Bulgaria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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]

Bulgaria at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors	138 in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Ivaylo Yordanov
Medals Ranked 18th	Gold 3 Silver 7 Bronze 6 Total 16
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ivan Ivanov	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg	26 July
Gold	Nikolay Buhalov	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres	7 August
Gold	Nikolay Buhalov	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres	8 August
Silver	Vesela Lecheva	Shooting	Women's 10 metre air rifle	26 July
Silver	Nikolay Peshalov	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	28 July
Silver	Yoto Yotov	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	29 July
Silver	Nonka Matova	Shooting	Women's 50 metre rifle three positions	30 July
Silver	Tsvetanka Hristova	Athletics	Women's discus throw	3 August
Silver	Valentin Getsov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 68 kg	5 August
Silver	Daniel Petrov	Boxing	Light flyweight	8 August
Bronze	Mariya Grozdeva	Shooting	Women's 10 metre air pistol	1 August
Bronze	Stefan Botev	Weightlifting	Men's 110 kg	3 August
Bronze	Valentin Yordanov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	5 August
Bronze	Yordanka Donkova	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles	6 August
Bronze	Martin Marinov Blagovest Stoyanov	Canoeing	Men's C-2 500 metres	7 August
Bronze	Svilen Rusinov	Boxing	Super heavyweight	7 August

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	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

Main article: 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's Individual Competition:

• Ivan Ivanov — Ranking Round (→ 35th place)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 5.000 metres

• Evgeni Ignatov
  • Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Asen Markov
  • Heat — 50.21 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Galin Georgiev
  • Qualification — 7.75 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Khristo Markov
  • Qualification — 16.46 m (→ did not advance)
• Galin Georgiev
  • Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)
• Nikolay Raev
  • Qualification — 14.67 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Ivan Tanev
  • Qualification — 72.62 m (→ did not advance)
• Plamen Minev
  • Qualification — 69.90 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Nikolay Kolev
  • Qualification — 58.12 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Antoaneta Selenska
  • Qualification — 59.40 m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Stefka Kostadinova
  • Qualification — 1.92 m
  • Final — 1.94 m (→ 4th place)
• Svetlana Leseva
  • Qualification — 1.83 m (→ did not advance)
• Lyudmila Andonova
  • Qualification — 1.88 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Tsvetanka Khristova
  • Qualifying Heat — 64.06m
  • Final — 67.78m (→   Silver Medal)
• Stefania Simova
  • Qualifying Heat — 65.60m
  • Final — 63.42m (→ 8th place)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Daniel Petrov →   Silver Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Nelson Dieppa (PUR), 10:7
  • Second Round — Defeated O Song-chol (PRK), RSC-3
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Pál Lakatos (HUN), 17:8
  • Semifinals — Defeated Jan Quast (GER), 15:9
  • Final — Lost to Rogelio Marcelo (CUB), 10:20

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Yuliyan Strogov
  • First Round — Defeated Ronnie Noan (PNG), RSCI-2 (02:03)
  • Second Round — Lost to Timothy Austin (USA), 7:19

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Serafim Todorov
  • First Round — Defeated John Sem (PNG), 11:0
  • Second Round — Defeated Joseph Chongo (ZAN), 18:6
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Lee Gwang-Sik (PRK), 15:16

Men's Featherweight (– 67 kg)

• Kirkor Kirkorov
  • First Round — Lost to Andreas Tews (GER), 5:9

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Tontcho Tontchev
  • First Round — Defeated Julio González Valladares (CUB), 14:12
  • Second Round — Defeated Henry Kungsi (PNG), 11:2
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Oscar De La Hoya (USA), 7:16

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Stefan Trendafilov
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Lu Chao (CHN), RSC-1 (01:45)
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Chris Johnson (CAN), RSC-1 (02:52)

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Svilen Rusinov →   Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated István Szikora (HUN), 12:4
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Wilhelm Fischer (GER), 8:5
  • Semifinals — Lost to Richard Igbineghu (NGR), 7:9

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolay Bukhalov	C-1 500 m	1:53.64	1 Q	BYE		1:53.32	1 Q	1:51.15
	C-1 1000 m	4:03.36	2 Q	BYE		4:03.46	2 Q	4:05.92
Martin Marinov Blagovest Stoyanov	C-2 500 m	1:44.00	2 Q	BYE				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	BYE		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

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

One male cyclist represented Bulgaria in 1992.

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kiril Georgiev	Men's time trial	1:07.371	21

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Petar Trifonov	3 m Springboard	320.82	27	did not advance

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Two male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1992.

Individual

• Stefan Asenov
• Valentin Dzhavelkov

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: 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	BYE		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

Main article: 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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Anton Manolov	Skeet	138	57	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
Dragomir Markov	100 metre backstroke	58.17	34	did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	55.85	32	did not advance
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
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
Mariya Kocheva	100 metre backstroke	1:06.17	37	did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:21.79	36	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References

1. . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
2. Bulgaria at the 1992 Summer Olympics