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 MedalNameSportEventDateValentin YordanovWrestlingMen's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)2 AugustStefka KostadinovaAthleticsWomen's high jump3 AugustDaniel PetrovBoxingMen's Light Flyweight3 AugustEmil MilevShootingMen's 25 metre rapid fire pistol24 JulyYoto YotovWeightliftingMen's Middleweight (76 kg)24 JulyDiana IorgovaShootingWomen's 25 metre pistol26 JulyKrasimir DunevGymnasticsMen's horizontal Bar28 JulyTontcho Tontchev BoxingMen's Lightweight3 AugustSerafim TodorovBoxingMen's Featherweight4 AugustMaia Tabakova, Ivelina Taleva, Vjara Vatachka, Ina Deltcheva, Valentina Kevlian, and Maria KolevaGymnasticsWomen's rhythmic group all-around5 AugustTanyu KiryakovShootingMen's 10 metre air pistol20 JulySevdalin MinchevWeightliftingMen's Flyweight (54 kg)20 JulyMariya GrozdevaShootingWomen's 10 metre air pistol21 JulyNikolay PeshalovWeightliftingMen's Bantamweight (59 kg)21 JulyAndrian Dushev and Milko KazanovCanoeingMen's K2 1,000 metres Kayak Pairs3 August
Archery
Bulgaria sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankStefan MlyakovMen's individual61762L 156–162Did not advance45
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 (→ 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 → 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 → 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 → 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
AthleteEvent1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreMagdalena MaleevaWomen's Singles W 6–2, 6-1 W 7–6, 6-1 L 4–6, 4-6Did 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)
Wrestling
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