Bulgaria at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Munich
Competitors	130 (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)
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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]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Norair Nurikyan	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight	29 August
Gold	Yordan Bikov	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight	31 August
Gold	Andon Nikolov	Weightlifting	Men's middle-heavyweight	3 September
Gold	Georgi Kostadinov	Boxing	Men's flyweight	10 September
Gold	Petar Kirov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight	10 September
Gold	Georgi Markov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	10 September
Silver	Mladen Kutchev	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight	30 August
Silver	Diana Yorgova	Athletics	Women's long jump	31 August
Silver	Ognian Nikolov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light-flyweight	31 August
Silver	Osman Duraliev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle super heavyweight	31 August
Silver	Atanas Shopov	Weightlifting	Men's middle-heavyweight	3 September
Silver	Yordanka Blagoeva	Athletics	Women's high jump	4 September
Silver	Aleksandar Kraitchev	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight	4 September
Silver	Angel Angelov	Boxing	Men's light welterweight	10 September
Silver	Stoyan Apostolov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight	10 September
Silver	Aleksandr Tomov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight	10 September
Bronze	Ivan Krastev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	31 August
Bronze	Ivanka Khristova	Athletics	Women's Shot Put	7 September
Bronze	Fedia Damianov & Ivan Burtchin	Canoe / Kayak	Men's Flatwater C-2 1000m	9 September
Bronze	Stefan Angelov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light-flyweight	9 September
Bronze	Vasilka Stoeva	Athletics	Women's Discus Throw	10 September

Men's 5000 metres

• Mikhail Jelev
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Petar Bogdanov
  • Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

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

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

Four cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972.

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

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

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Georgi Stoyanov — 4695 points (→ 26th place)
• Velko Bratanov — 4339 points (→ 50th place)
• Angel Pepelyankov — 3971 points (→ 57th place)

Men's Team Competition:

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

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

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

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

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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

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

• Dimiter Karov
• Brunko Iliev
• Alex Trenev
• Ivan Ivanov
• Dimiter Zlatanov
• Zdravko Simeonov
• Tsano Tsanov
• Kiril Slavov
• Emil Vulchev
• Emil Trenev
• Luchezar Soyanov
• Ivan Dimitrov

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

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

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

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

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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

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Medal round
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ognyan Nikolov	−48 kg	Baygin (TUR) D 2-2 DR	Tsobari (ISR) W 4-0 VT	Laták (HUN) W 4-0 VT	Dmitriyev (URS) L 1-3 PO	—	—	Javadi (IRN) W 3-1 PP
Baju Baev	−52 kg	Grassi (ITA) D 2-2 DR	Ganbat (MGL) D 4-4 DR	Did not advance					16
Ivan Shavov	−57 kg	Yıldırım (TUR) W 3-1 PP	Tanaquin (PHI) W 4-0 VT	Kuleshov (URS) W 4-0 VT	Zedzicki (POL) W 4-0 VT	Yanagida (JPN) L 1-3 PO	Sanders (USA) L 1-3 PO	Did not advance	5
Ivan Krastev	−62 kg	Salugta (PHI) W 4-0 VT	Jorma Liimatainen (FIN) W 3-1 PP	Szabo (HUN) W 3-1 PP	Coman (ROU) W 3-1 PP	Burge (GUA) W 4-0 VT	Abdulbekov (URS) D 2-2 DR	Akdağ (TUR) L 1-3 PO
Ismail Yuseinov	−68 kg	Ashuraliyev (URS) L 1–3 PO	Natsagdorj (MGL) W 3-1 PP	Quintero (CUB) W 4-0 VT	Şahin (TUR) L 0-4 PO	Did not advance			11
Yancho Pavlov	−74 kg	Robin (FRA) W 3-1 PP	Abou Assi (LIB) W 4-0 VT	Sereeter (MGL) W 3-1 PP	Blaser (SUI) W 3-1 PP	Nitschke (GDR) W 3-1 PP	Wells (USA) L 0-4 VT	Did not advance	4
Ivan Iliev	−82 kg	Hryb (CAN) W 3-1 PP	Stottmeister (GDR) L 0-4 VT	Bye	Sasaki (JPN) L 1-3 PO	Did not advance			10
Rusi Petrov	−90 kg	Grinstead (GBR) W 4-0 VT	Güçlü (TUR) W 3-1 PP	Grangier (FRA) W 3-1 PP	Spindler (GDR) L 1-3 PO	Bye	Peterson (USA) L 0-4 VT	Did not advance	4

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Armen Nazaryan	−60 kg	El-Gharably (EGY) W 3–1 PP	Khvoshch (UKR) W 3–1 PP	—	1 Q	Sasamoto (JPN) W 3–1 PP	Jung J-H (KOR) L 1–3 PP	Shevtsov (RUS) W 3–1 PP
Nikolay Gergov	−66 kg	Füredy (HUN) W 3–1 PP	Kim I-S (KOR) L 0–3 PO	—	2	Did not advance			14
Vladislav Metodiev	−84 kg	Thomberg (EST) W 3–0 PO	Yerlikaya (TUR) L 1–3 PP	Daragan (UKR) L 0–5 VB	3	Did not advance			12
Kaloyan Dinchev	−96 kg	Tarkong (PLW) W 4–0 ST	Chkhaidze (KGZ) L 1–3 PP	—	2	Did not advance			8
Sergei Mureiko	−120 kg	Mikulski (POL) W 3–0 PO	Gardner (USA) L 1–3 PP	Mizgaitis (LTU) W 3–1 PP	2	Did not advance			8

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stanka Zlateva	−72 kg	Hamaguchi (JPN) L 0–4 ST	Montgomery (USA) L 0–5 VT	3	Did not advance			12