# Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 271 competitors, 183 men and 88 women, took part in 151 events in 20 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Yanko Rusev | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | 23 July |
| Gold | Georgi Raikov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg | 23 July |
| Gold | Asen Zlatev | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg | 24 July |
| Gold | Stojan Deltshev | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | 25 July |
| Gold | Valentin Raychev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg | 30 July |
| Gold | Ismail Abilov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg | 31 July |
| Gold | Petar Lesov | Boxing | Men's flyweight | 2 August |
| Gold | Lyubomir Lyubenov | Canoeing | Men's C-1 1000 metres | 2 August |
| Silver | Stefan Dimitrov | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg | 22 July |
| Silver | Aleksandar Tomov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg | 24 July |
| Silver | Nadya Filipova, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova and Iskra Velinova | Rowing | Women's coxed four | 26 July |
| Silver | Blagoi Blagoev | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg | 26 July |
| Silver | Dimitar Zapryanov | Judo | Men's +95kg | July 27 |
| Silver | Rumen Aleksandrov | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg | 27 July |
| Silver | Valentin Hristov | Weightlifting | Men's 110 kg | 29 July |
| Silver | Mikho Dukov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg | 29 July |
| Silver | Krasimira Bogdanova, Diana Dilova-Braynova, Vanya Dermendzhieva, Silviya Germanova, Nadka Golcheva, Petkana Makayeeva, Penka Metodieva, Angelina Mikhaylova, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Kostadinka Radkova, Evladiya Slavcheva, and Penka Stoyanova | Basketball | Women's tournament | 30 July |
| Silver | Slavcho Chervenkov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg | 30 July |
| Silver | Georgi Gadshev, Svetoslav Ivanov, and Petar Mandazhiev | Equestrian | Team dressage | 31 July |
| Silver | Ivan Yankov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 68 kg | 31 July |
| Silver | Mariya Petkova | Athletics | Women's discus throw | 1 August |
| Silver | Lyubomir Lyubenov | Canoeing | Men's C-1 500 metres | 1 August |
| Silver | Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova | Canoeing | Women's K-1 500 metres | 1 August |
| Silver | Yordan Angelov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Stefan Dimitrov, Stoyan Gunchev, Khristo Iliev, Petko Petkov, Kaspar Simeonov, Khristo Stoyanov, Mitko Todorov, Tsano Tsanov, Emil Valchev, and Dimitar Zlatanov | Volleyball | Men's tournament | 1 August |
| Bronze | Lyubcho Dyakov | Shooting | Mixed 50 metre pistol | 20 July |
| Bronze | Petar Zapryanov | Shooting | Mixed 50 metre rifle prone | 21 July |
| Bronze | Mladen Mladenov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg | 23 July |
| Bronze | Mincho Pashov | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | 23 July |
| Bronze | Stojan Deltshev | Gymnastics | Men's artistic individual all-around | 24 July |
| Bronze | Pavel Pavlov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg | 24 July |
| Bronze | Nedelcho Kolev | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg | 24 July |
| Bronze | Petar Petrov | Athletics | Men's 100 meters | 25 July |
| Bronze | Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva | Rowing | Women's coxless pair | 26 July |
| Bronze | Ani Bakova, Rumeliana Boncheva, Dolores Nakova, and Mariana Serbezova | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | 26 July |
| Bronze | Bogdan Dobrev, Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, and Ivo Rusev | Rowing | Men's quadruple sculls | 27 July |
| Bronze | Verka Borisova-Stoyanova, Tsvetana Bozhurina, Rositsa Dimitrova, Tanya Dimitrova-Todorova, Maya Georgieva-Stoeva, Tanya Gogova, Valentina Ilieva-Kharalampieva, Rumyana Kaisheva, Anka Kristolova-Uzunova, and Silva Petrunova | Volleyball | Women's tournament | 29 July |
| Bronze | Nermedin Selimov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg | 30 July |
| Bronze | Ivailo Khristov | Boxing | Men's light flyweight | 31 July |
| Bronze | Iliyan Nedkov | Judo | Men's 65kg | 31 July |
| Bronze | Borislav Ananiev and Nikolay Ilkov | Canoeing | Men's C-2 500 metres | 1 August |
| Bronze | Borislav Borisov, Lazar Khristov, Ivan Manev, and Bozhidar Milenkov | Canoeing | Men's K-4 1000 metres | 2 August |

## Archery

In its first appearance in Olympic archery, Bulgaria entered one man and one woman.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Petyo Kishev | Individual | 1117 | 30 | 1116 | 29 | 2233 | 30 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Total score | Total score |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Score | Seed | Score | Seed |
| Tzvetanka Stoytcheva | Individual | 1089 | 23 | 1055 | 29 | 2144 | 27 |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Yanko Bratanov | 400 m hurdles | 50.56 | 5 q | — | — | 50.17 | 5 q | 56.35 | 8 |
| Vladimir Ivanov | 200 m | 21.28 | 4 q | 20.96 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivaylo Karanyotov | 100 m | 10.66 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Binko Kolev | 800 m | 1:48.7 | 3 Q | 1:47.3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Plamen Krastev | 110 m hurdles | 13.95 | 3 Q | — | — | 13.99 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stanimir Nenov | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:50.2 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pavel Pavlov | 200 m | 21.78 | 3 Q | 21.35 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petar Petrov | 100 m | 10.32 | 1 Q | 10.13 | 2 Q | 10.39 | 1 Q | 10.39 | |
| Petar Petrov | 200 m | 21.78 | 3 Q | 21.89 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pavel Pavlov Vladimir Ivanov Ivaylo Karanyotov Petar Petrov | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.25 | 3 Q | — | — | — | — | 38.99 | 6 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Atanas Chochev | Triple jump | 16.42 | 12 q | 16.56 | 6 |
| Emanuil Dyulgerov | Hammer throw | 70.60 | 11 q | 74.04 | 6 |
| Nikola Khristov | Shot put | 19.01 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Atanas Mladenov | High jump | 2.10 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valcho Stoev | Shot put | NM | NM | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stefan Stoykov | Javelin throw | 78.74 | 12 q | 79.04 | 11 |
| Atanas Tarev | Pole vault | 5.25 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivan Tuparov | Long jump | 7.46 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivo Yanchev | Pole vault | NM | NM | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yordan Yanev | Long jump | 7.84 | 10 q | 8.02 | 8 |
| Velko Velev | Discus throw | 61.30 | 10 q | 63.04 | 8 |
| Emil Vladimirov | Discus throw | 62.50 | 7 Q | 63.18 | 7 |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 100H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Atanas Andonov | Result | 11.38 | 6.86 | 15.59 | 2.00 | 50.36 | 14.83 | 47.62 | 4.70 | 53.34 | 4:29.2 | 7927 | 7 |
| Atanas Andonov | Points | | | | | | | | | | | 7927 | 7 |
| Razvigor Yankov | Result | 11.26 | 6.61 | 16.28 | 1.85 | 50.37 | 15.69 | 48.02 | 4.60 | 58.12 | 4:51.2 | 7624 | 14 |
| Razvigor Yankov | Points | | | | | | | | | | | 7624 | 14 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Malena Andonova | 400 m | 53.30 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Svobodka Damyanova | 400 m | 52.23 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yordanka Donkova | 100 m hurdles | 13.24 | 6 Q | — | — | 13.39 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova | 200 m | 23.17 | 2 Q | 23.29 | 3 Q | 23.07 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Galina Penkova | 200 m | 23.35 | 3 Q | 23.37 | 5 Q | 23.27 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Totka Petrova | 800 m | 2:00.6 | 3 Q | — | — | 2:00.0 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Totka Petrova | 1500 m | 4:13.8 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofka Popova | 100 m | 11.35 | 1 Q | 11.42 | 4 Q | 11.40 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariya Shishkova | 100 m | 11.57 | 3 Q | 11.47 | 5 Q | 11.65 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nikolina Shtereva | 800 m | 1:58.9 | 3 Q | — | — | 1:58.9 | 4 Q | 1:58.8 | 7 |
| Nikolina Shtereva | 1500 m | 4:08.3 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rositsa Stamenova | 400 m | 52.71 | 3 Q | — | — | 52.96 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vesela Yatsinska | 800 m | 1:59.9 | 3 Q | — | — | 1:59.9 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vesela Yatsinska | 1500 m | 4:04.7 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniela Valkova | 100 m hurdles | 13.66 | 5 Q | — | — | 13.79 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofka Popova Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova Mariya Shishkova Galina Penkova | 4 × 100 m relay | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42.67 | 4 |
| Svobodka Damyanova Rositsa Stamenova Malena Andonova Bonka Dimova | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.7 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Yordanka Blagoeva | High jump | 1.80 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Svetla Bozhkova | Discus throw | 60.84 | 5 Q | 63.14 | 8 |
| Lidiya Gusheva | Long jump | 6.56 | 5 Q | 6.24 | 12 |
| Ekaterina Nedeva | Long jump | 5.83 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mariya Petkova | Discus throw | 65.02 | 2 Q | 67.90 | |
| Ivanka Petrova | Shot put | — | — | 18.34 | 11 |
| Tsvetana Ralinska | Javelin throw | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elena Stoyanova | Shot put | — | — | 20.22 | 6 |
| Antoaneta Todorova | Javelin throw | 60.56 | 5 Q | 60.66 | 10 |
| Ivanka Vancheva | Javelin throw | 61.16 | 4 Q | 65.38 | 5 |
| Verzhinia Veselinova | Shot put | — | — | 20.72 | 5 |

### Combined events – pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | LJ | SP | HJ | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Valentina Dimitrova | Result | 14.39 | 5.91 | 15.65 | 1.74 | 2:15.50 | 4458 | 7 |
| Valentina Dimitrova | Points | | | | | | 4458 | 7 |
| Emilia Kunova | Result | 13.72 | 6.10 | 11.98 | 1.74 | 2:11.10 | 4431 | 8 |
| Emilia Kunova | Points | | | | | | 4431 | 8 |

## Basketball
### Women's tournament

The women's tournament was decided in a round robin group with all six teams. The first two places competed for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places for the bronze. The remaining teams retain their group ranks for the final standings. The host nation finished the group phase undefeated and won the gold against Bulgaria. Yugoslavia would go on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.
* Competed for the gold medal
* Competed for the bronze medal
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 0 | 553 | 316 | +237 | 10 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 440 | 405 | +35 | 9 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 356 | 364 | −8 | 8 |
| Hungary | 2 | 3 | 344 | 407 | −63 | 7 |
| Cuba | 1 | 4 | 346 | 403 | −57 | 6 |
| Italy | 0 | 5 | 308 | 452 | −144 | 5 |
* July 20
| Italy | 65–102 | Bulgaria |
* Olympiiski, Moscow
* July 22
| Bulgaria | 83–122 | Soviet Union |
* Olympiiski, Moscow
* July 24
| Bulgaria | 84–64 | Cuba |
* Olympiiski, Moscow
* July 27
| Hungary | 75–90 | Bulgaria |
* Olympiiski, Moscow
* July 28
| Yugoslavia | 79–81 | Bulgaria |
* Olympiiski, Moscow

#### Gold-medal match

* July 30
| Soviet Union | 104–73 | Bulgaria |
* Olympiiski, Moscow

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Ismail Mustafov → Bronze Medal
** First Round — Bye
** Second Round – defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) on points (5-0)
** Quarter-finals – defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) on points (5-0)
** Semi-finals – lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (1-4)
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Petar Lesov → Gold Medal
** First Round – defeated Onofre Ramirez (Nicaragua) on points (5-0)
** Second Round – defeated Hassen Sherif (Ethiopia) on points (5-0)
** Quarter-finals – defeated Roman Gilberto (Mexico) on points (4-1)
** Semi-finals – defeated Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)
** Final – defeated Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in 2nd round
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* Aleksandr Radev
** First Round — Bye
** Second Round – lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round
Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Tsacho Andreikovski
** First Round — Bye
** Second Round – defeated William Azanor (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
** Third Round – defeated Barthelémy Adoukonu (Benin) after knock-out in second round
** Quarter-finals – lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)
Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)
* Yordan Lesov
** First Round – defeated Patrice Martin (Benin) after knock-out in first round
** Second Round – defeated Tibor Dezamits (Hungary) on points (4-1)
** Quarter-finals – lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)
Men's light-welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
* Margarit Anastasov
** First Round – lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)
Men's heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
* Petr Stoimenov
** First Round – defeated Naasan Ajjoub (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second round
** Quarter-finals – lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (East Germany) after referee stopped contest in second round

## Canoeing
### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lyubomir Lyubenov | C-1 500 m | 1:54.31 | 1 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 1:53.49 | |
| Lyubomir Lyubenov | C-1 1000 m | 4:06.82 | 2 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 4:12.38 | |
| Borislav Ananiev Nikolai Ilkov | C-2 500 m | 1:45.00 | 4 Q | — | — | 1:47.42 | 1 Q | 1:44.83 | |
| Raycho Karmadzhiev Kaman Kutsev | C-2 1000 m | 3:45.56 | 3 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 3:53.89 | 7 |
| Ivan Manev | K-1 500 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivan Manev | K-1 1000 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Slavcho Mangarakov Boiko Savov | K-2 500 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lazar Khristov Georgi Donchev | K-2 1000 m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Borislav Borisov Bozhidar Milenkov Lazar Khristov Ivan Manev | K-4 1000 m | 3:07.19 | 5 Q | — | — | 3:12.00 | 3 Q | 3:15.46 | |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Vanja Gesheva | K-1 500 m | 1:58.40 | 2 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 1:59.48 | |
| Mariya Mincheva Natasha Petrova | K-2 500 m | 1:50.51 | 5 Q | — | — | 1:51.66 | 1 Q | 1:53.12 | 9 |

## Cycling

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Borislav Asenov | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Yordan Penchev | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Andon Petrov | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Nencho Staykov | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Borislav Asenov Venelin Khubenov Yordan Penchev Nencho Staykov | Team time trial | 2:05:55.2 | 6 |

### Track
#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Stoyan Petrov | 1 km time trial | 1:08.682 | 12 |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Petr Georgiev | 3 m springboard | 504.33 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petr Georgiev | 10 m platform | 391.32 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Radoslav Radev | 10 m platform | 406.89 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Georgi Gadzhev | Vnimatelen | Individual | 1146 | 9 Q | 881 | 7 | 881 | 7 |
| Svetoslav Ivanov | Aleko | Individual | 1190 | 8 Q | 850 | 8 | 850 | 8 |
| Petar Mandajiev | Schibor | Individual | 1244 | 7 Q | 846 | 9 | 846 | 9 |
| Georgi Gadzhev Svetoslav Ivanov Petar Mandajiev | See above | Team | 3580 | 2 | — | — | 3580 | |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Total |||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Trifon Datsinski | Mentor-2 | Individual | 65.80 | 20 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | AC |
| Tzvetan Dontchev | Medisson | Individual | 66.40 | 21 | 114.40 | 180.80 | 5 | 5.00 | 185.80 | 5 | 185.80 | 5 |
| Dimo Khristov | Bogez | Individual | 68.80 | 23 | 265.60 | 334.40 | 13 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | AC |
| Dzhenko Sabev | Normativ | Individual | 59.40 | 12 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | AC |
| Tzvetan Dontchev Dimo Khristov Dzhenko Sabev Trifon Datsinski | See above | Team | 191.60 | 5 | DNF | DNF | AC | DNF | DNF | AC | DNF | DNF |

### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Dimitar Ghenov | Makbet | Individual | DNF | AC | DNS | DNS | DNS | AC |
| Nikola Dimitrov | Vals | Individual | 24.00 | 14 | 12.25 | 9 | 36.25 | 13 |
| Boris Pavlov | Monblan | Individual | 16.00 | 10 | 10.50 | 6 | 26.50 | 10 |
| Dimitar Ghenov Khristo Katchov Nikola Dimitrov Boris Pavlov | See above | Team | 76.50 | 6 | 83.00 | 5 | 159.50 | 6 |

## Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1980.

### Men's sabre

* Vasil Etropolski
* Khristo Etropolski
* Georgi Chomakov

### Men's team sabre

* Khristo Etropolski, Nikolay Marincheshki, Vasil Etropolski, Georgi Chomakov

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Iliyan Nedkov | −65kg | Jimmy Arévalo (ECU) W 1000-0000 | José António Branco (POR) W 1000-0000 | Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) L 0000-0010 | BYE | BYE | Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) W 0100-0000 | Torsten Reissmann (GDR) W 0010-0000 | |
| Georgi Petrov | −78kg | BYE | Vladimír Bárta (TCH) W 0001-0000 | Shota Khabareli (URS) L 0000-0001 | BYE | BYE | Harald Heinke (GDR) L 0000-0010 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Tsancho Atanasov | −95kg | Luiz Virgilio Moura (BRA) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Dimitar Zapryanov | +95kg | BYE | BYE | Radomir Kovačević (YUG) W 1000-0000 | Myong Gyu Kim (PRK) W 0001-0000 | BYE | BYE | Angelo Parisi (FRA) L 0000–1000 | |
| Dimitar Zapryanov | Open | BYE | Walter Carmona (BRA) W 0001-0000 | Arthur Mapp (GBR) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.
| Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Borislav Batikov | Men's | 978 | 740 | 934 | 1164 | 982 | 4798 | 34 |
| Simeon Monev | Men's | 1010 | 636 | 1088 | 1148 | 1033 | 4915 | 28 |
| Nikolai Nikolov | Men's | 1004 | 740 | 1066 | 1028 | 994 | 4832 | 30 |
| Borislav Batikov Simeon Monev Nikolai Nikolov | Team | 2992 | 2116 | 3088 | 3340 | 3009 | 14545 | 10 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chavdar Radoev | Single sculls | 8:04.96 | 5 R | 7:28.96 | 3 Q | 7:34.21 | 6 FB | 7:23.50 | 10 |
| Dimitar Petrov Stoyko Khadilev | Double sculls | 7:21.83 | 5 R | 7:01.25 | 4 FB | — | — | 6:43.81 | 9 |
| Tsvetan Petkov Rumen Khristov Todor Kishev | Coxed pair | 7:58.31 | 2 Q | 7:25.77 | 2 Q | — | — | 7:09.21 | 5 |
| Mincho Nikolov Lyubomir Petrov Ivo Rusev Bogdan Dobrev | Quadruple sculls | 6:01.68 | 2 R | 6:00.78 | 2 Q | — | — | 5:52.38 | |
| Georgi Georgiev Lachezar Boychev Kiril Kirchev Valentin Stoev | Coxless four | 6:47.21 | 3 R | 6:22.57 | 3 Q | — | — | 6:22.49 | 9 |
| Khristo Aleksandrov Vilkhelm Germanov Georgi Petkov Stoyan Stoyanov Nenko Dobrev | Coxed Four | 6:53.37 | 4 R | 6:31.46 | 2 Q | — | — | 6:28.13 | 5 |
| Dimitar Yanakiev Todor Mrankov Bozhidar Rangelov Ivan Botev Yani Ignatov Mikhail Petrov Petar Patsev Veselin Shterev Ventseslav Kanchev | Eight | 6:03.99 | 4 R | 5:46.28 | 2 Q | — | — | 6:04.05 | 6 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rositsa Spasova | Single sculls | 4:01.33 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:47.86 | 3 Q | 3:47.22 | 4 |
| Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova | Double sculls | 3:37.86 | 4 R | 3:21.36 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:23.14 | 4 |
| Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kubatova | Coxless pair | 4:00.38 | 3 R | 3:37.48 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:32.39 | |
| Mariana Serbezova Rumelyana Boncheva Dolores Nakova Anka Bakova Anka Georgieva | Quadruple sculls | 3:14.91 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | — | — | 3:16.10 | |
| Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova Nadiya Filipova | Coxed four | 3:26.75 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | — | — | 3:20.75 | |
| Daniela Stavreva Stefka Koleva Snezkha Khristeva Rumyana Kostova Todorka Vasileva Vaneta Karamandzhukova Mariana Mincheva Valentina Aleksandrova Stanka Georgieva | Eight | 3:20.25 | 3 R | 3:15.49 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:10.03 | 5 |

## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Nikolai Vasilev | Finn | DSQ | 18 | 11 | 16 | 14 | DNF | 7 | 124.0 | 18 |
| Mitko Kabakov Dimitr Georgiev | Flying Dutchman | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 112.0 | 14 |
| Tsviatko Penchev Krasimir Krastev | Tornado | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | RET | 10 | 94.0 | 10 |

## Shooting
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Lyubcho Dyakov | 50 m pistol | 565 | |
| Kiril Gechevski | Skeet | 184 | 37 |
| Ivan Mandov | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 592 | 12 |
| Anton Manolov | Skeet | 192 | 21 |
| Nonka Matova | 50 m rifle three positions | 1163 | 6 |
| Nonka Matova | 50 m rifle prone | 597 | 7 |
| Stayko Nenov | Trap | 187 | 18 |
| Lyuben Popov | 50 m pistol | 575 | 11 |
| Todor Stoimenov | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 590 | 16 |
| Emiliyan Yankov | 50 m rifle three positions | 1142 | 22 |
| Pencho Vichev | Trap | 188 | 14 |
| Petar Zapryanov | 50 m rifle prone | 598 | |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Plamen Alexandrov | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:07.45 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tzvetan Golomeev | 100 metre freestyle | 53.50 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tzvetan Golomeev | 200 metre freestyle | 1:55.88 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petar Kochanov | 200 metre freestyle | 1:54.45 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petar Kochanov | 400 metre freestyle | 4:05.28 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Branimir Popov | 100 metre backstroke | 1:00.06 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yulian Vasilev | 100 metre freestyle | 53.61 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yulian Vasilev | 100 metre butterfly | 57.27 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petar Kochanov Krasimir Tumanov Petar Stoianov Tsvetan Golomeev | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Branimir Popov Plamen Donchev Yulian Vasilev Tsvetan Golomeev | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:58.35 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tanya Bogomilova | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:13.52 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tanya Bogomilova | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:39.11 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sonya Dangalakova | 200 metre freestyle | 2:05.67 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sonya Dangalakova | 400 metre individual medley | 4:56.26 | 8 | 4:49.25 | 6 |
| Dobrinka Mincheva | 200 metre freestyle | 2:09.09 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dobrinka Mincheva Rumiana Nikolova Ani Kostova Sonya Dangalakova | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:59.65 | 8 | 3:56.34 | 7 |
| Sonya Dangalakova Tanya Bogomilova Ani Moneva Dobrinka Mincheva | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:24.69 | 7 | 4:22.38 | 8 |

## Volleyball
### Men's team competition
#### Preliminary round
##### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 12.000 | 193 | 122 | 1.582 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | 171 | 149 | 1.148 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Cuba | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0.667 | 181 | 178 | 1.017 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 | 180 | 230 | 0.783 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 5 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0.364 | 145 | 191 | 0.759 | 9th place match |
| Date | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 22 Jul | MAC | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Cuba | 15–7 | 15–8 | 6–15 | 15–8 | 51–38 |
| 24 Jul | DMA | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Czechoslovakia | 15–12 | 15–5 | 15–7 | | 45–24 |
| 26 Jul | MAC | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 15–6 | 15–8 | 15–10 | | 45–24 |
| 28 Jul | MAC | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Italy | 15–9 | 15–9 | 6–15 | 15–9 | 51–42 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 30 Jul | MAC | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Poland | 15–13 | 15–13 | 15–7 | | | 45–33 |

#### Gold-medal match

| Date | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 01 Aug | MAC | Soviet Union | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 15–7 | 15–13 | 14–16 | 15–11 | | 59–47 |

#### Team roster

* Stoyan Gunchev
* Hristo Stoyanov
* Dimitar Zlatanov
* Dimitar Dimitrov
* Tsano Tsanov
* Stefan Dimitrov
* Petko Petkov
* Mitko Todorov
* Kaspar Simeonov
* Emil Valtchev
* Hristo Iliev
* Yordan Angelov

### Women's team competition
#### Preliminary round

Teams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the semi-finals and the finals.

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 138 | 114 | 1.211 | 1st–4th semifinals |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 161 | 170 | 0.947 | 1st–4th semifinals |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 157 | 153 | 1.026 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 152 | 171 | 0.889 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 21 July | MAC | Bulgaria | 3–1 | Romania | 15–9 | 7–15 | 15–5 | 15–4 | - | 52–33 |
| 23 July | MAC | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Brazil | 15–7 | 15–9 | 15–12 | - | - | 45–28 |
| 25 July | MAC | Bulgaria | 1–3 | Hungary | 15–8 | 9–15 | 7–15 | 10–15 | - | 41–53 |

#### Semifinal

| Date | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 27 Aug | MAC | East Germany | 3–2 | Bulgaria | 15–10 | 12–15 | 15–9 | 7-15 | 15–6 | 64–55 |

#### 3rd Place Match

| Date | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 29 Aug | MAC | Bulgaria | 3–2 | Hungary | 15–5 | 13–15 | 6–15 | 15–4 | 15–8 | 64–47 |

#### Team roster

* Tania Dimitrova
* Valentina Ilieva
* Galina Stancheva
* Silva Petrunova
* Anka Khristolova
* Verka Borisova
* Margarita Gerasimova
* Rumiana Kaicheva
* Maia Georgieva
* Tania Gogova
* Tsvetana Bozhurina
* Rositsa Dimitrova

## Water polo
### Group C

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | +14 |
| 2. | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | +8 |
| 3. | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20 | –5 |
| 4. | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 25 | –17 |

### Group B

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 7. | Australia (AUS) | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 19 | +11 |
| 8. | Italy (ITA) | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 18 | +8 |
| 9. | Romania (ROU) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 26 | +10 |
| 10. | Greece (GRE) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| 11. | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 40 | –17 |
| 12. | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 37 | –12 |
* Team Roster
** Volodia Sirakov
** Andrei Andreev
** Kiril Kiriakov
** Asen Denchev
** Vasil Nanov
** Anton Partalev
** Petar Kostadinov
** Nikolai Stamatov
** Biser Georgiev
** Matei Popov
** Georgi Gospodinov

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Stefan Dimitrov | −60 kg | 127.5 | 2 | 160 | 1 | 287.5 | |
| Yanko Rusev | −67,5 kg | 147.5 | 1 | 195 | 1 | 342.5 | |
| Mincho Pashov | −67,5 kg | 142.5 | 5 | 182.5 | 3 | 325 | |
| Asen Zlatev | −75 kg | 160 | 1 | 200 | 2 | 360 | |
| Nedelcho Kolev | −75 kg | 157.5 | 2 | 187.5 | 3 | 345 | |
| Blagoy Blagoev | −82,5 kg | 175 | 2 | 197.5 | 5 | 372.5 | |
| Krasimir Drandarov | −82,5 kg | 155 | 4 | 200 | 4 | 355 | 5 |
| Rumen Aleksandrov | −90 kg | 170 | 2 | 205 | 3 | 375 | |
| Plamen Asparukhov | −100 kg | 170 | 7 | 0 | NVL | 170 | DNF |
| Valentin Khristov | −110 kg | 185 | 1 | 220 | 2 | 405 | |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Round 7 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Rumen Yordanov | −48 kg | Khaled El-Rifai (SYR) W T 7:53 | Jorge Frías (MEX) L 10-12 | Sergei Kornilayev (URS) L 6-8 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 7 |
| Nermedin Selimov | −52 kg | Mark Dunbar (GBR) W T 1:40 | Ashok Kumar (IND) W T 2:25 | Koce Efremov (YUG) W T 4:37 | Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK) W 16-6 | Anatoli Beloglazov (URS) L T 1:53 | Lajos Szabó (HUN) W 19-3 | — | Władysław Stecyk (POL) L 5-6 | |
| Ivan Tsochev | −57 kg | Sergei Beloglazov (URS) L T 4:46 | Mahmoud El-Messouti (SYR) W T 4:26 | Antonio La Bruna (ITA) W 13-1 | Sándor Németh (HUN) W T 6:40 | Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) L 6-9 | — | — | Did not advance | 4 |
| Miho Dukov | −62 kg | Jan Szymański (POL) W T 5:27 | Raúl Cascaret (CUB) W 8-8 | Zoltán Szalontai (HUN) W 16-8 | Magomedgasan Abushev (URS) L 2-4 | Aurel Şuteu (ROU) W 10-3 | — | — | Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) W T 2:04 | |
| Ivan Yankov | −68 kg | Oscar Segers (BEL) W 15-1 | Eberhard Probst (GDR) W 11-3 | José Ramos (CUB) W 11-3 | Saipulla Absaidov (URS) L 1-6 | Jagmander Balyan Singh (IND) W 11-7 | — | — | Šaban Sejdi (YUG) W 6-2 | |
| Valentin Raychev | −74 kg | Bartl Brötzner (AUT) W T 4:20 | Riccardo Niccolini (ITA) W T 7:59 | Reinhold Steingräber (GDR) W 25-6 | Rajander Singh (IND) W 12-8 | Ryszard Ścigalski (POL) W 9-4 | Pavel Pinigin (URS) W T 1:59 | Dan Karabin (YUG) W 10-6 | Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) W 6-5 | |
| Ismail Abilov | −82 kg | Sören Claeson (SWE) W T 4:01 | Vasile Ţigănaş (ROU) W T 0:46 | Günter Busarello (AUT) W DQ 7:25 | Abdula Memedi (YUG) W T 4:19 | Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) W 8-4 | — | — | István Kovács (HUN) W T 1:48 | |
| Ivan Ginov | −90 kg | Kartar Singh (IND) W DQ 7:55 | BYE | Sanasar Oganisyan (URS) L 6-12 | Ion Ivanov (ROU) W 7-4 | Uwe Neupert (GDR) L 3-4 | — | — | Did not advance | 4 |
| Slavcho Chervenkov | −100 kg | Antal Bodó (HUN) W DQ 6:42 | Bourcard Bineli (CMR) W T 1:14 | Ambroise Sarr (SEN) W T 1:08 | Ilya Mate (URS) W 6-4 | BYE | — | — | Július Strnisko (TCH) W 11-3 | |
| Petar Ivanov | +100 kg | József Balla (HUN) L DQ 8:37 | Youssef Dibo (SYR) W T 0:58 | Roland Gehrke (GDR) L 3-5 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | 7 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Pavel Hristov | −48kg | Kent Andersson (SWE) W DQ 8:16 | Vincenzo Maenza (ITA) W DQ 14-4 | Reijo Haaparanta (FIN) W 27-0 | Constantin Alexandru (ROU) L DQ 7:34 | Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS) L 7-12 | — | Did not advance | 4 |
| Mladen Mladenov | −52kg | Haralambos Holidis (GRE) W T 8:28 | Taisto Halonen (FIN) W 4-3 | Vakhtang Blagidze (URS) L 2-7 | Nicu Gingă (ROU) W 5-2 | — | — | Lajos Rácz (HUN) L 0-5 | |
| Georgi Donev | −57kg | Pertti Ukkola (FIN) W T 7:23 | Józef Lipień (POL) L T 17:7 | Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) L 4-10 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 8 |
| Panaiot Kirov | −62kg | Radwan Karout (SYR) W DQ 5:37 | István Tóth (HUN) L D 7:00 | Kazimierz Lipień (POL) W 5-3 | Ivan Frgić (YUG) L DQ 7:15 | — | — | Did not advance | 5 |
| Ivan Atanasov | −68kg | Ștefan Rusu (ROU) L T 5:35 | Ferenc Čaba (YUG) W 7-2 | Lionel Lacaze (FRA) W DQ 8:36 | Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) L 10-10 | — | — | Did not advance | 6 |
| Yanko Chopov | −74kg | Karolj Kasap (YUG) W DQ 7:57 | Kaj Jægergaard (DEN) W T 2:28 | Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) W 4-3 | Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) W 6-2 | Anatoly Bykov (URS) L 4-5 | — | Did not advance | 4 |
| Pavel Pavlov | −82kg | Aduuchiin Baatarkhüü (MGL) W T 3:48 | Detlef Kühn (GDR) W DQ 5:42 | Mihály Toma (HUN) W DQ 8:01 | Leif Andersson (SWE) W 4-3 | Gennadi Korban (URS) L 4-11 | — | Jan Dołgowicz (POL) L T 1:28 | |
| Stoyan Ivanov | −90kg | Igor Kanygin (URS) L DQ 7:09 | Darko Nišavić (YUG) W DQ 4:58 | Petre Dicu (ROU) L 2-6 | — | — | — | Did not advance | 9 |
| Georgi Raikov | −100kg | BYE | Tamás Gáspár (HUN) W DQ 8:05 | Oldřich Dvořák (TCH) W DQ 6:39 | Vasile Andrei (ROU) W 7-2 | — | — | Roman Bierła (POL) W D 7:52 | |
| Aleksandar Tomov | +100kg | Prvoslav Ilić (YUG) W DQ 3:57 | József Farkas (HUN) W DQ 5:16 | Roman Codreanu (ROU) W DQ 7:25 | Hassan Bechara (LIB) W T 0:55 | — | — | Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) L 2-4 | |