Bulgaria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	138 (87 men and 51 women) in 19 sports
Medals Rank: 18	Gold 3	Silver 7	Bronze 6	Total 16
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Bulgaria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Gold

• Nikolay Bukhalov — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 metres Canadian Singles

• Nikolay Bukhalov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1,000 metres Canadian Singles

• Ivan Ivanov — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (52 kg)

Silver

• Tsvetanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw

• Daniel Petrov — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

• Nonka Matova — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

• Vesela Lecheva — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle

• Nikolay Peshalov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (60 kg)

• Yoto Yotov — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67½ kg)

• Valentin Getzov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

Bronze

• Yordanka Donkova — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles

• Svilen Rusinov — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight (>91 kg)

• Martin Georgiev Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 metres Canadian Pairs

• Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's Air Pistol

• Stefan Botev — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (110 kg)

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

Results by event

Archery

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

Men's 5.000 metres

• Evgeni Ignatov

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

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Assen 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)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Daniel Petrov → Silver Medal

• First Round — Defeated Nelson Dieppa (PUR), 10:7
• Second Round — Defeated 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 Kungsy (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

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Petar Trifonov

• Preliminary Round — 320.82 points (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Georgi Mihalev (Gueorgui Mikhalev)

• Heat – 56.59
• B-Final — 56.85 (→ 15th place)

• Dragomir Markov

• Heat — 58.17 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Georgi Mihalev (Gueorgui Mikhalev)

• Heat — 2:02.24
• B-Final — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Dragomir Markov

• Heat — 55.85 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

• Khristian Minkovski

• Heat — 56.94 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Denislav Kalchev

• Heat — 2:03.73 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

• Khristian Minkovski

• Heat — 2:05.18 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Denislav Kalchev

• Heat — 2:06.51 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Denislav Kalchev

• Heat — 4:31.49 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Mariya Kocheva

• Heat — 1:06.17 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Mariya Kocheva

• Heat — 2:21.79 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

References

• sports-reference