Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEvent Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km Lebanov was the first Bulgarian to win a Winter Olympics Medal.
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKhristo AngelovGiant Slalom1:25.97401:26.81332:52.7832Mitko Khadzhiev1:25.27371:25.15302:50.4231Petar Popangelov1:23.80341:24.32252:48.1227Lyudmil Tonchev1:23.73331:25.09292:48.8230Mitko KhadzhievSlalom57.342754.04201:51.3821Khristo Angelov57.032553.48171:50.5119Lyudmil Tonchev56.852253.38161:50.2317Petar Popangelov54.84950.5621:45.406
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintYuri Mitev437:23.9536Vladimir Velichkov537:10.7134
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmVladimir Velichkov1'09:57.24181'27:57.2443Yuri Mitev1'11:58.06101'21:58.0640
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. 2 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmKhristo Barzanov45:05.2138Ivan Lebanov43:37.321530 kmKhristo Barzanov1'32:03.4923Ivan Lebanov1'28:03.87
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com