# Bulgaria at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

## Medalists

| 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 |

## Athletics

Men's 5000 metres
* Mikhail Jelev
** Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
* Petar Bogdanov
** Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nayden Stanchev | Light Middleweight | BYE | John Opio (UGA) W 3-2 | Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Georgi Stankov | Light Heavyweight | Nikolay Anfimov (URS) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Atanas Suvandzhiev | Heavyweight | Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR) L KO-1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

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

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Boris Lyubenov | C-1 1000 m | 4:32.03 | 2 Q | — | — | BYE | BYE | 4:14.65 | 6 |
| Ivan Burchin Fedia Damianov | C-2 1000 m | 4:14.47 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:53.72 | 3 Q | 3:58.10 | |
| Vasil Chilingrov | K-1 1000 m | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vasil Chilingrov Aleksandar Donkov | K-2 1000 m | 3:45.06 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:36.39 | 3 Q | 3:45.40 | 9 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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

Four cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972.

### Track
#### 1000m time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Dimo Angelov Tonchev | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.55 | 6 |

#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Ivan Tsvetkov | Men's individual pursuit | 5:02.39 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | 5 |

## Fencing

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

## Modern pentathlon

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)

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yordan Valtchev | Single sculls | 7:50.29 | 1 Q | BYE | 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

Six male shooters represented Bulgaria in 1972.

### Open

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

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Angel Chakarov | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:10.34 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Angel Chakarov | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:30.27 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vasil Dobrev | 100 metre butterfly | 1:00.07 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vasil Dobrev | 200 metre butterfly | 2:11.28 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Khriska Peycheva | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.43 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Semifinals |
| 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 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 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 |

### Semifinals

| 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

| 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

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

## Water polo
### Pool C

| 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

| 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

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

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Military press | Military press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Atanas Kiroy | 56 kg | 117.5 | 7 | 105 | 5 | 140 | 4 | 362.5 | 5 |
| Georgi Todorov | 56 kg | 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 | 90 kg | 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 | 110 kg | 0 | NVL | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 0 | AC |

## Wrestling

Editing process right now

### 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 | Medal round |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | 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 | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Kaloyan Dinchev | −96 kg | Tarkong (PLW) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Chkhaidze (KGZ) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Classification | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |