Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
Bulgaria at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	95 (49 men and 46 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Mariya Grozdeva
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Bulgaria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold

Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's 25m Sport Pistol

Milen Dobrev — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (94 kg)

[edit] Silver

Yordan Yovchev — Gymnastics, Men's Individual Rings

[edit] Bronze

Yordan Yovchev — Gymnastics, Men's Individual Floor

Boris Georgiev — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

Zhaneta Ilieva, Eleonora Kezhova, Zornitsa Marinova, Kristina Ranguelova, Galina Tancheva, and Vladislava Tancheva — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition

Georgi Georgiev — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (66 kg)

Ivo Yanakiev — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

Rumyana Neykova — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls

Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol

Velichko Cholakov — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight (>105 kg)

Armen Nazaryan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (60 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Men's Individual:

Yavor Hristov - 28th place

[edit] Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

Ivet Lalova - Final, 11.00 s (4th place)

Women's 200 metres:

Ivet Lalova - Round 1: 22.88 s, Round 2: 22.81 s, Semifinal: 22.56 s, Final: 22.57 s (5th place)
Monika Gachevska - Round 1: 23.71 s

Women's 400 metres:

Mariyana Dimitrova - Round 1: 51.29 s, Semifinal: 51.20 s

Women's 1500 metres:

Daniela Yordanova - Round 1: 4:05.87, Semifinal: 4:04.94, Final: 3:59.10 (5th place)

Women's 20 km walk:

Nevena Mineva - DNF

Men's long jump:

Petar Dachev - Round 1, 8.05 metres (did not advance)
Nikolay Atanasov - Round 1, 7.90 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

Antoniya Yordanova - Round 1: 6.45 metres

Men's triple jump:

Momchil Karailiev - Round 1, 16.45 metres (did not advance)
Ivaylo Rusenov - Round 1, 16.39 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

Mariya Dimitrova - Round 1: 14.16 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:

Venelina Veneva - Round 1: 1.92 metres

Men's pole vault:

Spas Bukhalov - Round 1, 5.50 metres (did not advance)
Iliyan Efremov - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

Tanya Stefanova - Round 1: 4.15 metres

Men's shot put:

Galin Kostadinov - Round 1, 17.75 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:

Aneliya Kumanova - Round 1: 15.91 metres

Women's discus:

Tsvetanka Khristova - Round 1: 43.25 metres

Women's javelin:

Khristina Georgieva - Round 1: 55.13 metres

[edit] Badminton

Women's singles:

Petya Nedelcheva - defeated in quarterfinals

Women's doubles:

Petya Nedelcheva and Neli Boteva - defeated in round of 32

[edit] Boxing

Bulgaria sent five boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals scoreboard. Their combined record was 5-5.

Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Salim Salimov
1. Round of 32 - Lost to Suban Pannon of Thailand, 26-14

Bantamweight (54 kg)

Detelin Dalakliev
1. Round of 32 - Defeated Abel Aferalign of Ethiopia, outscored
2. Round of 16 - Lost to Aghasi Mammadov of Azerbaijan, 35-16

Lightweight (60 kg)

Dimitar Stilianov
1. Round of 32 - Defeated Selcuk Aydin of Turkey, 20-11
2. Round of 16 - Lost to Amir Khan of Great Britain, 37-21

Light Welterweight (64 kg)

Boris Georgiev - bronze medal
1. Round of 32 - Defeated Fillali Nasserredine of Algeria, outscored
2. Round of 16 - Defeated Rock Allen of United States, 30-10
3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov of Kazakhstan, 20-18
4. Semifinal - Lost to Yudel Johnson Cedeno of Cuba, 13-9

Super Heavyweight (over 91 kg)

Sergey Rozhnov
1. Round of 16 - Lost to Alexander Povetkin of Russia, outscored

[edit] Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

Stanimir Atanasov - final, 8th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:

Stanimir Atanasov - semifinal, 15th place

Men's K1 500 metres:

Petar Merkov - semifinal, 19th place

Men's K2 500 metres:

Yordan Yordanov and Ivan Hristov - semifinal, 12th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva - final, 6th place

Men's K4 1000 metres:

Milko Kazanov, Ivan Hristov, Petar Merkov, and Yordan Yordanov - final, 4th place

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's road race:

Dimitar Gospodinov - did not finish

[edit] Track cycling

Women's individual sprint:

Evgenia Radanova - classification 9-12, 12th place

Men's time trial:

Radoslav Konstantinov - 17th place, 1:06.265

[edit] Equestrian

Individual jumping:

Rossen Raitchev riding Medoc II - final round A, 43rd place

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

Yordan Yovchev - advanced in two exercises
- Rings - silver medal
- Floor - bronze medal
Filip Yanev - advanced in one exercise
- Vault - 5th place

Women's artistic: