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Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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Bulgaria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).
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| Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BUL |
| NOC | Bulgarian Olympic Committee |
| in Melbourne/Stockholm | |
| Competitors | 43 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Georgi Panov |
| Medals Ranked 19th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Nikola Stanchev | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Middleweight | 1 December |
 Silver |
Yusein Mekhmedov | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Heavyweight | 1 December |
| Silver |
Dimitar Dobrev | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight | 6 December |
| Silver |
Petko Sirakov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight | 6 December |
 Bronze |
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 | Association football | Men's team Competition | 7 December |
Basketball
Preliminary round
Group C
| TEAM | PTS | P | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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
Group B
| TEAM | PTS | P | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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
5th place match
Boxing
Two boxers are competing for Bulgaria, including the bronze medalist from the last Olympics Boris Nikolov.He reached the quarterfinal, where he lost from Pietrzykowski from Poland.
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||||
| Boris Nikolov | Men's light middleweight |  Safdar (PAK)W PTS |
 Pietrzykowski (POL)L PTS |
Did not advance | ||||
| Bozhil Lozanov | Men's heavyweight | Mukhin (URS) L KO R3 | ||||||
Football
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze Medal match
Gymnastics
Weightlifting
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Military press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Competition format
Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. Everyone, who is competing in the first round is qualifying for the second, no matter if they achieved a win by decision or fall, or they achieved a lose. At the end of each round, any wrestler with more than 5 points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when 3 wrestlers remained. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin medal round (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.
Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
- DQ - Fortreit - Lost because of fortreit.
- Men's Greco-Roman
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Medal rounds | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Dinko Petrov | Men's bantamweight |  Vesterby (SWE)W 2-1 PP |
 Vercouteren (BEL)W 3-0 PP |
Vyrupayev (URS) L Fall VT |
Did not advance | 6 | |
| Dimitar Stoyanov[A]| | Men's lightweight | Anderberg (SWE) W 3–0 PP |
Evans (USA) W 3-0 PP |
 Lehtonen (FIN) L 0-3 PO |
 Brötzner (AUT) W 3–0
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Did not advance | 5 |
| Mitko Petkov | Men's welterweight |  Vargset (NOR)W 3–0 PP |
 Mithat Bayrak (TUR)L Fortreit DQ |
Did not advance | 8 | ||
| Dimitar Dobrev | Men's middleweight |  Simic (YUG)W Fall VT |
Bye | Punkari (FIN) W 2-1 PP |
Kartozia (URS) L 1-2 PO |
Jansson (SWE) W 3-0 PP |
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| Petko Sirakov | Men's light heavyweight | Nikolayev (URS) L 0-3 PO |
Atan (TUR) W 2-1 PP |
O.Thomas (USA) W Fall VT |
 Steckle (CAN)W Fall VT |
Nillson (SWE) W 3-0 PP |
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| Husein Mehmedov | Men's heavyweight | Kangasniemi (FIN) W 3-0 PP |
 Dietrich (GER)L Fall VT |
Parfyonov (URS) L Fortreit DQ |
Did not advance | 7 | |
- Men's Freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Medal rounds | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Georgi Zaychev | Men's lightweight | Güngör (TUR) L 0-3 PO |
Bye | Bestayev (URS) L Fall VT |
Did not advance | 10 | |
| Mitko Petkov | Men's welterweight | Ochman (CAN) W Fall VT |
 de Villiers (RSA) L 0-3 PP |
 Sorouri (IRN) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 7 | |
| Nikola Stanchev | Men's middleweight | Skhirtladze (URS) W 3-0 PP |
 Katsuramoto (JPN)L Fall VT |
Sterr (GER) W Fall VT |
Lindblad (SWE) W Fall VT |
Hodge (USA) W Fall VT |
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| Husein Mehmedov | Men's heavyweight | Nouri (IRN) W 3-0 PP |
Kangasniemi (FIN) W Fall VT |
Vykhristyuk (URS) W 3-0 PP |
 Richmond (GBR)W 3-0 PP |
Kaplan (TUR) L 0-3 PO |
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Notes
- In the third round Stoyanov lost from Kyösti Lehtonen from Finland with result 0-3, but apart from that he was in the top five wrestlers with fewest points, which was enough for him to advance to the fourth round. In the fourth round, Stoyanov had to play two matches and win both of them to qualify for the medal rounds.Unfortunately, he lost his match against Riza Doğan from Turkey with result 1-3 and he did not advance
References
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