Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 271 competitors, 183 men and 88 women, took part in 151 events in 20 sports.

Medalists

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"

!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

|Yanko Rusev

|Weightlifting

|Men's 67.5 kg

|23 July

|Georgi Raikov

|Wrestling

|Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg

|23 July

|Asen Zlatev

|Weightlifting

|Men's 75 kg

|24 July

|Stojan Deltshev

|Gymnastics

|Men's horizontal bar

|25 July

|Valentin Raychev

|Wrestling

|Men's freestyle 74 kg

|30 July

|Ismail Abilov

|Wrestling

|Men's freestyle 82 kg

|31 July

|Petar Lesov

|Boxing

|Men's flyweight

|2 August

|Lyubomir Lyubenov

|Canoeing

|Men's C-1 1000 metres

|2 August

|Stefan Dimitrov

|Weightlifting

|Men's 60 kg

|22 July

|Aleksandar Tomov

|Wrestling

|Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg

|24 July

|Nadya Filipova, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova and Iskra Velinova

|Rowing

|Women's coxed four

|26 July

|Blagoi Blagoev

|Weightlifting

|Men's 82.5 kg

|26 July

|Dimitar Zapryanov

|Judo

|Men's +95kg

|July 27

|Rumen Aleksandrov

|Weightlifting

|Men's 90 kg

|27 July

|Valentin Hristov

|Weightlifting

|Men's 110 kg

|29 July

|Mikho Dukov

|Wrestling

|Men's freestyle 62 kg

|29 July

|Krasimira Bogdanova, Diana Dilova-Braynova, Vanya Dermendzhieva, Silviya Germanova, Nadka Golcheva, Petkana Makayeeva, Penka Metodieva, Angelina Mikhaylova, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Kostadinka Radkova, Evladiya Slavcheva, and Penka Stoyanova

|Basketball

|Women's tournament

|30 July

|Slavcho Chervenkov

|Wrestling

|Men's freestyle 100 kg

|30 July

|Georgi Gadshev, Svetoslav Ivanov, and Petar Mandazhiev

|Equestrian

|Team dressage

|31 July

|Ivan Yankov

|Wrestling

|Men's freestyle 68 kg

|31 July

|Mariya Petkova

|Athletics

|Women's discus throw

|1 August

|Lyubomir Lyubenov

|Canoeing

|Men's C-1 500 metres

|1 August

|Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova

|Canoeing

|Women's K-1 500 metres

|1 August

|Yordan Angelov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Stefan Dimitrov, Stoyan Gunchev, Khristo Iliev, Petko Petkov, Kaspar Simeonov, Khristo Stoyanov, Mitko Todorov, Tsano Tsanov, Emil Valchev, and Dimitar Zlatanov

|Volleyball

|Men's tournament

|1 August

|Lyubcho Dyakov

|Shooting

|Mixed 50 metre pistol

|20 July

|Petar Zapryanov

|Shooting

|Mixed 50 metre rifle prone

|21 July

|Mladen Mladenov

|Wrestling

|Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

|23 July

|Mincho Pashov

|Weightlifting

|Men's 67.5 kg

|23 July

|Stojan Deltshev

|Gymnastics

|Men's artistic individual all-around

|24 July

|Pavel Pavlov

|Wrestling

|Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

|24 July

|Nedelcho Kolev

|Weightlifting

|Men's 75 kg

|24 July

|Petar Petrov

|Athletics

|Men's 100 meters

|25 July

|Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva

|Rowing

|Women's coxless pair

|26 July

|Ani Bakova, Rumeliana Boncheva, Dolores Nakova, and Mariana Serbezova

|Rowing

|Women's quadruple sculls

|26 July

|Bogdan Dobrev, Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, and Ivo Rusev

|Rowing

|Men's quadruple sculls

|27 July

|Verka Borisova-Stoyanova, Tsvetana Bozhurina, Rositsa Dimitrova, Tanya Dimitrova-Todorova, Maya Georgieva-Stoeva, Tanya Gogova, Valentina Ilieva-Kharalampieva, Rumyana Kaisheva, Anka Kristolova-Uzunova, and Silva Petrunova

|Volleyball

|Women's tournament

|29 July

|Nermedin Selimov

|Wrestling

|Men's freestyle 52 kg

|30 July

|Ivailo Khristov

|Boxing

|Men's light flyweight

|31 July

|Iliyan Nedkov

|Judo

|Men's 65kg

|31 July

|Borislav Ananiev and Nikolay Ilkov

|Canoeing

|Men's C-2 500 metres

|1 August

|Borislav Borisov, Lazar Khristov, Ivan Manev, and Bozhidar Milenkov

|Canoeing

|Men's K-4 1000 metres

|2 August

Archery

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

;Men

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="2"|Round 2

!colspan="2"|Total score

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Score

!Seed

!Score

!Seed

|- align=center

|align=left|Petyo Kishev

| style="text-align:left;"|Individual

|1117

|30

|1116

|29

|2233

|30

;Women

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="2"|Round 2

!colspan="2"|Total score

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Score

!Seed

!Score

!Seed

|- align=center

|align=left|Tzvetanka Stoytcheva

| style="text-align:left|Individual

|1089

|23

|1055

|29

|2144

|27

Athletics

;Men

;Track & road events

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|- align=center

| style="text-align:left;"|Yanko Bratanov

|align=left|400 m hurdles

|50.56

|5 q

|colspan=2

|50.17

|5 q

|56.35

|- align=center

|align=left|Vladimir Ivanov

|align=left|200 m

|21.28

|4 q

|20.96

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Ivaylo Karanyotov

|align=left|100 m

|10.66

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Binko Kolev

|align=left|800 m

|1:48.7

|3 Q

|1:47.3

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|- align=center

| style="text-align:left;"|Plamen Krastev

|align=left|110 m hurdles

|13.95

|3 Q

|colspan=2

|13.99

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

| align=left|Stanimir Nenov

|align=left|3000 m steeplechase

|8:50.2

|12

|colspan=2

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|- align=center

| style="text-align:left;"|Pavel Pavlov

|align=left|200 m

|21.78

|3 Q

|21.35

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|- align=center

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Petar Petrov

|align=left|100 m

|10.32

|1 Q

|10.13

|2 Q

|10.39

|1 Q

|10.39

||16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|200 m

|21.78

|3 Q

|21.89

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Pavel Pavlov Vladimir Ivanov Ivaylo Karanyotov Petar Petrov

|align=left|4 × 100 m relay

|39.25

|3 Q

|colspan=4

|38.99

;Field events

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

|- align=center

|align=left|Atanas Chochev

|align=left|Triple jump

|16.42

|12 q

|16.56

|- align=center

|align=left|Emanuil Dyulgerov

|align=left|Hammer throw

|70.60

|11 q

|74.04

|- align=center

|align=left|Nikola Khristov

|align=left|Shot put

|19.01

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Atanas Mladenov

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|High jump

|2.10

|24

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Valcho Stoev

|align=left|Shot put

|colspan=2|NM

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Stefan Stoykov

|align=left|Javelin throw

|78.74

|12 q

|79.04

|11

|- align=center

|align=left|Atanas Tarev

|align=left|Pole vault

|5.25

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Ivan Tuparov

|align=left|Long jump

|7.46

|22

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Ivo Yanchev

|align=left|Pole vault

|colspan=2|NM

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Yordan Yanev

|align=left|Long jump

|7.84

|10 q

|8.02

|- align=center

|align=left|Velko Velev

|align=left rowspan=2|Discus throw

|61.30

|10 q

|63.04

|- align=center

|align=left|Emil Vladimirov

|62.50

|7 Q

|63.18

;Combined events – Decathlon

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

! 100 m

! 400 m

! 1500 m

!Final

!Rank

|-align=center

|rowspan=2 align=left|Atanas Andonov

!style="font-size:95%"|Result

|11.38

|6.86

|15.59

|2.00

|50.36

|14.83

|47.62

|4.70

|53.34

|4:29.2

|rowspan=2|7927

|rowspan=2|7

|-align=center

!style="font-size:95%"|Points

|-align=center

|rowspan=2 align=left|Razvigor Yankov

!style="font-size:95%"|Result

|11.26

|6.61

|16.28

|1.85

|50.37

|15.69

|48.02

|4.60

|58.12

|4:51.2

|rowspan=2|7624

|rowspan=2|14

|-align=center

!style="font-size:95%"|Points

;Women

;Track & road events

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Malena Andonova

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m

|53.30

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Svobodka Damyanova

|52.23

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Yordanka Donkova

|align=left|100 m hurdles

|13.24

|6 Q

|colspan=2

|13.39

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m

|23.17

|2 Q

|23.29

|3 Q

|23.07

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Galina Penkova

|23.35

|3 Q

|23.37

|5 Q

|23.27

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Totka Petrova

|align=left|800 m

|2:00.6

|3 Q

|colspan=2

|2:00.0

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|1500 m

|4:13.8

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Sofka Popova

|align=left rowspan=2|100 m

|11.35

|1 Q

|11.42

|4 Q

|11.40

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Mariya Shishkova

|11.57

|3 Q

|11.47

|5 Q

|11.65

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Nikolina Shtereva

|align=left|800 m

|1:58.9

|3 Q

|colspan=2

|1:58.9

|4 Q

|1:58.8

|- align=center

|align=left|1500 m

|4:08.3

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Rositsa Stamenova

|align=left|400 m

|52.71

|3 Q

|colspan=2

|52.96

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|Vesela Yatsinska

|align=left|800 m

|1:59.9

|3 Q

|colspan=2

|1:59.9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|1500 m

|4:04.7

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Daniela Valkova

|align=left|100 m hurdles

|13.66

|5 Q

|colspan=2

|13.79

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left| Sofka Popova Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova Mariya Shishkova Galina Penkova

|align=left|4 × 100 m relay

|colspan=6

|42.67

|- align=center

|align=left| Svobodka Damyanova Rositsa Stamenova Malena Andonova Bonka Dimova

|align=left|4 × 400 m relay

|3:28.7

|2 Q

|colspan=4

|colspan=2|DNF

;Field events

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

|-align=center

|align=left|Yordanka Blagoeva

|align=left rowspan=1|High jump

|1.80

|16

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Svetla Bozhkova

|align=left rowspan=1|Discus throw

|60.84

|5 Q

|63.14

|-align=center

|align=left|Lidiya Gusheva

|align=left rowspan=2|Long jump

|6.56

|5 Q

|6.24

|12

|-align=center

|align=left|Ekaterina Nedeva

|5.83

|17

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Mariya Petkova

|align=left rowspan=1|Discus throw

|65.02

|2 Q

|67.90

|16x16px

|-align=center

|align=left|Ivanka Petrova

|align=left|Shot put

|colspan=2

|18.34

|11

|-align=center

|align=left|Tsvetana Ralinska

|align=left|Javelin throw

|colspan=2| DNS

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Elena Stoyanova

|align=left|Shot put

|colspan=2

|20.22

|-align=center

|align=left|Antoaneta Todorova

|align=left|Javelin throw

|60.56

|5 Q

|60.66

|10

|-align=center

|align=left|Ivanka Vancheva

|align=left|Javelin throw

|61.16

|4 Q

|65.38

|-align=center

|align=left| Verzhinia Veselinova

|align=left|Shot put

|colspan=2

|20.72

;Combined events – pentathlon

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

! 1500 m

!Final

!Rank

|-align=center

|rowspan=2 align=left|Valentina Dimitrova

!style="font-size:95%"|Result

|14.39

|5.91

|15.65

|1.74

|2:15.50

|rowspan=2|4458

|rowspan=2|7

|-align=center

!style="font-size:95%"|Points

|-align=center

|rowspan=2 align=left|Emilia Kunova

!style="font-size:95%"|Result

|13.72

|6.10

|11.98

|1.74

|2:11.10

|rowspan=2|4431

|rowspan=2|8

|-align=center

!style="font-size:95%"|Points

Basketball

Women's tournament

The women's tournament was decided in a round robin group with all six teams. The first two places competed for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places for the bronze. The remaining teams retain their group ranks for the final standings. The host nation finished the group phase undefeated and won the gold against Bulgaria. Yugoslavia would go on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.

{| class="wikitable"

|width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"| ||Competed for the gold medal

|width=10px bgcolor="#ffdab9"| ||Competed for the bronze medal

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=130|Team

!width=20|

!width=30|

!width=20|Pts

|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left| || 5 || 0 || 553 || 316 || +237 || 10

|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left| || 4 || 1 || 440 || 405 || +35 || 9

|-bgcolor="#ffdab9"

|align=left| || 3 || 2 || 356 || 364 || −8 || 8

|-bgcolor="#ffdab9"

|align=left| || 2 || 3 || 344 || 407 || −63 || 7

|align=left| || 1 || 4 || 346 || 403 || −57 || 6

|align=left| || 0 || 5 || 308 || 452 || −144 || 5

Gold-medal match

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Ismail Mustafov → 16x16px 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 → 16x16px 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

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Repechages

!colspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left rowspan=2|Lyubomir Lyubenov

|align=left|C-1 500 m

|1:54.31

|1 Q

|colspan=2

|1:53.49

|16x16px

|align=left|C-1 1000 m

|4:06.82

|2 Q

|colspan=2

|4:12.38

|16x16px

|align=left rowspan=1|Borislav Ananiev Nikolai Ilkov

|align=left|C-2 500 m

|1:45.00

|4 Q

|colspan=2

|1:47.42

|1 Q

|1:44.83

|16x16px

|align=left rowspan=1|Raycho Karmadzhiev Kaman Kutsev

|align=left|C-2 1000 m

|3:45.56

|3 Q

|colspan=2

|3:53.89

|align=left rowspan=2|Ivan Manev

|align=left|K-1 500 m

|colspan=2| DNS

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|align=left|K-1 1000 m

|colspan=2| DNS

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|align=left rowspan=1|Slavcho Mangarakov Boiko Savov

|align=left|K-2 500 m

|colspan=2| DNS

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|align=left rowspan=1|Lazar Khristov Georgi Donchev

|align=left|K-2 1000 m

|colspan=2| DNS

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|align=left|Borislav Borisov Bozhidar Milenkov Lazar Khristov Ivan Manev

|align=left|K-4 1000 m

|3:07.19

|5 Q

|colspan=2

|3:12.00

|3 Q

|3:15.46

|16x16px

;Women

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Repechages

!colspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Vanja Gesheva

|align=left|K-1 500 m

|1:58.40

|2 Q

|colspan=2

|1:59.48

|16x16px

|align=left|Mariya Mincheva Natasha Petrova

|align=left|K-2 500 m

|1:50.51

|5 Q

|colspan=2

|1:51.66

|1 Q

|1:53.12

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Road

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Borislav Asenov

|align=left rowspan=4|Men's road race

|colspan=2| DNF

|-align=center

|align=left|Yordan Penchev

|colspan=2| DNF

|-align=center

|align=left|Andon Petrov

|colspan=2| DNF

|-align=center

|align=left|Nencho Staykov

|colspan=2| DNF

|-align=center

|align=left|Borislav Asenov Venelin Khubenov Yordan Penchev Nencho Staykov

|align=left|Team time trial

|2:05:55.2

Track

;Time trial

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Stoyan Petrov

|align=left|1 km time trial

|1:08.682

|12

Diving

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Preliminaries

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Petr Georgiev

|align=left |3 m springboard

|504.33

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=1|10 m platform

|391.32

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=1|Radoslav Radev

|align=left rowspan=1|10 m platform

|406.89

|17

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

!colspan="2"|Overall

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Georgi Gadzhev

|align=left|Vnimatelen

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual

|1146

|9 Q

|881

|-align=center

|align=left|Svetoslav Ivanov

|align=left|Aleko

|1190

|8 Q

|850

|-align=center

|align=left|Petar Mandajiev

|align=left|Schibor

|1244

|7 Q

|846

|-align=center

|align=left|Georgi Gadzhev Svetoslav Ivanov Petar Mandajiev

|align=left|See above

|align=left|Team

|3580

|colspan=2

|3580

|16x16px

Eventing

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Horse

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Dressage

!colspan="3" rowspan="2"|Cross-country

!colspan="3"|Jumping

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Total

|- style="font-size:95%"

!colspan="3"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Trifon Datsinski

|align=left|Mentor-2

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|65.80

|20

|colspan=3|DNF

|colspan=3|DNS

|colspan=1|DNF

|AC

|- align=center

|align=left|Tzvetan Dontchev

|align=left|Medisson

|66.40

|21

|114.40

|180.80

|5.00

|185.80

|- align=center

|align=left|Dimo Khristov

|align=left|Bogez

|68.80

|23

|265.60

|334.40

|13

|colspan=3|DNS

|colspan=1|DNF

|AC

|- align=center

|align=left|Dzhenko Sabev

|align=left|Normativ

|59.40

|12

|colspan=3|DNF

|colspan=3|DNS

|colspan=1|DNF

|AC

|- align=center

|align=left|Tzvetan Dontchev Dimo Khristov Dzhenko Sabev Trifon Datsinski

|align=left|See above

|align=left|Team

|191.60

|colspan=2|DNF

|AC

|colspan=2|DNF

|AC

|colspan=2|DNF

Show jumping

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="4"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Dimitar Ghenov

|align=left|Makbet

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual

|DNF

|AC

|colspan=3|DNS

|AC

|-align=center

|align=left|Nikola Dimitrov

|align=left|Vals

|24.00

|14

|12.25

|36.25

|13

|-align=center

|align=left|Boris Pavlov

|align=left|Monblan

|16.00

|10

|10.50

|26.50

|10

|- align=center

|align=left|Dimitar Ghenov Khristo Katchov Nikola Dimitrov Boris Pavlov

|align=left|See above

|align=left|Team

|76.50

|83.00

|159.50

Fencing

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

Gymnastics

Judo

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!colspan=2|Final /

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Iliyan Nedkov

|align=left|−65kg

| W 1000-0000

| L 0000-0010

|colspan=2

| W 0100-0000

| W 0010-0000

|16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|Georgi Petrov

|align=left|−78kg

|colspan=1

| W 0001-0000

| L 0000-0001

|colspan=2

| L 0000-0010

|colspan=1|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Tsancho Atanasov

|align=left|−95kg

| L 0000-1000

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|19

|- align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Dimitar Zapryanov

|align=left|+95kg

|colspan=2

| W 1000-0000

| W 0001-0000

|colspan=2

| L 0000–1000

|16x16px

|- align=center

|Open

|colspan=1

| W 0001-0000

| L 0000–0100

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Shooting (10 m air pistol)

!Fencing (épée one touch)

!Swimming (200 m freestyle)

!Riding (show jumping)

!Running (3000 m)

!rowspan=2|Total points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Points

|- align=center

|align=left| Borislav Batikov

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|Men's

|978

|740

|934

|1164

|982

|4798

|34

|- align=center

|align=left| Simeon Monev

|1010

|636

|1088

|1148

|1033

|4915

|28

|- align=center

|align=left|Nikolai Nikolov

|1004

|740

|1066

|1028

|994

|4832

|30

|- align=center

|align=left|Borislav Batikov Simeon Monev Nikolai Nikolov

|align=left|Team

|2992

|2116

|3088

|3340

|3009

|14545

|10

Rowing

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Chavdar Radoev

|align=left|Single sculls

|8:04.96

|5 R

|7:28.96

|3 Q

|7:34.21

|6 FB

|7:23.50

|10

|align=left|Dimitar Petrov Stoyko Khadilev

|align=left|Double sculls

|7:21.83

|5 R

|7:01.25

|4 FB

|colspan=2

|6:43.81

|align=left|Tsvetan Petkov Rumen Khristov Todor Kishev

|align=left|Coxed pair

|7:58.31

|2 Q

|7:25.77

|2 Q

|colspan=2

|7:09.21

|align=left|Mincho Nikolov Lyubomir Petrov Ivo Rusev Bogdan Dobrev

|align=left|Quadruple sculls

|6:01.68

|2 R

|6:00.78

|2 Q

|colspan=2

|5:52.38

|16x16px

|align=left|Georgi Georgiev Lachezar Boychev Kiril Kirchev Valentin Stoev

|align=left|Coxless four

|6:47.21

|3 R

|6:22.57

|3 Q

|colspan=2

|6:22.49

|align=left|Khristo Aleksandrov Vilkhelm Germanov Georgi Petkov Stoyan Stoyanov Nenko Dobrev

|align=left|Coxed Four

|6:53.37

|4 R

|6:31.46

|2 Q

|colspan=2

|6:28.13

|align=left|Dimitar Yanakiev Todor Mrankov Bozhidar Rangelov Ivan Botev Yani Ignatov Mikhail Petrov Petar Patsev Veselin Shterev Ventseslav Kanchev

|align=left|Eight

|6:03.99

|4 R

|5:46.28

|2 Q

|colspan=2

|6:04.05

;Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Rositsa Spasova

|align=left|Single sculls

|4:01.33

|1 Q

|colspan=2

|3:47.86

|3 Q

|3:47.22

|align=left|Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova

|align=left|Double sculls

|3:37.86

|4 R

|3:21.36

| 2 Q

|colspan=2

|3:23.14

|align=left|Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kubatova

|align=left|Coxless pair

|4:00.38

|3 R

|3:37.48

|3 Q

|colspan=2

|3:32.39

|16x16px

|align=left|Mariana Serbezova Rumelyana Boncheva Dolores Nakova Anka Bakova Anka Georgieva

|align=left|Quadruple sculls

|3:14.91

|1 Q

|colspan=2

|3:16.10

|16x16px

|align=left|Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova Nadiya Filipova

|align=left|Coxed four

|3:26.75

|1 Q

|colspan=2

|3:20.75

|16x16px

|align=left|Daniela Stavreva Stefka Koleva Snezkha Khristeva Rumyana Kostova Todorka Vasileva Vaneta Karamandzhukova Mariana Mincheva Valentina Aleksandrova Stanka Georgieva

|align=left|Eight

|3:20.25

|3 R

|3:15.49

|2 Q

|colspan=2

|3:10.03

Sailing

;Open

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=7|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

|- align=center

|align=left|Nikolai Vasilev

|align=left|Finn

|<s>DSQ</s>

|18

|11

|16

|14

|DNF

|124.0

|18

|- align=center

|align=left|Mitko Kabakov Dimitr Georgiev

|align=left|Flying Dutchman

|13

|<s>14</s>

|13

|14

|13

|10

|112.0

|14

|- align=center

|align=left|Tsviatko Penchev Krasimir Krastev

|align=left|Tornado

|11

|10

|<s>RET</s>

|10

|94.0

|10

Shooting

;Open

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Final

!Score

!Rank

|rowspan=1|Lyubcho Dyakov

||50 m pistol

|align="center"|565

|align="center"|16x16px

|rowspan=1|Kiril Gechevski

||Skeet

|align="center"|184

|align="center"|37

|rowspan=1|Ivan Mandov

||25 m rapid fire pistol

|align="center"|592

|align="center"|12

|rowspan=1|Anton Manolov

||Skeet

|align="center"|192

|align="center"|21

|rowspan=2|Nonka Matova

|50 m rifle three positions

|align="center"|1163

|align="center"|6

||50 m rifle prone

|align="center"|597

|align="center"|7

|rowspan=1|Stayko Nenov

||Trap

|align="center"|187

|align="center"|18

|rowspan=1|Lyuben Popov

||50 m pistol

|align="center"|575

|align="center"|11

|rowspan=1|Todor Stoimenov

||25 m rapid fire pistol

|align="center"|590

|align="center"|16

|rowspan=1|Emiliyan Yankov

|50 m rifle three positions

|align="center"|1142

|align="center"|22

|rowspan=1|Pencho Vichev

||Trap

|align="center"|188

|align="center"|14

|rowspan=1|Petar Zapryanov

||50 m rifle prone

|align="center"|598

|align="center"|16x16px

Swimming

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Plamen Alexandrov

|align=left|100 metre breaststroke

|1:07.45

|20

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left rowspan=2|Tzvetan Golomeev

|align=left|100 metre freestyle

|53.50

|30

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left|200 metre freestyle

|1:55.88

|29

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left rowspan=2|Petar Kochanov

|align=left|200 metre freestyle

|1:54.45

|18

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left|400 metre freestyle

|4:05.28

|23

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left|Branimir Popov

|align=left|100 metre backstroke

|1:00.06

|21

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left rowspan=2|Yulian Vasilev

|align=left|100 metre freestyle

|53.61

|31

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left|100 metre butterfly

|57.27

|17

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left|Petar Kochanov Krasimir Tumanov Petar Stoianov Tsvetan Golomeev

|align=left|4 × 200 m freestyle relay

|colspan=2|DSQ

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|align=left|Branimir Popov Plamen Donchev Yulian Vasilev Tsvetan Golomeev

|align=left|4 × 100 m medley relay

|3:58.35

|10

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left rowspan=2|Tanya Bogomilova

|align=left|100 metre breaststroke

|1:13.52

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left|200 metre breaststroke

|2:39.11

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left rowspan=2|Sonya Dangalakova

|align=left|200 metre freestyle

|2:05.67

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left|400 metre individual medley

|4:56.26

|4:49.25

|align=left|Dobrinka Mincheva

|align=left|200 metre freestyle

|2:09.09

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left|Dobrinka Mincheva Rumiana Nikolova Ani Kostova Sonya Dangalakova

|align=left|4 × 100 m freestyle relay

|3:59.65

|3:56.34

|align=left|Sonya Dangalakova Tanya Bogomilova Ani Moneva Dobrinka Mincheva

|align=left|4 × 100 m medley relay

|4:24.69

|4:22.38

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Preliminary round

;Pool A

Semifinals

Gold-medal match

Team roster

Stoyan Gunchev
Hristo Stoyanov
Dimitar Zlatanov
Dimitar Dimitrov
Tsano Tsanov
Stefan Dimitrov
Petko Petkov
Mitko Todorov
Kaspar Simeonov
Emil Valtchev
Hristo Iliev
Yordan Angelov

Women's team competition

Preliminary round

Teams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the semi-finals and the finals.

;Group B

Semifinal

3rd Place Match

Team roster

Tania Dimitrova
Valentina Ilieva
Galina Stancheva
Silva Petrunova
Anka Khristolova
Verka Borisova
Margarita Gerasimova
Rumiana Kaicheva
Maia Georgieva
Tania Gogova
Tsvetana Bozhurina
Rositsa Dimitrova

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group C

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

!width="25" |

!width="200"|Team

!width="60"|Points

!width="60"|G

!width="60"|W

!width="60"|D

!width="60"|L

!width="60"|GF

!width="60"|GA

!width="60"|Diff

|- bgcolor="#aaffaa"

|1.

|align=left|

|5||3||2||1||0||24||10||+14

|- bgcolor="#aaffaa"

|2.

|align=left|

|5||3||2||1||0||19||11||+8

|- bgcolor="#eeffee"

|3.

|align=left|

|2||3||1||0||2||15||20||–5

|- bgcolor="#eeffee"

|4.

|align=left|

|0||3||0||0||3||8||25||–17

Final Round

Group B

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

!width="25" |

!width="200"|Team

!width="60"|Points

!width="60"|G

!width="60"|W

!width="60"|D

!width="60"|L

!width="60"|GF

!width="60"|GA

!width="60"|Diff

|7.

|align=left|

|9||5||4||1||0||30||19||+11

|8.

|align=left|

|8||5||4||0||1||26||18||+8

|9.

|align=left|

|7||5||3||1||1||36||26||+10

|10.

|align=left|

|4||5||2||0||3||28||28||0

|11.

|align=left|

|2||5||1||0||4||23||40||–17

|12.

|align=left|

|0||5||0||0||5||25||37||–12

Team Roster
Volodia Sirakov
Andrei Andreev
Kiril Kiriakov
Asen Denchev
Vasil Nanov
Anton Partalev
Petar Kostadinov
Nikolai Stamatov
Biser Georgiev
Matei Popov
Georgi Gospodinov

Weightlifting

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|align=left|Stefan Dimitrov

|align=left|−60 kg

|127.5

|160

|287.5

|16x16px

|align=left|Yanko Rusev

|align=left rowspan=2|−67,5 kg

|147.5

|195

|342.5

|16x16px

|align=left|Mincho Pashov

|142.5

|182.5

|325

|16x16px

|align=left|Asen Zlatev

|align=left rowspan=2|−75 kg

|160

|200

|360

|16x16px

|align=left|Nedelcho Kolev

|157.5

|187.5

|345

|16x16px

|align=left|Blagoy Blagoev

|align=left rowspan=2|−82,5 kg

|175

|197.5

|372.5

|16x16px

|align=left|Krasimir Drandarov

|155

|200

|355

|align=left|Rumen Aleksandrov

|align=left|−90 kg

|170

|205

|375

|16x16px

|align=left|Plamen Asparukhov

|align=left|−100 kg

|170

|NVL

|170

|DNF

|align=left|Valentin Khristov

|align=left rowspan=1|−110 kg

|185

|220

|405

|16x16px

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=7|Elimination Pool

!colspan=2|Final round

|- style="font-size: 95%"

!Round 1 Result

!Round 2 Result

!Round 3 Result

!Round 4 Result

!Round 5 Result

!Round 6 Result

!Round 7 Result

!Final round Result

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Rumen Yordanov

|align=left|−48 kg

| W T 7:53

| L 10-12

| L 6-8

|colspan=4

|Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Nermedin Selimov

|align=left|−52 kg

| W T 1:40

| W T 2:25

| W T 4:37

| W 16-6

| L T 1:53

| W 19-3

|colspan=1

| L 5-6

|16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|Ivan Tsochev

|align=left|−57 kg

| L T 4:46

| W T 4:26

| W 13-1

| W T 6:40

| L 6-9

|colspan=2

||Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Miho Dukov

|align=left|−62 kg

| W T 5:27

| W 8-8

| W 16-8

| L 2-4

| W 10-3

|colspan=2

| W T 2:04

|16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|Ivan Yankov

|align=left|−68 kg

| W 15-1

| W 11-3

| L 1-6

| W 11-7

|colspan=2

| W 6-2

|16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|Valentin Raychev

|align=left|−74 kg

| W T 4:20

| W T 7:59

| W 25-6

| W 12-8

| W 9-4

| W T 1:59

| W 10-6

| W 6-5

|16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|Ismail Abilov

|align=left|−82 kg

| W T 4:01

| W T 0:46

| W DQ 7:25

| W T 4:19

| W 8-4

|colspan=2

| W T 1:48

|16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|Ivan Ginov

|align=left|−90 kg

| W DQ 7:55

|colspan=1

| L 6-12

| W 7-4

| L 3-4

|colspan=2

||Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Slavcho Chervenkov

|align=left|−100 kg

| W DQ 6:42

| W T 1:14

| W T 1:08

| W 6-4

|colspan=1

|colspan=2

| W 11-3

|16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|Petar Ivanov

|align=left|+100 kg

| L DQ 8:37

| W T 0:58

| L 3-5

|colspan=4

||Did not advance

Men's Greco-Roman

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=6|Elimination Pool

!colspan=2|Final round

|- style="font-size: 95%"

!Round 1 Result

!Round 2 Result

!Round 3 Result

!Round 4 Result

!Round 5 Result

!Round 6 Result

!Final round Result

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Pavel Hristov

|align=left|−48kg

| W DQ 8:16

| W DQ 14-4

| W 27-0

| L DQ 7:34

| L 7-12

|colspan=1

||Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Mladen Mladenov

|align=left|−52kg

| W T 8:28

| W 4-3

| L 2-7

| W 5-2

|colspan=2

| L 0-5

|16x16px

|- align=center

|align=left|Georgi Donev

|align=left|−57kg

| W T 7:23

| L T 17:7

| L 4-10

|colspan=3

||Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Panaiot Kirov

|align=left|−62kg

| W DQ 5:37

| L D 7:00

| W 5-3

| L DQ 7:15

|colspan=2

||Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Ivan Atanasov

|align=left|−68kg

| L T 5:35

| W 7-2

| W DQ 8:36

| L 10-10

|colspan=2

||Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Yanko Chopov

|align=left|−74kg

| W DQ 7:57

| W T 2:28

| W 4-3

| W 6-2

| L 4-5

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||Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Pavel Pavlov

|align=left|−82kg

| W T 3:48

| W DQ 5:42

| W DQ 8:01

| W 4-3

| L 4-11

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| L T 1:28

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|- align=center

|align=left|Stoyan Ivanov

|align=left|−90kg

| L DQ 7:09

| W DQ 4:58

| L 2-6

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||Did not advance

|- align=center

|align=left|Georgi Raikov

|align=left|−100kg

|colspan=1

| W DQ 8:05

| W DQ 6:39

| W 7-2

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| W D 7:52

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|- align=center

|align=left|Aleksandar Tomov

|align=left|+100kg

| W DQ 3:57

| W DQ 5:16

| W DQ 7:25

| W T 0:55

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| L 2-4

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Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Basketball

Women's tournament

Gold-medal match

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Gold-medal match

Team roster

Women's team competition

Preliminary round

Semifinal

3rd Place Match

Team roster

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group C

Final Round

Group B

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

References