Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | BUL |
NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Melbourne/Stockholm | |
Competitors | 43 in 6 sports |
Flag bearer | Georgi Panov |
Medals Ranked 19th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Bulgaria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).
Medalists[edit]
Gold[edit]
- Nikola Stanchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Silver[edit]
- Dimitar Dobrev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
- Petko Sirakov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
- Yusein Mekhmedov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Bronze[edit]
- Stefan Bozhkov, Todor Diev, Georgi Dimitrov, Milcho Goranov, Ivan Petkov Kolev, Nikola Kovachev, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Milanov, Georgi Naydenov, Panayot Panayotov, Kiril Rakarov, Gavril Stoyanov, Krum Yanev, and Yosif Yosifov — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
Basketball[edit]
Preliminary round[edit]
Group C[edit]
TEAM | PTS | P | W | L | PF | PA |
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![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 238 | 187 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 199 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 249 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 255 |
Quarterfinal[edit]
Group B[edit]
TEAM | PTS | P | W | L | PF | PA |
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![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 283 | 150 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 209 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 182 | 224 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 282 |
Classification playoffs[edit]
5th place match[edit]
Boxing[edit]
Two boxers are competing for Bulgaria,including the bronze medalist from the last Olympics Boris Nikolov.He reached the quarterfinal,where he lost from Pietrzykowski from Poland.
Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||||
Boris Nikolov | Men's light middleweight | ![]() W PTS | ![]() L PTS | Did not advance | ||||
Bozhil Lozanov | Men's heavyweight | ![]() L RSC R3 |
Football[edit]
First round[edit]
Quarterfinals[edit]
Semifinals[edit]
Bronze Medal match[edit]
Gymnastics[edit]
Weightlifting[edit]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Military press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Ivan Abadzhiev | 75 kg | 102.5 | 15 | 117.5 | 2 | 137.5 | 6 | 357.5 | 7 |
Ivan Veselinov | 90 kg | 132.5 | 4 | 120 | 6 | 155 | 5 | 407.5 | 5 |
Wrestling[edit]
Editing process
- Key
- VT – Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
- DQ - Fortreit - Lost because of fortreit.
- Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Medal rounds | Rank | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||||
Dinko Petrov | Men's bantamweight | ![]() W 2-1 PP | ![]() W 3-0 PP | ![]() L Fall VT | Did not advance | 6 | |||
Dimitar Stoyanov | Men's lightweight | ![]() W 3–0 PP | ![]() W 3-0 PP | ![]() | ![]() | Did not advance | 5 | ||
Mitko Petkov | Men's welterweight | ![]() W 3–0 PP | ![]() L Fortreit DQ | Did not advance | 8 | ||||
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev | −120 kg | ![]() L 0–3 PO | Did not advance | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 13 |
- Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Venelin Venkov | −55 kg | ![]() L 0–5 VT | Did not advance | 17 | |||||
Armen Nazaryan | −60 kg | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | Bye | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 7 |
Nikolay Gergov | −66 kg | Bye | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Bye | ![]() L 1–3 PP | 5 | |
Yavor Yanakiev | −74 kg | Bye | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | Bye | ![]() W 3–0 PO | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() | |
Kaloyan Dinchev | −96 kg | Bye | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 14 | ||||
Ivan Ivanov | −120 kg | Bye | ![]() L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 13 |
References[edit]