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| 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) | |
Bulgaria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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)LKO R3 | ||||||
| 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 |
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:
| 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 [upper-alpha 1] | | 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 | 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 |  |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |  |
| 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 | |
Notes
Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.
The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 79 to 87 kilograms.
The men's freestyle middleweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 1 August to 3 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Nations were limited to one competitor. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 79kg.
The men's Greco-Roman welterweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 6 August to 9 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 72kg.
The men's Greco-Roman flyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).
The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 to 57 kilograms.
The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms.
The men's Greco-Roman lightweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms.
The men's Greco-Roman welterweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms.
The men's Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms.
The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms (191.8 lb).
The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).
The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 to 57 kilograms.
The men's freestyle featherweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms.
The men's freestyle lightweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms.
The men's freestyle welterweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms.
The men's freestyle middleweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms.
The men's freestyle light heavyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 79 to 87 kilograms.
The men's freestyle heavyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms (191.8 lb).
The men's Greco-Roman lightweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 26 to 31 August at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor. Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms.
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