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
- Maria Petkova-Vergova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Kapka Georgieva-Panayotovna, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva and Reni Yordanova — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
- Georgi Todorov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
- Trendafil Stoychev — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Krastyu Semerdzhiev — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
- Stoyan Nikolov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
- Kamen Goranov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
- Aleksandar Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
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Bronze
- Yordanka Blagoeva — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Vladimir Kolev — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Atanas Shopov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
- Stefan Angelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
- Ivan Kolev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
- Dimo Kostov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
- Krasimira Bogdanova, Diana Braynova-Dilova, Nadka Golcheva, Krasimira Gyurova, Petkana Makayeeva, Penka Metodieva, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Margarita Shtarkelova, Girgina Skerlatova, Mariya Stoyanova, Penka Stoyanova, and Todorka Yordanova — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Yanko Bratanov
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- Heats — 51.84s
- Semi Final — 50.11s
- Final — 50.03s (→ 6th place)
Men's Discus Throw
- Velko Velev
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- Qualification — 63.54m
- Final — 60.94m (→ 10th place)
[edit] Basketball
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Team Roster
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- Nadka Golcheva
- Penka Metodieva
- Petkana Makaveyeva
- Snezhana Mihailova
- Krassima Gyurova
- Krassimira Bogdanova
- Todorka Yordanova
- Diana Dilova
- Margarita Shturkelova
- Mania Stoyanova
- Girgina Skerlatova
- Penka Stoyanova
- Head Coach: Ivan Galabov
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Beyhan Fuchedzhiev
- First Round – Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), RSC-3
[edit] Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race
- Stoyan Bobekov — 4:58:35 (→ 49th place)
- Ivan Popov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Martin Martinov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Nedyalko Stoyanov — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Dimo Angelov — 1:08.950 (→ 14th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
- Dimo Angelov — 15th place
