Bulgaria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the Olympic Games

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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 22		 Gold
3		 Silver
7		 Bronze
5		 Total
15
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Bulgaria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Krasimir Dounev — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
  • Emil Milev — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
  • Yoto Yotov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (76 kg)
  • Maja Tabakova, Ivelina Taleva, Vjara Vatachka, Ina Deltcheva, Valentina Kevlian, and Maria Koleva — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Sefdalin Minchev — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (54 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Bulgaria sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Stefan Mliakov → Round of 64, 45th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Khristo Stefanov — 2:18.29 (→ 30th place)
  • Petko Stefanov — 2:29.06 (→ 80th place)


Women's High Jump

  1. Qualification — 1.93m
  2. Final — 2.05m (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  1. Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Sonya Radicheva
  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Atanaska Angelova
  • Qualification — 59.82m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 17.48m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.62m
  • Final — 6.82m (→ 7th place)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 14.61m
  • Final — 14.92m (→ 4th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Daniel Petrov → Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Nshan Munchyan (Armenia), 11-5
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 18-6
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 17-8
    5. Final — Defeated Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 19-6

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Serafim Todorov → Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Evgenii Shestakov (Ukraine), 11-4
    2. Second Round — Defeated Robert Peden (Australia), 20-8
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Falk Huste (Germany), 14-6
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 10-9
    5. Final — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand), 5-8

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Tontcho Tontchev → Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Oktavian Taykou (Moldova), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Dennis Zimba (Zambia), 17-9
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Michael Strange (Canada), 16-10
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Terrance Cauthen (United States), 15-12
    5. Final — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 3-3 (referee decision)

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Denislav Kalchev
    1. Heat – 54.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Denislav Kalchev
    1. Heat – 2:08.16 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Indoor Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Lost to Argentina (1-3)
  • Defeated Poland (3-0)
  • Defeated United States (3-2)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Netherlands (1-3)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (1-3)
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Argentina (3-1) → 7th place
  • Team Roster
  • Lubomir Ganev
  • Ivaylo Gavrilov
  • Plamen Hristov
  • Yevgeni Ivanov
  • Nikolay Ivanov
  • Plamen Konstantinov
  • Ludmil Naydenov
  • Nayden Naydenov
  • Petar Ouzounov
  • Martin Stoev
  • Dimo Tonev (captain)
  • Nikolay Jeliazkov

[edit] References