Bulgaria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Medals	Gold 3	Silver 7	Bronze 5	Total 15
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Bulgaria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Swimming 2.5 Tennis

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Stefka Kostadinova — Athletics, Women's High Jump

• Daniel Petrov — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

• Valentin Yordanov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)

[edit] Silver

• Serafim Todorov — Boxing, Men's Featherweight

• Tontcho Tontchev — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

• Krasimir Dounev — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar

• Emil Milev — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

• Diana Yorgova — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol

• Yoto Yotov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (76 kg)

• Maja Tabakova, Ivelina Taleva, Vjara Vatachka, Ina Deltcheva, Valentina Kevlian, and Maria Koleva — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition

[edit] Bronze

• Tanyu Kiryakov — Shooting, Women's Air Pistol

• Maria Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's Air Pistol

• Sefdalin Minchev — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (54 kg)

• Nikolay Peshalov — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg)

• Andrian Dushev and Milko Kazanov — Canoeing, Men's K2 1,000 metres Kayak Pairs

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Bulgaria sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Stefan Mliakov → Round of 64, 45th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Khristo Stefanov — 2:18.29 (→ 30th place)

• Petko Stefanov — 2:29.06 (→ 80th place)

Women's High Jump

• Stefka Kostadinova

1. Qualification — 1.93m
2. Final — 2.05m (→ Gold Medal)

• Venelina Veneva

1. Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Sonya Radicheva

• Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Atanaska Angelova

• Qualification — 59.82m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Iva Prandzheva

• Qualification — 14.61m
• Final — 14.92m (→ 4th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (48 kg)

• Daniel Petrov → Gold Medal
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Nshan Munchyan (Armenia), 11-5
  3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 18-6
  4. Semi Finals — Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 17-8
  5. Final — Defeated Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 19-6

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Julian Strogov
  1. First Round — Lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 11-12

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Aleksandar Hristov
  1. First Round — Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela), 3-9

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Serafim Todorov → Silver Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Evgenii Shestakov (Ukraine), 11-4
  2. Second Round — Defeated Robert Peden (Australia), 20-8
  3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Falk Huste (Germany), 14-6
  4. Semi Finals — Defeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 10-9
  5. Final — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand), 5-8

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Tontcho Tontchev → Silver Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Oktavian Taykou (Moldova), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second Round — Defeated Dennis Zimba (Zambia), 17-9
  3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Michael Strange (Canada), 16-10
  4. Semi Finals — Defeated Terrance Cauthen (United States), 15-12
  5. Final — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 3-3 (referee decision)

Men's Light Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Radoslav Suslekov
  1. First Round — Lost to Moghimi Babak (Iran), 3-11

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Denislav Kalchev
  1. Heat – 54.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Denislav Kalchev
  1. Heat – 2:08.16 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Magdalena Maleeva
  1. First round — Defeated Rennae Stubbs (Australia) 6-2 6-1
  2. Second round — Defeated Florencia Labat (Argentina) 7-6 6-1
  3. Third round — Lost to Kimiko Date (Japan) 4-6 4-6

Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States

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