Bulgaria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 110 competitors, 74 men and 36 women, took part in 89 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
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!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
!Date
|-
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|Valentin Yordanov
|Wrestling
|Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)
|2 August
|-
|
|Stefka Kostadinova
|Athletics
|Women's high jump
|3 August
|-
|
|Daniel Petrov
|Boxing
|Men's Light Flyweight
|3 August
|-
|
|Emil Milev
|Shooting
|Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
|24 July
|-
|
|Yoto Yotov
|Weightlifting
|Men's Middleweight (76 kg)
|24 July
|-
|
|Diana Iorgova
|Shooting
|Women's 25 metre pistol
|26 July
|-
|
|Krasimir Dunev
|Gymnastics
|Men's horizontal Bar
|28 July
|-
|
|Tontcho Tontchev
|Boxing
|Men's Lightweight
|3 August
|-
|
|Serafim Todorov
|Boxing
|Men's Featherweight
|4 August
|-
|
|Maia Tabakova, Ivelina Taleva, Vjara Vatachka, Ina Deltcheva, Valentina Kevlian, and Maria Koleva
|Gymnastics
|Women's rhythmic group all-around
|5 August
|-
|
|Tanyu Kiryakov
|Shooting
|Men's 10 metre air pistol
|20 July
|-
|
|Sevdalin Minchev
|Weightlifting
|Men's Flyweight (54 kg)
|20 July
|-
|
|Mariya Grozdeva
|Shooting
|Women's 10 metre air pistol
|21 July
|-
|
|Nikolay Peshalov
|Weightlifting
|Men's Bantamweight (59 kg)
|21 July
|-
|
|Andrian Dushev and Milko Kazanov
|Canoeing
|Men's K2 1,000 metres Kayak Pairs
|3 August
|}
Archery
Bulgaria sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan="2"|Ranking round
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final /
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Score
!Seed
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|Stefan Mlyakov
|Men's individual
|617
|62
|<br />L 156–162
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|45
|}
Athletics
Men's Long Jump
- Ivaylo Mladenov
- Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Khristo Stefanov — 2:18.29 (→ 30th place)
- Petko Stefanov — 2:29.06 (→ 80th place)
Women's High Jump
- Stefka Kostadinova
- Qualification — 1.93m
- Final — 2.05m (→ 16x16px Gold Medal)
- Venelina Veneva
- Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Sonya Radicheva
- Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
- Atanaska Angelova
- Qualification — 59.82m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
- Svetla Mitkova
- Qualification — 17.48m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
- Iva Prandzheva
- Qualification — 6.62m
- Final — 6.82m (→ DSQ)
Women's Triple Jump
- Iva Prandzheva
- Qualification — 14.61m
- Final — 14.92m (→ DSQ)
Badminton
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (— 48 kg)
- Daniel Petrov → 16x16px Gold Medal
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Nshan Munchyan (Armenia), 11-5
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 18-6
- Semi Finals — Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 17-8
- Final — Defeated Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 19-6
Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg)
- Yuliyan Strogov
- First Round — Lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 11-12
Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg)
- Aleksandar Khristov
- First Round — Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela), 3-9
Men's Featherweight (— 57 kg)
- Serafim Todorov → 16x16px Silver Medal
- First Round — Defeated Yevheniy Shestakov (Ukraine), 11-4
- Second Round — Defeated Robert Peden (Australia), 20-8
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Falk Huste (Germany), 14-6
- Semi Finals — Defeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 10-9
- Final — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand), 5-8
Men's Lightweight (— 60 kg)
- Tontcho Tontchev → 16x16px Silver Medal
- First Round — Defeated Oktavian Taykou (Moldova), referee stopped contest in second round
- Second Round — Defeated Dennis Zimba (Zambia), 17-9
- Quarter Finals — Defeated Michael Strange (Canada), 16-10
- Semi Finals — Defeated Terrance Cauthen (United States), 15-12
- Final — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 3-3 (referee decision)
Men's Light Welterweight (— 63,5 kg)
- Radoslav Suslekov
- First Round — Lost to Babak Moghimi (Iran), 3-11
Canoeing
Diving
Women's 10m Platform
- Radoslava Georgieva
- Semi Finals — 402.54 pt(→ 16th place)
Fencing
Three fencers, one man and two women, represented Bulgaria in 1996.
;Men's épée
- Iliya Mechkov
;Women's foil
- Anna Angelova
- Ivana Georgieva
Gymnastics
Judo
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Denislav Kalchev
- Heat — 54.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Denislav Kalchev
- Heat — 2:08.16 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Tennis
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!1st Round
!2nd Round
!3rd Round
!Quarter-finals
!Semi-finals
!Final
|-
!Opposition<br>Score
!Opposition<br>Score
!Opposition<br>Score
!Opposition<br>Score
!Opposition<br>Score
!Opposition<br>Score
|- align=center
|align=left|Magdalena Maleeva
|align=left|Women's Singles
| <br>W 6–2, 6-1
| <br>W 7–6, 6-1
| <br>L 4–6, 4-6
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|}
Volleyball
Men's Indoor Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Cuba (0-3)
- Defeated Brazil (3-0)
- Lost to Argentina (1-3)
- Defeated Poland (3-0)
- Defeated United States (3-2)
- Quarterfinals
- Lost to Netherlands (1-3)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (1-3)
- 7th/8th place: Defeated Argentina (3-1) → 7th place
- Team Roster
- Lubomir Ganev
- Ivaylo Gavrilov
- Plamen Hristov
- Evgeni Ivanov
- Nikolay Ivanov
- Plamen Konstantinov
- Lyudmil Naydenov
- Nayden Naydenov
- Petar Ouzounov
- Martin Stoev
- Dimo Tonev (captain)
- Nikolay Jeliazkov
Weightlifting
Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Krastu Milev
- Final — 160.0 + 200.0 = 360.0 (→ 8th place)