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Bulgaria at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | BUL |
NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Munich | |
Competitors | 130 (106 men and 24 women) in 15 sports |
Flag bearer | Dimitar Zlatanov |
Medals Ranked 9th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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.
Men's 5000 metres
Men's High Jump
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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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.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Dimo Angelov Tonchev | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:07.55 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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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.
Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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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.
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Khriska Peycheva | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.43 | 43 | Did not advance |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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09 Sep | Soviet Union | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 15–11 | 15–8 | 15–13 | 45–32 |
Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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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 | ||
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Italy | 8-5 | Bulgaria | 3-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
August 29 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Soviet Union | 7-2 | Bulgaria | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
August 30 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Bulgaria | 7-4 | Japan | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
August 31 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Spain | 6-4 | Bulgaria | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
Pos. | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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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 | ||
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Netherlands | 5-2 | Bulgaria | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 |
September 2 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Romania | 4-3 | Bulgaria | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 |
September 3 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Australia | 4-4 | Bulgaria | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
September 4 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
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Cuba | 4-4 | Bulgaria | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-1 |
Athlete | Event | Military press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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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 |