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Bulgaria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).
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) | |
Medalists
editGold
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
editPreliminary round
editGroup C
editTEAM | PTS | P | W | L | PF | PA |
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Uruguay | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 238 | 187 |
Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 199 |
Formosa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 249 |
South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 255 |
Quarterfinal
editGroup B
editTEAM | PTS | P | W | L | PF | PA |
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United States | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 283 | 150 |
Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 209 |
Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 182 | 224 |
Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 | 282 |
Classification playoffs
edit5th place match
editBoxing
editFootball
editFirst round
editQuarterfinals
editSemifinals
editBronze Medal match
editGymnastics
editWeightlifting
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
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