Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

In its first appearance in Olympic archery, Bulgaria entered one man and one woman.

Men

Women

Men's 100 metres

• Petar Petrov
  • Heat — 10.32
  • Quarterfinals — 10.13
  • Semifinals — 10.39
  • Final — 10.39 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Ivaylo Karanyotov
  • Heat — 10.66 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Binko Kolev
  • Heat — 1:48.7
  • Semifinals — 1:47.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Plamen Krastev
  • Heat — 13.95
  • Semifinals — 13.99 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Yanko Bratanov
  • Heat — 50.56
  • Semifinals — 50.17
  • Final — 56.35 (→ 8th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Stanimir Nenov
  • Heat — 8:43.8
  • Semifinals — 8:50.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Atanas Mladenov
  • Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Yordan Yanev
  • Qualification — 7.84 m
  • Final — 8.02 m (→ 8th place)
• Ivan Tuparov
  • Qualification — 7.46 m (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump

• Atanas Chochev
  • Qualification — 16.42 m
  • Final — 16.56 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Atanas Tarev
  • Qualification — 5.25 m (→ did not advance)
• Ivo Yanchev
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Emanuil Dyulgerov
  • Qualification — 70.60 m
  • Final Round — 74.04 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Emil Vladimirov
  • Qualification — 62.50 m
  • Final — 63.18 m (→ 7th place)
• Velko Velev
  • Qualification — 61.32 m
  • Final — 63.04 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Stefan Stoykov
  • Qualification — 78.74 m
  • Final — 79.04 m (→ 11th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Nikola Khristov
  • Qualification — 19.01 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
• Valcho Stoyev
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

• Atanas Andonov
  • Final — 7927 points (→ 7th place)
• Razvigor Yankov
  • Final — 7624 points (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Mariya Shishkova
  • Heat — 11.57
  • Quarterfinals — 11.47
  • Semifinals — 11.65 (→ did not advance)
• Sofka Popova
  • Heat — 11.35
  • Quarterfinals — 11.42
  • Semifinals — 11.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Nikolina Shtereva
  • Heat — 1:58.9
  • Semifinals — 1:58.9
  • Final — 1:58.8 (→ 7th place)
• Vesela Yatsinska
  • Heat — 1:59.9
  • Semifinals — 1:59.9 (→ did not advance)
• Totka Petrova
  • Heat — 2:00.6
  • Semifinals — 2:00.0 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Vesela Yatsinska
  • Heat — 4:04.7 (→ did not advance)
• Nikolina Shchereva
  • Heat — 4:08.3 (→ did not advance)
• Totka Petrova
  • Heat — 4:13.8 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Yordanka Donkova
  • Heat — 13.24
  • Semifinal — 13.39 (→ did not advance)
• Daniela Valkova
  • Heat — 13.66
  • Semifinal — 13.79 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Lidiya Gusheva
  • Qualification — 6.56 m
  • Final — 6.24 m (→ 12th place)
• Ekaterina Nedeva
  • Qualifying Round — 5.83 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's High Jump

• Yordanka Blagoeva
  • Qualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Mariya Petkova
  • Qualification — 65.02 m
  • Final — 67.90 m (→ Silver Medal)
• Svetla Bozhkova
  • Qualification — 60.84 m
  • Final — 63.14 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Ivanka Vancheva
  • Qualification — 61.16 m
  • Final — 65.38 m (→ 5th place)
• Antoaneta Todorova
  • Qualification — 60.56 m
  • Final — 60.66 m (→ 10th place)
• Tsvetana Ralinska
  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Shot Put

• Verzhinia Veselinova
  • Final — 20.72 m (→ 5th place)
• Elena Stoyanova
  • Final — 20.22 m (→ 6th place)
• Ivanka Petrova
  • Final — 18.34 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Pentathlon

• Valentina Dimitrova — 4458 points (→ 7th place)
  • 100 metres — 14.39s
  • Shot Put — 15.65m
  • High Jump — 1.74m
  • Long Jump — 5.91m
  • 800 metres — 2:15.50
• Emilia Kunova — 4431 points (→ 8th place)
  • 100 metres — 13.72s
  • Shot Put — 11.98m
  • High Jump — 1.74m
  • Long Jump — 6.10m
  • 800 metres — 2:11.10

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Ismail Mustafov → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) on points (5-0)
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) on points (5-0)
  • Semi Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (1-4)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Petar Lesov → Gold Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Onofre Ramirez (Nicaragua) on points (5-0)
  • Second Round — Defeated Hassen Sherif (Ethiopia) on points (5-0)
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Roman Gilberto (Mexico) on points (4-1)
  • Semi Finals — Defeated Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)
  • Final — Defeated Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in 2nd round

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Aleksandr Radev
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Tsacho Andreikovski
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated William Azanor (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
  • Third Round — Defeated Barthelémy Adoukonu (Benin) after knock-out in second round
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Yordan Lesov
  • First Round — Defeated Patrice Martin (Benin) after knock-out in first round
  • Second Round — Defeated Tibor Dezamits (Hungary) on points (4-1)
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Margarit Anastasov
  • First Round — Lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Petr Stoimenov
  • First Round — Defeated Naasan Ajjoub (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second round
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (East Germany) after referee stopped contest in second round

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Men

Four fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Men's sabre

• Vasil Etropolski
• Khristo Etropolski
• Georgi Chomakov

Men's team sabre

• Khristo Etropolski, Nikolay Marincheshki, Vasil Etropolski, Georgi Chomakov

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iliyan Nedkov	−65kg	Jimmy Arévalo (ECU) W 1000-0000	José António Branco (POR) W 1000-0000	Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) L 0000-0010	BYE		Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) W 0100-0000	Torsten Reissmann (GDR) W 0010-0000
Georgi Petrov	−78kg	BYE	Vladimir Barta (TCH) W 0001-0000	Shota Khabareli (URS) L 0000-0001	BYE		Harald Heinke (GDR) L 0000-0010	Did not advance	7
Tsancho Atanasov	−95kg	Luiz Virgilio Moura (BRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance						19
Dimitar Zapryanov	+95kg	BYE		Radomir Kovačević (YUG) W 1000-0000	Myong Gyu Kim (PRK) W 0001-0000	BYE		Angelo Parisi (FRA) L 0000–1000
	Open	BYE	Walter Carmona (BRA) W 0001-0000	Arthur Mapp (GBR) L 0000–0100	Did not advance				8

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chavdar Radoev	Single sculls	8:04.96	5 R	7:28.96	3 Q	7:34.21	6 FB	7:23.50	10
Dimitar Petrov Stoyko Khadilev	Double sculls	7:21.83	5 R	7:01.25	4 FB	N/A		6:43.81	9
Tsvetan Petkov Rumen Khristov Todor Kishev	Coxed pair	7:58.31	2 Q	7:25.77	2 Q	N/A		7:09.21	5
Mincho Nikolov Lyubomir Petrov Ivo Rusev Bogdan Dobrev	Quadruple sculls	6:01.68	2 R	6:00.78	2 Q	N/A		5:52.38
Georgi Georgiev Lachezar Boychev Kiril Kirchev Valentin Stoev	Coxless four	6:47.21	3 R	6:22.57	3 Q	N/A		6:22.49	9
Khristo Aleksandrov Vilkhelm Germanov Georgi Petkov Stoyan Stoyanov Nenko Dobrev	Coxed Four	6:53.37	4 R	6:31.46	2 Q	N/A		6:28.13	5
Dimitar Yanakiev Todor Mrankov Bozhidar Rangelov Ivan Botev Yani Ignatov Mikhail Petrov Petar Patsev Veselin Shterev Ventseslav Kanchev	Eight	6:03.99	4 R	5:46.28	2 Q	N/A		6:04.05	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rositsa Spasova	Single sculls	4:01.33	1 Q	BYE		3:47.86	3 Q	3:47.22	4
Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova	Double sculls	3:37.86	4 R	3:21.36	2 Q	N/A		3:23.14	4
Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kubatova	Coxless pair	4:00.38	3 R	3:37.48	3 Q	N/A		3:32.39
Mariana Serbezova Rumelyana Boncheva Dolores Nakova Anka Bakova Anka Georgieva	Quadruple sculls	3:14.91	1 Q	BYE		N/A		3:16.10
Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova Nadiya Filipova	Coxed four	3:26.75	1 Q	BYE		N/A		3:20.75
Daniela Stavreva Stefka Koleva Snezkha Khristeva Rumyana Kostova Todorka Vasileva Vaneta Karamandzhukova Mariana Mincheva Valentina Aleksandrova Stanka Georgieva	Eight	3:20.25	3 R	3:15.49	2 Q	N/A		3:10.03	5

Open

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Lyubcho Dyakov	50 m pistol	565
Kiril Gechevski	Skeet	184	37
Ivan Mandov	25 m rapid fire pistol	592	12
Anton Manolov	Skeet	192	21
Nonka Matova	50 m rifle three positions	1163	6
	50 m rifle prone	597	7
Stayko Nenov	Trap	187	18
Lyuben Popov	50 m pistol	575	11
Todor Stoimenov	25 m rapid fire pistol	590	16
Emiliyan Yankov	50 m rifle three positions	1142	22
Pencho Vichev	Trap	188	14
Petar Zapryanov	50 m rifle prone	598

Men

Women

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stefan Dimitrov	−60 kg	127.5	2	160	1	287.5
Yanko Rusev	−67,5 kg	147.5	1	195	1	342.5
Mincho Pashov		142.5	5	182.5	3	325
Asen Zlatev	−75 kg	160	1	200	2	360
Nedelcho Kolev		157.5	2	187.5	3	345
Blagoy Blagoev	−82,5 kg	175	2	197.5	5	372.5
Krasimir Drandarov		155	4	200	4	355	5
Rumen Aleksandrov	−90 kg	170	2	205	3	375
Plamen Asparukhov	−100 kg	170	7	0	NVL	170	DNF
Valentin Khristov	−110 kg	185	1	220	2	405