Bulgaria at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BUL
Nocname:	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	138
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Ivaylo Yordanov
Rank:	18
Gold:	3
Silver:	7
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto

Bulgaria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 138 competitors, 87 men and 51 women, took part in 116 events in 19 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				26 July
				7 August
				8 August
				26 July
				28 July
				29 July
				30 July
				3 August
				5 August
				8 August
				1 August
				3 August
				5 August
				6 August
				7 August
				7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	11	10	21
Badminton	2	5	7
Boxing	7	–	7
Canoeing	7	4	11
Cycling	1	0	1
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	1	0	1
Gymnastics	6	8	14
Judo	4	1	5
Modern pentathlon	2	–	2
Rowing	3	12	15
Shooting	7	6	13
Swimming	4	1	5
Table tennis	0	1	1
Tennis	0	3	3
Weightlifting	10	–	10
Wrestling	20	–	20
Total	87	51	138

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics. After a twelve-year absence from archery, Bulgaria returned in 1992. Only one archer competed. He did not qualify for the elimination rounds.

Men

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nikolay Antonov	200 metres	20.94	15 Q	20.50	9 Q	20.55	10	Did not advance
Evgeni Ignatov	5000 metres			Did not advance
Asen Markov	400 metres hurdles	50.21	27	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Georgi Dakov	High jump	2.26	12 q	2.24	14
Galin Nikov	Pole vault	5.50	16	Did not advance
Galin Georgiev	Long jump	7.75	19	Did not advance
Galin Georgiev	align=left rowspan=3	Triple jump			Did not advance
Khristo Markov	16.46	21	Did not advance
Nikolay Raev	14.67	43	Did not advance
Nikolay Kolev	Discus throw	58.12	22	Did not advance
Plamen Minev	align=left rowspan=2	Hammer throw	69.90	21	Did not advance
Ivan Tanev	72.62	17	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Anelia Nuneva	100 metres	11.34	7 Q	11.17	5 Q	11.24	6 Q	11.10	6
200 metres	23.32	17 Q	22.62	12 Q			Did not advance
Yordanka Donkova	100 metres hurdles	12.96	3 Q	12.84	3 Q	12.87	2 Q	12.70

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lyudmila Andonova	align=left rowspan=3	High jump	1.88	25	Did not advance
Stefka Kostadinova	1.92	1 Q	1.94	4
Svetlana Leseva	1.83	34	Did not advance
Svetla Mitkova	Shot put	19.21	3 Q	19.23	6
Tsvetanka Khristova	align=left rowspan=2	Discus throw	64.06	7 Q	67.78
Stefania Simova	65.60	2 Q	63.42	8
Antoneta Selenska	Javelin throw	59.40	16	Did not advance

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Svetla Dimitrova	Result	13.23	1.70	14.68	23.31	6.11	44.48	2:07.90	6464	5
Points	1090	855	839	1048	883	753	996

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yasen Borisov	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L (6–15, 1–15)	Did not advance
Ivan Ivanov	L (4–15, 1–15)	Did not advance
Yasen Borisov Ivan Ivanov	Doubles		L (0–15, 1–15)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Viktoriya Hristova	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L (3–11, 9–12)	Did not advance
Diana Koleva	L (6–11, 1–11)	Did not advance
Neli Nedyalkova-Boteva	L (3–11, 6–11)	Did not advance
Emilia Dimitrova Neli Nedyalkova-Boteva	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L (16–17, 8–15)	Did not advance
Diana Filipova Diana Koleva		L (1–15, 2–15)	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Petrov	Light flyweight	W 10–7	W RSC R3	W 17–8	W 15–9	L 10–24
Yuliyan Strogov	Flyweight	W RSC R2	L 7–19	Did not advance
Serafim Todorov	Bantamweight	W 11–0	W 18–6	L 15–16	Did not advance
Kirkor Kirkorov	Featherweight	L 5–9	Did not advance
Toncho Tonchev	Lightweight	W 14–12	W 11–2	L 7–16	Did not advance
Stefan Trendafilov	Middleweight		W RSC R1	W RSC R1	Did not advance
Svilen Rusinov	Super heavyweight		W 12–4	W 8–5	L 7–9	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Nikolay Bukhalov	C-1 500 m	1:53.64	1 Q	1:53.32	1 Q	1:51.15
C-1 1000 m	4:03.36	2 Q	4:03.46	2 Q	4:05.92
align=left rowspan=2	Martin Marinov Blagovest Stoyanov	C-2 500 m	1:44.00	2 Q	1:41.94
C-2 1000 m	3:33.57	3 Q	3:39.58	1 Q	3:43.97	6
Milko Kazakov Petar Godev	K-2 500 m	1:39.36	5 Q	1:33.42	4	did not advance
Nikolay Yordanov Petar Godev Nikolay Georgiev Milko Kazakov	K-4 1000 m	2:57.30	3 Q	2:57.42	5 Q	3:02.08	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bonka Pindzheva Mariya Kichukova	K-2 500 m	1:50.04	5 Q	1:50.28	8	did not advance
Bonka Pindzheva Mariya Kichukova Kinka Racheva Tanya Georgieva	K-4 500 m	1:43.59	8 Q	1:45.90	6	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. One male cyclist represented Bulgaria in 1992.

Track

Time trial

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Equestrianism

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
Ilian Aleksandrov	align=left rowspan=7	Team	18.900	18.550	18.625	18.550	18.425	18.950	112.000	67
Krasimir Dunev	18.500	18.800	18.600	18.800	18.775	18.425	111.900	70
Kalofer Khristozov	19.300	19.125	19.550 Q	19.025	19.125	19.175	115.300	10 Q
Deyan Kolev	9.450	18.925	9.700	18.650	18.825	19.125	94.675	91
Georgi Lozanov	18.775	17.650	18.475	9.375	17.950	19.025	101.250	90
Yordan Yovchev	18.900	18.950	19.150	18.800	18.775	18.425	113.000	55
Total	94.475	94.350	94.775	94.150	93.925	95.125	566.800	10

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kalofer Khristozov	All-around	9.575	9.575	9.550	9.700	9.650	9.550	57.600	11
Rings	9.750	9.750	8

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
Snezhana Khristakieva	align=left rowspan=7	Team	9.625	19.512	18.712	18.512	66.361	90
Tanya Maslarska	19.337	18.349	18.862	18.987	75.535	82
Silvia Mitova	19.762	19.675	19.574	19.762 Q	78.773	10 Q
Kristina Panayotova	18.649	19.224	18.174	18.700	74.747	87
Svetlana Todorova	19.412	19.299	17.837	18.900	75.448	83
Delyana Vodenicharova	19.450	19.062	19.337	19.600	77.449	41 q
Total	96.610	97.059	94.897	96.299	384.865	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Silvia Mitova	All-around	9.825	9.887	9.825	9.862	39.399	11
Floor	9.400	9.400	8
Delyana Vodenicharova	All-around	9.112	9.837	9.800	9.537	38.286	31

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank	Qualification	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank
Maria Petrova	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	9.450	9.475	9.500	9.400	37.825	5 Q	18.912	9.500	9.575	9.575	9.525	57.087	5
Diana Popova	9.550	9.500	9.050	9.550	37.650	7 Q	18.825	9.550	9.400		9.550	47.325	9

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage				Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Orlin Rusev	60 kg	L Ippon	Did not advance				W Ippon	L Ippon	Did not advance
Ivan Netov	65 kg		L Yuko	Did not advance			W Ippon	L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance
Nikola Filipov	86 kg		W Ippon	L Ippon	Did not advance			W Ippon	L Chui	Did not advance
Dame Stoykov	+95 kg		W Ippon	W Yuko	L Sogo-gachi	Did not advance			L Yuko	Did not advance

Women

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Two male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1992.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Shooting (Air pistol)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (4000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Points	Rank	MP Points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Stefan Asenov	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	29–36	48	711	3:20.3	15	1272	188	17	1090	240	45	860	14:05.0	46	1030	4963	42
Valentin Dzhavelkov	32–33	40	762	3:31.0	47	1184	183	40	1015	210	42	890	14:10.7	49	1015	4866	46

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yordan Danchev Ivaylo Banchev	Double sculls	7:13.50	4 R	6:52.43	4 SC/D	6:30.77	2 FC	6:36.57	16
Yordan Danchev Ivaylo Banchev Stefan Stoykov	Coxed pair	8:03.56	5 R	7:33.73	4 FC	7:38.25	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Violeta Ninova-Yordanova	Single sculls	8:08.43	5 R	7:58.70	1 Q	8:01.15	5 FB	8:16.22	10
Daniela Oronova Galina Kamenova	Double sculls	7:19.53	2 Q	7:04.02	4 FB	7:04.19	7
Violeta Zareva Teodora Zareva	Coxless pair	8:03.55	4 R	7:58.18	2 Q	7:28.37	3 Q	7:32.67	6
Lalka Berberova Sevdalina Teokharova Galina Anakhrieva Rumyana Dzhadzharova-Neykova	Quadruple sculls	6:46.40	5 R	6:49.72	4 FB	6:53.71	9
Lalka Berberova Mariana Yankulova Liliya Stoyanova Mariana Stoyanova	Coxed four	7:11.71	4 R	6:57.97	3 FB	6:57.78	9

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ivan Dimitrov	25 m rapid fire pistol	577	24	did not advance
Tanyu Kiryakov	50 m pistol	567	2 Q	618 (DNF)	8
	10 m air pistol	583	5 Q	679.7	7
Spas Koprinkov	50 m pistol	558	11	did not advance
	10 m air pistol	578	12	did not advance
Emil Milev	25 m rapid fire pistol	581	20	did not advance
Stoyan Stamenov	10 m air rifle	583	31	did not advance
Petar Zaprianov	50 m rifle prone	591	31	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mariya Grozdeva	25 m pistol	574	18	did not advance
	10 m air pistol	383	3 Q	481.6
Vesela Letcheva	50 m rifle three positions	581	5 Q	678.0	6
	10 m air rifle	396	1 Q	495.3
Nonka Matova	50 m rifle three positions	584	3 Q	682.7
Tanya Staneva	10 m air pistol	373	35	did not advance
Diana Yorgova	25 m pistol	570	29	did not advance
Anitsa Valkova	10 m air rifle	392	10	did not advance

Open

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Denislav Kalchev	200 metre butterfly	2:03.73	33	did not advance
200 metre individual medley	2:06.51	26	did not advance
400 metre individual medley	4:31.49	23	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Dragomir Markov	100 metre backstroke	58.17	34	did not advance
100 metre butterfly	55.85	32	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Georgi Mihalev	100 metre backstroke	56.59	11 Q	56.85	15	did not advance
200 metre backstroke	2:02.24	13 Q	DNS		did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Khristian Minkovski	100 metre butterfly	56.94	45	did not advance
200 metre butterfly	2:05.18	35	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Mariya Kocheva	100 metre backstroke	1:06.17	37	did not advance
200 metre backstroke	2:21.79	36	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Women

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Katerina Maleeva	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W (7–6, 6–2)	L (6–7, 6–4, 0–6)	Did not advance
Magdalena Maleeva	W (6–2, 6–4)	W (6–2, 6–4)	L (3–6, 4–6)	Did not advance
Elena Pampoulova	L (6–7, 6–7)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ivan Ivanov	align=left rowspan=2	52 kg	115.0	1	150.0	1	265.0
Sevdalin Minchev	112.5	4
Nikolay Peshalov	align=left rowspan=2	60 kg	137.5	2	167.5	2	305.0
Neno Terziyski	130.0	4	165.0	3	295.0	4
Yoto Yotov	67.5 kg	150.0	2	177.5	2	327.5
Plamen Bratoychev	82.5 kg	167.5	1	197.5	6	365.0	5
Ivan Chakarov	90 kg	170.0	4	207.5	6	377.5	5
Petar Stefanov	100 kg	170.0	6	210.0	5	380.0	5
Stefan Botev	110 kg	190.0	3	227.5	3	417.5
Mitko Mitev	+110 kg	180.0	4	220.0	6	400.0	5

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage							Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Nuran Pelikyan	48 kg	L 5–7	L 1–3	Did not advance				7	Did not advance
Bratan Tsenov	52 kg	W 16–0	W 2–0	L 3–5	L 2–5	3	W 6–1	5
Nikolay Dimitrov	57 kg	W 4–2	L 1–4	L fall	Did not advance			7	Did not advance
Stanislav Grigorov	62 kg	W 3–0	W 13–3	L 1–2	L 1–5	Did not advance		4	W w/o	7
Stoyan Stoyanov	68 kg	L 1–4	W 2–0	L 2–3	Did not advance			6	Did not advance
Dobri Ivanov	74 kg	W 6–1	L 2–3	W 9–0		L 1–9	Did not advance	4	L w/o	8
Hristo Hristov	82 kg	L 0–1	W 4–0	L 0–0	Did not advance			7	Did not advance
Ivaylo Yordanov	90 kg	W 5–1	L 2–3	L 1–2	Did not advance			5	L w/o	10
Atanas Komchev	100 kg	W fall	L 0–4	L 2–8	Did not advance			6	Did not advance
Rangel Gerovski	130 kg	L 0–0	L 0–1	Did not advance				6	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage							Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Marian Avramov	48 kg	L 2–3	W 7–2	L 0–3	Did not advance			6	Did not advance
Valentin Yordanov	52 kg	W 2–1	W fall	W 3–2	W 17–8		L 4–6	2	W 9–3
Rumen Pavlov	57 kg		W fall	W fall	L 1–12	L 3–10		3	W fall	5
Rosen Vasilev	62 kg	W 10–3	W 6–2	W 5–4	L 2–4		W 8–3	2	L 0–4	4
Valentin Getsov	68 kg	W 3–2	L 1–3	W 9–2		W 7–5		1	L 1–13
Valentin Zhelev	74 kg	W 3–1	L 1–2	L 2–3	Did not advance			5	L w/o	10
Rahmat Sofiadi	82 kg	L 2–3	W 4–1		L 2–3	Did not advance		6	Did not advance
Kaloyan Baev	90 kg	L 2–8	L 1–8	Did not advance				7	Did not advance
Miroslav Makaveev	100 kg	W 6–5	L 1–5	L 0–3	Did not advance			5	L fall	10
Kiril Barbutov	130 kg	L 1–9	L 1–7	Did not advance				5	W 11–0	9

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bulgaria at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043827/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/1992/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-10-02 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/BUL/editions/23 Bulgaria at the 1992 Summer Olympics