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{{infobox country at games
{{Infobox Olympics Bulgaria
| NOC = BUL
|games=1972 Summer
| NOCname = [[Bulgarian Olympic Committee]]
|competitors=130 (106 men and 24 women)
| games = Summer Olympics
|sports=15
| year = 1972
|flagbearer=
| flagcaption =
|gold=6
| oldcode =
|silver=10
| website = {{url|www.bgolympic.org }} {{in lang|bg|en}}
|bronze=5
| location = [[Munich]]
|total=21
| competitors = 130
|rank=9
| competitors_men = 106
| competitors_women = 24
| sports = 15
| flagbearer = [[Dimitar Zlatanov]]
| rank = 9
| gold = 6
| silver = 10
| bronze = 5
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso =
}}
}}


'''[[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.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1972/ |title=Bulgaria at the 1972 Munich Summer Games |accessdate=2011-02-10 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>
'''[[People's Republic of Bulgaria|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.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1972/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055246/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1972/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Bulgaria at the 1972 Munich Summer Games |access-date=2011-02-10 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>


==Medalists==
==Medalists==

===[[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold===
=== Gold===
* [[Georgi Kostadinov]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* [[Georgi Kostadinov]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* [[Norair Nurikyan]] &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
* [[Norair Nurikyan]] &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
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* [[Georgi Markov (wrestler)|Georgi Markov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
* [[Georgi Markov (wrestler)|Georgi Markov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight


===[[Image:Med 2.png]] Silver===
=== Silver===
* [[Yordanka Blagoeva]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's High Jump
* [[Yordanka Blagoeva]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's High Jump
* [[Diana Yorgova]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's Long Jump
* [[Diana Yorgova]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's Long Jump
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* [[Mladen Kutchev]] &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
* [[Mladen Kutchev]] &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
* [[Atanas Shopov]] &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
* [[Atanas Shopov]] &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight
* [[Aleksandar Kraitchev]] &mdash; Weightlifting, heavyweight
* [[Aleksandar Kraitchev]] &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
* [[Osman Duraliev]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
* [[Osman Duraliev]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
* [[Ognian Nikolov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
* [[Ognian Nikolov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
* [[Stoyan Apostolov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Greco-Roman Lightweight
* [[Stoyan Apostolov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
* [[Aleksandr Tomov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
* [[Aleksandar Tomov (wrestler)|Aleksandr Tomov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight


===[[Image:Med 3.png]] Bronze===
=== Bronze===
* [[Vasilka Stoeva]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
* [[Vasilka Stoeva]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
* [[Ivanka Khristova]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's Shot Put
* [[Ivanka Khristova]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's Shot Put
* [[Fedia Damianov]] & [[Ivan Burtchin]] &mdash; Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 1000m (canoe double)
* [[Fedia Damianov]] & [[Ivan Burtchin]] &mdash; Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 1000m (canoe double)
* [[Ivan Krastev]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
* [[Ivan Krastev (wrestler)|Ivan Krastev]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
* [[Stefan Angelov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight
* [[Stefan Angelov]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}


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


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


==Boxing==
==Boxing==
{{main|Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!1 Round
!2 Round
!3 Round
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Asen Nikolov (boxer)|Asen Nikolov]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Light Flyweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yoshimitsu Aragaki]]|JPN|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 5-0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vladimir Ivanov (boxer)|Vladimir Ivanov]]|URS|1972 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0-5
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Georgi Kostadinov]]'''
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Flyweight]]
|{{n/a|BYE}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jan Balouch]]|PAK|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' TKO-2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Chris Ius]]|CAN|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 5-0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Calixto Perez]]|COL|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 3-2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Leszek Blazynski]]|POL|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 5-0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Leo Rwabwogo]]|UGA|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 5-0
|[[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]]
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Kuncho Kunchev (boxer)|Kuncho Kunchev]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Featherweight]]
|{{n/a|BYE}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Palamdorj Baatar]]|MGL|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 3-2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Clemente Rojas]]|COL|1972 Summer}}<br />'''L''' WO
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ivan Mihailov]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Lightweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Roy Hurdley]]|PAN|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' TKO-2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hosain Eghmaz]]|IRN|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 3-2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[László Orbán (boxer)|László Orbán]]|HUN|1972 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1-4
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Angel Angelov]]'''
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Light Welterweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Luis Contreras (boxer)|Luis Contreras]]|VEN|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' TKO-3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Walter Desiderio Gomez]]|ARG|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4-1
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Srisook Bantow]]|THA|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' TKO-2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Issaka Dabore]]|NIG|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 5-0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ray Seales]]|USA|1972 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 2-3
|[[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]]
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Vladimir Kolev]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Welterweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Abdelhamid Fouad Gad]]|EGY|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 5-0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[David Jackson (Ugandan boxer)|David Jackson]]|UGA|1972 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1-4
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Nayden Stanchev]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Light Middleweight]]
|{{n/a|BYE}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[John Opio]]|UGA|1972 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 3-2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wiesław Rudkowski]]|POL|1972 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0-5
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Georgi Stankov]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Light Heavyweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nikolay Anfimov]]|URS|1972 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0-5
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Atanas Suvandzhiev]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Heavyweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jürgen Fanghänel]]|GDR|1972 Summer}}<br />'''L''' KO-1
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}


==Canoeing==
'''Men's Light Middleweight (&ndash; 71&nbsp;kg)'''
{{main article|Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
*[[Nayden Stanchev]]
:* First Round &mdash; Bye
:* Second Round &mdash; Defeated [[John Opio]] (UGA), 3:2
:* Third Round &mdash; Lost to [[Wiesław Rudkowski]] (POL), 0:5


===Sprint===
'''Men's Heavyweight (+ 81&nbsp;kg)'''
;Men
*[[Atanas Suvandzhiev]]
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
:* First Round &mdash; Lost to [[Jürgen Fanghänel]] (GDR), KO-1
|-

!rowspan=2|Athlete
==Canoeing==
!rowspan=2|Event
{{main|Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
!colspan=2|Heats
!colspan=2|Repechages
!colspan=2|Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Boris Lyubenov]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|C-1 1000 m]]
|4:32.03
|2 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a|BYE}}
|4:14.65
|'''6'''
|-
|align=left rowspan=1|'''[[Ivan Burchin]]<br />[[Fedia Damianov]]'''
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres|C-2 1000 m]]
|4:14.47
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|BYE}}
|3:53.72
|3 '''Q'''
|3:58.10
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16x16px]]
|-
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Vasil Chilingrov]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres|K-1 1000 m]]
|colspan=2|DSQ
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Vasil Chilingrov]]<br /> [[Aleksandar Donkov]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres|K-2 1000 m]]
|3:45.06
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|BYE}}
|3:36.39
|3 '''Q'''
|3:45.40
|9
|-
|}
;Women
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heats
!colspan=2|Repechages
!colspan=2|Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-
|align=left|[[Natasha Petrova]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]
|2:25.49
|7 '''Q'''
|2:19.66
|4
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-
|align=left|[[Petrana Koleva]]<br />[[Natasha Petrova]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres|K-2 500 m]]
|2:05.16
|5 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|1:57.31
|2 '''Q'''
|1:59.40
|'''8'''
|}


==Cycling==
==Cycling==
{{main|Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Four cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972.


;Track Competition
===Track===
;1000m time trial
'''Men's 1.000m Time Trial'''
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
*[[Dimo Angelov]]
|-
:* Final &mdash; 1:07.55 (→ 6th place)
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left| [[Dimo Angelov Tonchev]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial|Men's 1000m time trial]]
|1:07.55
|'''6'''
|}
;Pursuit
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!Round 1/8
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Time
!Opposition<br />Time
!Opposition<br />Time
!Opposition<br />Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ivan Tsvetkov (cyclist)|Ivan Tsvetkov]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Men's individual pursuit]]
|5:02.39
|15
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Nikifor Petrov Minchev]]<br>[[Plamen Timchev]]<br>[[Dimo Angelov Tonchev]]<br>[[Ivan Tsvetkov (cyclist)|Ivan Tsvetkov]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]
|4:31.43
|8 '''Q'''
|colspan=1 {{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[West Germany]]|FRG|1972 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 4:31.55
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|'''5'''
|}


==Equestrianism==
==Equestrian==
{{main|Equestrianism at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}


==Fencing==
==Fencing==
{{main|Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1972.
Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1972.


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;[[Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|Men's team sabre]]
;[[Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|Men's team sabre]]
* [[Khristo Khristov]], [[Stoyko Lipchev]], [[Anani Mikhaylov]], [[Valentin Nikolov]], [[Boris Stavrev]]
* [[Khristo Khristov (fencer)|Khristo Khristov]], [[Stoyko Lipchev]], [[Anani Mikhaylov]], [[Valentin Nikolov]], [[Boris Stavrev]]


==Gymnastics==
==Gymnastics==
{{main|Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}


==Modern pentathlon==
==Modern pentathlon==
{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.
Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.


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==Rowing==
==Rowing==
{{main|Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
'''Men's Single Sculls'''
|-
*[[Yordan Valtchev]]
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
:*Heat &mdash; 7:50.29
!rowspan="2"|Event
:*Semi Finals &mdash; 8:17.64
!colspan="2"|Heats
:*B-Final &mdash; 7:59.55 (→ 8th place)
!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals
'''Men's Coxed Pairs'''
!colspan="2"|Final
*[[Dimitar Valov]], [[Dimitar Yanakiev]] and [[Nenko Dobrev]]
|-style="font-size:95%"
:*Heat &mdash; 8:01.12
!Time
:*Repechage &mdash; 8:10.94
!Rank
:*Semi Finals &mdash; 8:20.21
!Time
:*B-Final &mdash; 8:01.86 (→ 10th place)
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-
|align=left|[[Yordan Valtchev]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls|Single sculls]]
|7:50.29
|1 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|BYE}}
|8:17.64
|4 '''FB'''
|7:59.55
|'''8'''
|-
|align=left|[[Dimitar Valov]]<br>[[Dimitar Yanakiev]]<br>[[Nenko Dobrev]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed pair|Coxed pair]]
|8:01.01
|2 '''R'''
|8:10.94
|1 '''Q'''
|8:20.21
|4 '''FB'''
|8:01.86
|10
|-
|align=left|[[Biser Boyadzhiev]]<br>[[Borislav Vasilev]]<br>[[Nikolay Kolev (rower, born 1950)|Nikolay Kolev]]<br>[[Metodi Khalvadzhiski]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Coxless four]]
|6:47.99
|3 '''R'''
|7:02.69
|2 '''Q'''
|7:24.93
|6 '''FB'''
|6:54.54
|'''8'''
|}


==Shooting==
==Shooting==
{{main|Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Six male shooters represented Bulgaria in 1972.
;Open
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Dencho Denev]]
|rowspan=1|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre free pistol|50 m pistol]]
|align="center"|554
|align="center"|11
|-
|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol|25 m pistol]]
|align="center"|590
|align="center"|'''7'''
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Ratcho Kossev]]
||[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet|Skeet]]
| align="center" colspan=2|DNS
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Ivan Mandov]]
|rowspan=1|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre free pistol|50 m pistol]]
|align="center"|544
|align="center"|29
|-
|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol|25 m pistol]]
|align="center"|576
|align="center"|42
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Anton Manolov]]
||[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet|Skeet]]
|align="center"|187
|align="center"|33
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Stefan Vasilev]]
|rowspan=1|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle three positions]]
|align="center"|1130
|align="center"|34
|-
|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone|50 m rifle prone]]
|align="center"|594
|align="center"|21
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Emiliyan Vergov]]
|rowspan=1|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 300 metre free rifle, three positions|300 m rifle three positions]]
| align="center" colspan=2|DNS
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle three positions]]
|align="center"|1143
|align="center"|13
|-
|[[Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone|50 m rifle prone]]
|align="center"|594
|align="center"|19
|}


==Swimming==
==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Angel Chakarov]]
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 metre breaststroke]]
|1:10.34
|30
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke|200 metre breaststroke]]
|2:30.27
|19
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Vasil Dobrev (swimmer)|Vasil Dobrev]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]]
|1:00.07
|27
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 metre butterfly]]
|2:11.28
|22
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Khriska Peycheva]]
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]]
|1:03.43
|43
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}


==Volleyball==
'''Men's 100m Freestyle'''
{{main article|Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
*[[Yulian Roussev]]
:* Heat &mdash; DNS (→ did not advance)


===Preliminary round===
'''Men's 200m Freestyle'''
{{main|Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
*[[Yulian Roussev]]
;Pool A
:* Heat &mdash; DNS (→ did not advance)
{{#section:Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}
{{Vb res start 2}}
{{Vb res 2|27 Aug|'''{{vb-rt|BUL|1971}}'''|3–1|{{vb|KOR}}|16–18|15–6|15–9|15–13||61–46}}
{{Vb res 2|29 Aug|'''{{vb-rt|BUL|1971}}'''|3–2|{{vb|TCH}}|15–11|15–11|12–15|14–16|15–9|71–62}}
{{Vb res 2|31 Aug|'''{{vb-rt|URS|1955}}'''|3–1|{{vb|BUL|1971}}|9–15|15–10|15–11|15–10||54–46}}
{{Vb res 2|02 Sep|'''{{vb-rt|BUL|1971}}'''|3–2|{{vb|POL}}|14–16|12–15|15–7|15–3|15–10|71–51}}
{{Vb res 2|05 Sep|'''{{vb-rt|BUL|1971}}'''|3–0|{{vb|TUN|1959}}|15–10|15–5|15–7|||45–22}}
{{end}}


==Volleyball==
===Semifinals===
{{main|Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}


{{Vb res start 2}}
Men's Team Competition
{{Vb res 2|08 Sep|{{vb-rt|BUL|1971}}|2–3|'''{{vb|JPN}}'''|15–13|15–9|9–15|9–15|12–15|60–67}}
*'''Preliminary Round (Group A)'''
{{end}}
:* 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'''


===Bronze medal match===
*'''Team Roster'''

:*[[Dimiter Karov]]
{{Vb res start 2}}
:*[[Brunko Iliev]]
{{Vb res 2|09 Sep|'''{{vb-rt|URS|1955}}'''|3–0|{{vb|BUL|1971}}|15–11|15–8|15–13|||45–32}}
:*[[Alex Trenev]]
{{end}}
:*[[Ivan Ivanov (volleyball)|Ivan Ivanov]]
===Team roster===
:*[[Dimiter Zlatanov]]
:*[[Zdravko Simeonov]]
*[[Dimiter Karov]]
:*[[Tsano Tsanov]]
*[[Brunko Iliev]]
:*[[Kiril Slavov]]
*[[Alex Trenev]]
*[[Ivan Ivanov (volleyball)|Ivan Ivanov]]
:*[[Emil Vulchev]]
:*[[Emil Trenev]]
*[[Dimiter Zlatanov]]
:*[[Luchezar Soyanov]]
*[[Zdravko Simeonov]]
*[[Tsano Tsanov]]
:*[[Ivan Dimitrov (volleyball)|Ivan Dimitrov]]
*[[Kiril Slavov]]
*[[Emil Vulchev]]
*[[Emil Trenev]]
*[[Luchezar Soyanov]]
*[[Ivan Dimitrov (volleyball)|Ivan Dimitrov]]


==Water polo==
==Water polo==
{{main|Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}

===Preliminary round===

===Pool C===

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Nation　
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Wp|URS}}
|4||4||0||0||30||9
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{Wp|ITA}}
|4||3||0||1||25||16
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|align=left|{{Wp|ESP|1945}}
|4||2||0||2||19||20
|- align=center bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|align=left|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|4||1||0||3||18||25
|- align=center
|align=left|{{Wp|JPN}}
|4||0||0||4||14||36
|}
{| width=60% cellspacing=1
!width=20%|
!width=12%|August 28
!width=20%|
!width=8%|1st
!width=8%|2nd
!width=8%|3rd
!width=8%|4th
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{Wp-rt|ITA}}'''
|align=center|8-5
|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|3-1
|3-2
|2-1
|0-1
|}
{| width=60% cellspacing=1
!width=20%|
!width=12%|August 29
!width=20%|
!width=8%|1st
!width=8%|2nd
!width=8%|3rd
!width=8%|4th
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{Wp-rt|URS}}'''
|align=center|7-2
|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|2-0
|2-1
|2-0
|1-1
|}
{| width=60% cellspacing=1
!width=20%|
!width=12%|August 30
!width=20%|
!width=8%|1st
!width=8%|2nd
!width=8%|3rd
!width=8%|4th
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{Wp-rt|BUL|1971}}'''
|align=center|7-4
|{{Wp|JPN}}
|3-1
|0-1
|2-1
|2-1
|}
{| width=60% cellspacing=1
!width=20%|
!width=12%|August 31
!width=20%|
!width=8%|1st
!width=8%|2nd
!width=8%|3rd
!width=8%|4th
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{Wp-rt|ESP|1945}}'''
|align=center|6-4
|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|0-0
|2-1
|2-1
|2-2
|}

===Classification 7th – 12th===

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pos.
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Nation
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
|- align=center
!7
|align=left|{{Wp|NED}}
|5||4||1||0||29||25
|- align=center
!8
|align=left|{{Wp|ROU|1965}}
|5||4||1||0||25||18
|- align=center
!9
|align=left|{{Wp|CUB}}
|5||2||1||2||23||24
|- align=center
!10
|align=left|{{Wp|ESP|1945}}
|5||2||0||3||24||20
|- align=center
!11
|align=left|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|5||0||2||3||15||17
|- align=center
!12
|align=left|{{Wp|AUS}}
|5||0||1||4||18||27
|}
{| width=60% cellspacing=1
!width=20%|
!width=16%|September 1
!width=20%|
!width=8%|1st
!width=8%|2nd
!width=8%|3rd
!width=8%|4th
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|'''{{Wp-rt|NED}}'''
|align=center|5-2
|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|1-0
|0-1
|2-1
|2-0
|}
{| width=60% cellspacing=1
!width=20%|
!width=16%|September 2
!width=20%|
!width=8%|1st
!width=8%|2nd
!width=8%|3rd
!width=8%|4th
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{Wp-rt|ROU|1965}}
|align=center|4-3
|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|2-2
|1-0
|1-0
|0-1
|}
{| width=60% cellspacing=1
!width=20%|
!width=16%|September 3
!width=20%|
!width=8%|1st
!width=8%|2nd
!width=8%|3rd
!width=8%|4th
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{Wp-rt|AUS}}
|align=center|4-4
|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|2-2
|1-0
|1-1
|0-1
|}
{| width=60% cellspacing=1
!width=20%|
!width=16%|September 4
!width=20%|
!width=8%|1st
!width=8%|2nd
!width=8%|3rd
!width=8%|4th
|- style=font-size:90%
|align=right|{{Wp-rt|CUB}}
|align=center|4-4
|{{Wp|BUL|1971}}
|0-0
|2-3
|1-0
|1-1
|}


;Men's Team Competition
===Team Roster===
*'''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'''


** [[Bisser Naoumov]]
* '''Team Roster'''
:* [[Bisser Naoumov]]
** [[Ivan Kovatchev]]
:* [[Ivan Kovatchev]]
** [[Alexander Chpitzer]]
** [[Toma Tomov (water polo)|Toma Tomov]]
:* [[Alexander Chpitzer]]
** [[Plamen Brankov]]
:* [[Toma Tomov (water polo)|Toma Tomov]]
:* [[Plamen Brankov]]
** [[Mladen Khristov]]
:* [[Mladen Khristov]]
** [[Nedeltcho Yordanov]]
:* [[Nedeltcho Yordanov]]
** [[Vassil Tomov]]
:* [[Vassil Tomov]]
** [[Andrei Konstantinov]]
:* [[Andrei Konstantinov]]
** [[Matei Popov]]
:* [[Matei Popov]]
** [[Lubomir Rountov]]
:* [[Lubomir Rountov]]


==Weightlifting==
==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Military press
!colspan="2"|Snatch
!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Atanas Kiroy]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg|56 kg]]
|117.5
|7
|105
|5
|140
|4
|362.5
|'''5'''
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Georgi Todorov (weightlifter)|Georgi Todorov]]
|110
|12
|100
|10
|140
|5
|350
|'''8'''
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Norair Nurikyan]]'''
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg|60 kg]]
|127.5 '''OR'''
|2
|117.5
|4
|157.5 '''WR'''
|1
|402.5 '''WR'''
|[[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]]
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Mladen Kuchev]]'''
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg|67,5 kg]]
|157.5 '''WR'''
|1
|125
|4
|167.5
|2
|450
|[[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]]
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Yordan Bikov]]'''
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg|75 kg]]
|160
|3
|140
|4
|185
|1
|485 '''WR'''
|[[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]]
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Andon Nikolov]]'''
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg|90 kg]]
|180
|3
|155
|1
|190
|6
|525 '''OR'''
|[[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]]
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Atanas Shopov]]'''
|180
|4
|145
|7
|192.5
|3
|517.5
|[[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]]
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Aleksandar Kraychev]]'''
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|[[Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg|110 kg]]
|197.5
|2
|162.5
|5
|202.5
|5
|562.5
|[[Image:Silver medal.svg|16x16px]]
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Stancho Penchev]]
|0
|NVL
| style="text-align=center;" colspan="2"|DNS
| style="text-align=center;" colspan="2"|DNS
|0
|AC
|}


==Wrestling==
==Wrestling==
{{main|Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{main article|Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}


==References==
==References==
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{{reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 13:32, 13 June 2023

Bulgaria at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Munich
Competitors130 (106 men and 24 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Dimitar Zlatanov
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
6
Silver
10
Bronze
5
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold[edit]

Silver[edit]

Bronze[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 5000 metres

Men's High Jump

Boxing[edit]

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Asen Nikolov Light Flyweight  Yoshimitsu Aragaki (JPN)
W 5-0 		 Vladimir Ivanov (URS)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Georgi Kostadinov Flyweight BYE  Jan Balouch (PAK)
W TKO-2 		 Chris Ius (CAN)
W 5-0 		 Calixto Perez (COL)
W 3-2 		 Leszek Blazynski (POL)
W 5-0 		 Leo Rwabwogo (UGA)
W 5-0
Kuncho Kunchev Featherweight BYE  Palamdorj Baatar (MGL)
W 3-2 		 Clemente Rojas (COL)
L WO 		Did not advance
Ivan Mihailov Lightweight  Roy Hurdley (PAN)
W TKO-2 		 Hosain Eghmaz (IRN)
W 3-2 		 László Orbán (HUN)
L 1-4 		Did not advance
Angel Angelov Light Welterweight  Luis Contreras (VEN)
W TKO-3 		 Walter Desiderio Gomez (ARG)
W 4-1 		—  Srisook Bantow (THA)
W TKO-2 		 Issaka Dabore (NIG)
W 5-0 		 Ray Seales (USA)
L 2-3
Vladimir Kolev Welterweight  Abdelhamid Fouad Gad (EGY)
W 5-0 		 David Jackson (UGA)
L 1-4 		Did not advance
Nayden Stanchev Light Middleweight BYE  John Opio (UGA)
W 3-2 		 Wiesław Rudkowski (POL)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Georgi Stankov Light Heavyweight  Nikolay Anfimov (URS)
L 0-5 		Did not advance
Atanas Suvandzhiev Heavyweight  Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR)
L KO-1 		Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sprint[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Boris Lyubenov C-1 1000 m 4:32.03 2 Q — BYE 4:14.65 6
Ivan Burchin
Fedia Damianov 		C-2 1000 m 4:14.47 3 Q BYE 3:53.72 3 Q 3:58.10
Vasil Chilingrov K-1 1000 m DSQ Did not advance
Vasil Chilingrov
Aleksandar Donkov 		K-2 1000 m 3:45.06 3 Q BYE 3:36.39 3 Q 3:45.40 9
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Natasha Petrova K-1 500 m 2:25.49 7 Q 2:19.66 4 Did not advance
Petrana Koleva
Natasha Petrova 		K-2 500 m 2:05.16 5 Q — 1:57.31 2 Q 1:59.40 8

Cycling[edit]

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Four cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Track[edit]

1000m time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Dimo Angelov Tonchev Men's 1000m time trial 1:07.55 6
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1/8 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Ivan Tsvetkov Men's individual pursuit 5:02.39 15 Did not advance
Nikifor Petrov Minchev
Plamen Timchev
Dimo Angelov Tonchev
Ivan Tsvetkov 		Team pursuit 4:31.43 8 Q —  West Germany (FRG)
L 4:31.55 		Did not advance 5

Equestrian[edit]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fencing[edit]

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Men's sabre
Men's team sabre

Gymnastics[edit]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon[edit]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Stoyanov, Bratanov, and Pepelyankov — 12957 points (→ 16th place)

Rowing[edit]

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yordan Valtchev Single sculls 7:50.29 1 Q BYE 8:17.64 4 FB 7:59.55 8
Dimitar Valov
Dimitar Yanakiev
Nenko Dobrev 		Coxed pair 8:01.01 2 R 8:10.94 1 Q 8:20.21 4 FB 8:01.86 10
Biser Boyadzhiev
Borislav Vasilev
Nikolay Kolev
Metodi Khalvadzhiski 		Coxless four 6:47.99 3 R 7:02.69 2 Q 7:24.93 6 FB 6:54.54 8

Shooting[edit]

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Six male shooters represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Dencho Denev 50 m pistol 554 11
25 m pistol 590 7
Ratcho Kossev Skeet DNS
Ivan Mandov 50 m pistol 544 29
25 m pistol 576 42
Anton Manolov Skeet 187 33
Stefan Vasilev 50 m rifle three positions 1130 34
50 m rifle prone 594 21
Emiliyan Vergov 300 m rifle three positions DNS
50 m rifle three positions 1143 13
50 m rifle prone 594 19

Swimming[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Angel Chakarov 100 metre breaststroke 1:10.34 30 Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:30.27 19 Did not advance
Vasil Dobrev 100 metre butterfly 1:00.07 27 Did not advance
200 metre butterfly 2:11.28 22 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Khriska Peycheva 100 metre freestyle 1:03.43 43 Did not advance

Volleyball[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Pool A
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Soviet Union 5 5 0 10 15 3 5.000 257 196 1.311 Semifinals
2  Bulgaria 5 4 1 9 13 8 1.625 294 235 1.251
3  Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 8 11 6 1.833 230 205 1.122 5th–8th semifinals
4  South Korea 5 2 3 7 7 10 0.700 209 197 1.061
5  Poland 5 1 4 6 8 12 0.667 237 259 0.915 9th place match
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 5 0 15 0.000 90 225 0.400 11th place match
Source: [citation needed]
Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
27 Aug Bulgaria  3–1  South Korea 16–18 15–6 15–9 15–13   61–46
29 Aug Bulgaria  3–2  Czechoslovakia 15–11 15–11 12–15 14–16 15–9 71–62
31 Aug Soviet Union  3–1  Bulgaria 9–15 15–10 15–11 15–10   54–46
02 Sep Bulgaria  3–2  Poland 14–16 12–15 15–7 15–3 15–10 71–51
05 Sep Bulgaria  3–0  Tunisia 15–10 15–5 15–7     45–22

Semifinals[edit]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
08 Sep Bulgaria  2–3  Japan 15–13 15–9 9–15 9–15 12–15 60–67

Bronze medal match[edit]

Date Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total
09 Sep Soviet Union  3–0  Bulgaria 15–11 15–8 15–13     45–32

Team roster[edit]

Water polo[edit]

Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool C[edit]

Nation　 Pld W D L GF GA
 Soviet Union 4 4 0 0 30 9
 Italy 4 3 0 1 25 16
 Spain 4 2 0 2 19 20
 Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 18 25
 Japan 4 0 0 4 14 36
August 28 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Italy  8-5  Bulgaria 3-1 3-2 2-1 0-1
August 29 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Soviet Union  7-2  Bulgaria 2-0 2-1 2-0 1-1
August 30 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Bulgaria  7-4  Japan 3-1 0-1 2-1 2-1
August 31 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Spain  6-4  Bulgaria 0-0 2-1 2-1 2-2

Classification 7th – 12th[edit]

Pos. Nation Pld W D L GF GA
7  Netherlands 5 4 1 0 29 25
8  Romania 5 4 1 0 25 18
9  Cuba 5 2 1 2 23 24
10  Spain 5 2 0 3 24 20
11  Bulgaria 5 0 2 3 15 17
12  Australia 5 0 1 4 18 27
September 1 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Netherlands  5-2  Bulgaria 1-0 0-1 2-1 2-0
September 2 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Romania  4-3  Bulgaria 2-2 1-0 1-0 0-1
September 3 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Australia  4-4  Bulgaria 2-2 1-0 1-1 0-1
September 4 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Cuba  4-4  Bulgaria 0-0 2-3 1-0 1-1

Team Roster[edit]

Weightlifting[edit]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Military press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Atanas Kiroy 56 kg 117.5 7 105 5 140 4 362.5 5
Georgi Todorov 110 12 100 10 140 5 350 8
Norair Nurikyan 60 kg 127.5 OR 2 117.5 4 157.5 WR 1 402.5 WR
Mladen Kuchev 67,5 kg 157.5 WR 1 125 4 167.5 2 450
Yordan Bikov 75 kg 160 3 140 4 185 1 485 WR
Andon Nikolov 90 kg 180 3 155 1 190 6 525 OR
Atanas Shopov 180 4 145 7 192.5 3 517.5
Aleksandar Kraychev 110 kg 197.5 2 162.5 5 202.5 5 562.5
Stancho Penchev 0 NVL DNS DNS 0 AC

Wrestling[edit]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bulgaria at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
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