Bulgaria at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BUL
Nocname:	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	91
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Ivo Yanakiev
Rank:	16
Gold:	5
Silver:	6
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Bulgaria competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Iliya Dzhivondov	400 m	48.64	8	did not advance
400 m hurdles	54.36	8	did not advance
Petko Stefanov	Marathon	2:26:24	60
Zhivko Videnov	110 m hurdles	DNF		did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Petko Yankov	100 m	10.63	7	did not advance
200 m	20.91	4 q	20.75	6	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nikolay Atanasov	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump	7.62	30	did not advance
Petar Dachev	8.03	8 q	7.80	11
Rostislav Dimitrov	Triple jump	17.00	8 Q	16.95	9
Ilian Efremov	Pole vault	5.55	22	did not advance
Ivaylo Rusenov	Triple jump	16.40	22	did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Svetla Dimitrova	100 m hurdles	13.00	4 Q	13.04	6 q	12.95	6	did not advance
Monika Gachevska	200 m	24.16	8	did not advance
Daniela Georgieva	400 m	54.46	6	did not advance
Petya Pendareva	100 m	11.30	2 Q	11.36	5	did not advance
Daniela Yordanova	5000 m	15:10.08	5 q NR	14:56.95	10

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mariya Dimitrova	Triple jump	13.87	16	did not advance
Khristina Georgieva	Javelin throw	54.60	28	did not advance
align=left	Hristina Kalcheva	High jump	NM		did not advance
Tanya Koleva	Pole vault	NM		did not advance
Tereza Marinova	Triple jump	14.73	3 Q	15.20
align=left	Eleonora Miloucheva	align=left rowspan=2	High jump	1.94	1 Q	1.90	13
Venelina Veneva	1.94	9 Q	1.93	9
Aneliya Yordanova	Hammer throw	54.92	26	did not advance

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Men's Singles

• Svetoslav Stoyanov
  • Round of 64 - Bye
  • Round of 32 - Defeated Rio Suryana of Australia
  • Round of 16 - Lost to Xia Xuanze of China
• Mihail Popov
  • Round of 64 - Bye
  • Round of 32 - Lost to Fung Permadi of Chinese Taipei

Men's Doubles

• Mihail Popov and Svetoslav Stoyanov
  • Round of 32 - Lost to Martin Lundgaard Hansen, Lars Paaske of Denmark

Women's Singles

• Nely Boteva
  • Round of 64 - Defeated Kellie Lucas of Australia
  • Round of 32 - Lost to Chia-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei

Women's Doubles

• Nely Boteva and Diana Koleva
  • Round of 32 - Lost to Gao Ling, Qin Yiyuan of China

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuri Mladenov	Featherweight	W 7–4	L 8–15	did not advance
Dmitry Usagin	Light middleweight	L	did not advance
Emil Krastev	Light heavyweight	L 9–14	did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Nikolav Bouhalov	C-1 500 m	01:51.996	4 Q	01:52.371	2 Q	02:44.289	9
C-1 1000 m	03:59.092	5 Q	04:05.236	8	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Peter Merkov	K-1 500 m	01:40.227	1 Q	01:40.008	1 Q	01:58.393
K-1 1000 m	03:38.234	3 Q	03:38.217	1 Q	03:34.649
Petar Sibinkitch Milko Kazanov	K-2 500 m	01:33.682	6 Q	01:31.919	2 Q	01:52.725	8
Mariyan Dimitrov Dimitar Ivanov	K-2 1000 m	03:23.646	8	did not advance
Milko Kazanov Iordan Iordanov Petar Merkov Petar Sibinkitch	K-4 1000 m	03:00.634	4 Q	03:01.051	1 Q	02:58.112	5

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrianism at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Samantha McIntosh	Royal Discover	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	14.25	45	0.00	14.25	21 Q	4.00	18.25	17 Q	17.00	39	did not advance
Guenter Orschel	Excellent	22.25	60	16.00	38.50	65 Q	12.50	50.75	58	did not advance
Rossen Raitchev	Premier Cru	12.50	37	16.00	28.50	52 Q	8.00	36.50	46 Q	12.00	20 Q	8.00	20.00	20	20.00	20
Samantha McIntosh Guenter Orschel Rossen Raitchev	See above	Team	32.00		13	did not advance								32.00	13

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Modern Pentathlon

See main article: Modern Pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rumyana Neykova	Single sculls	7:36.10	1 SA/B/C	7:28.34	1 FA	7:28.15
Viktoriya Dimitrova Margarita Petrova	Lightweight double sculls	7:22.51	5 R	7:18.90	3 SA/B/C	7:22.47	6 FB	7:17.64	12

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Only one woman competed for Bulgaria in the Sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Tanyu Kiryakov	Men's 10 m air pistol	581	8 Q	676.8	8
Men's 50 m pistol	570	1 Q	660.0
Emil Milev	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	586	4 Q	684.5	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Mariya Grozdeva	Women's 10 m air pistol	367	38	did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol	589	2 Q	690.3
align=left rowspan=2	Vesela Lecheva	10 m air rifle	391	20	did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	578	11	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nonka Matova	10 m air rifle	388	36	did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	577	14	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Diana Yorgova	Women's 10 m air pistol	365	42	did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol	572	28	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ivan Angelov	100 metre backstroke	58.03	39	did not advance
200 metre backstroke	02:07.30	40	did not advance
Simeon Makedonski	100 metre butterfly	55.49	38	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Georgi Palazov	200 metre butterfly	02:04.40	40	did not advance
400 metre individual medley	04:35.92	40	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Petar Stoychev	400 metre freestyle	03:59.94	34	did not advance
1500 metre freestyle	15:42.76	30	did not advance
Krasimir Zahov	100 metre breaststroke	01:07.09	58	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Ivanka Moralieva	200 metre freestyle	02:07.61	34	did not advance
400 metre freestyle	04:19.10	30	did not advance
800 metre freestyle	08:52.61	20	did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women's Beach Competition

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ivan Ivanov	−56 kg	130.0	2	162.5	=2	292.5
Sevdalin Minchev	−62 kg	140.0	5	177.5	1	317.5
Galabin Boevski	align=left rowspan=2	−69 kg	162.5	2	195.0 WR	1	357.5
Georgi Markov	165.0	1	187.5	=2	352.5
Alan Tsagaev	−105 kg	187.5	=7	235.0 OR	=1	422.5

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Izabela Dragneva	align=left rowspan=2	−48 kg	85.0	1	105.0	1	190.0
Donka Mincheva	AC		—	—	—
Daniela Kerkelova	align=left rowspan=2	−69 kg	100.0	=5	132.5 OR	=1	232.5	5
Milena Trendafilova	100.0	=5	132.5 OR	=1	232.5	4

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final/	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Armen Nazaryan	-58 kg	W 11–0 ^PP	W 13–2 ^SP	W 4-1 ^PP	1 Q		W 10–0 ^ST	W 10–3 ^TO
Ali Mollov	-97 kg	L 1–6 ^PP	L 0–10 ^ST		3	did not advance			19
Sergei Mureico	-130 kg	L 0–3 ^PO	L 0–4 ^PA		3	did not advance			19

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final/	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ivan Tsonov	-54 kg	L 0–4 ^TO	L 0–10 ^ST		3	did not advance			19
Serafim Barzakov	-63 kg	W 3–0 ^PO	W 4–1 ^PP		1 Q	W 4–1 ^PP	W 4–0 ^ST	L 2–3 ^PP
Petar Kasabov	-69 kg	L 0–4 ^PO	W 3-2 ^PP		2	did not advance			15
Plamen Paskalev	-76 kg	L 2–8 ^PP	L 1–4 ^PP		3	did not advance			16
Krasimir Kochev	-130 kg	L 0–3 ^PO	W 3–1 ^PP		2	did not advance			12

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site
• sports-reference