Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Bulgaria at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
IOC code BUL
NOC Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website www.bgolympic.org  (in Bulgarian and English)
in Athens
Competitors95 in 19 sports
Flag bearer Mariya Grozdeva [1]
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
9
Total
12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Bulgaria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for three occasions, including the 1948 Summer Olympics in London due to the nation's role in World War II and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee sent 95 athletes, 49 men and 46 women, to compete in 19 sports. Shooting champion and four-time Olympian Mariya Grozdeva became the nation's first ever female flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mariya Grozdeva Shooting Women's 25 m pistol August 18
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Milen Dobrev Weightlifting Men's 94 kg August 23
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yordan Yovchev Gymnastics Men's rings August 22
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Boris Georgiev Boxing Light welterweight August 28
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yordan Yovchev Gymnastics Men's floor August 22
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zhaneta Ilieva
Eleonora Kezhova
Zornitsa Marinova
Kristina Ranguelova
Galina Tancheva
Vladislava Tancheva
Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around August 28
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Georgi Georgiev Judo Men's 66 kg August 15
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ivo Yanakiev Rowing Men's single sculls August 19
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rumyana Neykova Rowing Women's single sculls August 21
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mariya Grozdeva Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol August 15
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Velichko Cholakov Weightlifting Men's +105 kg August 25
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Armen Nazaryan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg August 26

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yavor Hristov Men's individual 64142Flag of Poland.svg  Proć  (POL)
W 133–132
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen S-Y  (TPE)
L 159–170
Did not advance

Athletics

Bulgarian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). [2] [3]

Key
Men
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Nikolay Atanasov Long jump 7.9017Did not advance
Spas Bukhalov Pole vault 5.5027Did not advance
Petar Dachev Long jump 8.0513Did not advance
Iliyan Efremov Pole vault NMDid not advance
Momchil Karailiev Triple jump 16.4522Did not advance
Galin Kostadinov Shot put 17.7537Did not advance
Ivaylo Rusenov Triple jump 16.3924Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Mariyana Dimitrova 400 m 51.292 Q51.204Did not advance
Monika Gachevska 200 m 23.716Did not advance
Ivet Lalova 100 m 11.161 Q11.092 Q11.043 Q11.004
200 m 22.881 Q22.812 Q22.563 Q22.575
Nevena Mineva 20 km walk DNF
Daniela Yordanova 1500 m 4:05.873 Q4:04.945 Q3:59.105
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mariya Dimitrova Triple jump 14.1619Did not advance
Hristina Georgieva Javelin throw 55.1332Did not advance
Tsvetanka Khristova Discus throw 43.2541Did not advance
Aneliya Kumanova Shot put 15.9130Did not advance
Tanya Stefanova Pole vault 4.15=24Did not advance
Venelina Veneva High jump 1.9215Did not advance
Antoniya Yordanova Long jump 6.4521Did not advance

Badminton

Bulgaria has qualified two spots in the women's singles and doubles.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Petya Nedelcheva Women's singles Flag of Denmark.svg  Rasmussen  (DEN)
W 8–11, 11–7, 13–11
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Seo Y-H  (KOR)
W 7–11, 11–5, 11–8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou M  (CHN)
L 4–11, 1–11
Did not advance
Neli Boteva
Petya Nedelcheva
Women's doubles Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Tripp /
Wright  (GBR)
L 15–17, 14–17
Did not advance

Boxing

Bulgaria sent five boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals scoreboard. Their combined record was 5-5.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Salim Salimov Light flyweight Flag of Thailand.svg  Pannon  (THA)
L 14–26
Did not advance
Detelin Dalakliev Bantamweight Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Aferalign  (ETH)
WRSC
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Mammadov  (AZE)
L 16–35
Did not advance
Dimitar Shtilianov Lightweight Flag of Turkey.svg  Aydın  (TUR)
W 20–11
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Khan  (GBR)
L 21–37
Did not advance
Boris Georgiev Light welterweight Flag of Algeria.svg  Fillali  (ALG)
WRSC
Flag of the United States.svg  Allen  (USA)
W 30–10
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Karimzhanov  (KAZ)
W 20–18
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Johnson  (CUB)
L 9–13
Did not advance Bronze medal.svg
Sergey Rozhnov Super heavyweight Flag of Russia.svg  Povetkin  (RUS)
LRSC
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stanimir Atanasov C-1 500 m 1:52.9175 q1:50.6312 Q1:49.7598
C-1 1000 m 3:55.5902 q4:05.6646Did not advance
Petar Merkov K-1 500 m 1:38.7253 q1:42.2076Did not advance
Ivan Hristov
Yordan Yordanov
K-2 500 m 1:33.2224 q1:33.1825Did not advance
Ivan Hristov
Milko Kazanov
Petar Merkov
Yordan Yordanov
K-4 1000 m 2:54.2522 QBye2:59.6224
Women
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Delyana Dacheva
Bonka Pindzheva
K-2 500 m 1:44.2685 q1:44.2461 Q1:42.5536

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Dmitar Gospodinov Men's road race Did not finish

Track

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Evgenia Radanova Women's sprint 12.457
57.798
12Flag of Australia.svg  Meares  (AUS)
L
Flag of Russia.svg  Grankovskaya  (RUS)
Flag of the United States.svg  Reed  (USA)
L
Did not advance9th place final
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Pendleton  (GBR)
Flag of the United States.svg  Reed  (USA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Hijgenaar  (NED)
L
12
Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Radoslav Konstantinov Men's time trial 1:06.26517

Equestrian

Show jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotal
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound B
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Rossen Raitchev Medoc II Individual 5=311217=4282540 Q2143Did not advance2143

Gymnastics

Artistic

Bulgaria has qualified three gymnasts (two males and one female).

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Filip Yanev All-around 9.0128.3008.1379.6258.3759.13752.58646Did not advance
Vault 9.6259.62513 Q9.5819.5815
Yordan Yovchev Floor 9.7009.7009 Q9.7759.775 Bronze medal.svg
Rings 9.8129.8122 Q9.8509.850 Silver medal.svg
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Evgeniya Kuznetsova Uneven bars 8.1508.15081Did not advance
Balance beam 8.8878.88746Did not advance

Rhythmic

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
HoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRank
Elizabeth Paisieva Individual 24.97521.97523.85023.97594.77512Did not advance
Simona Peycheva 25.47524.80024.70023.72598.7007 Q25.37525.67525.60024.400101.0506
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
5 ribbons3 hoops
2 balls
TotalRank5 ribbons3 hoops
2 balls
TotalRank
Zhaneta Ilieva
Eleonora Kezhova
Zornitsa Marinova
Kristina Ranguelova
Galina Tancheva
Vladislava Tancheva
Team 22.30024.60046.9003 Q23.40025.20048.600 Bronze medal.svg

Judo

Bulgaria has qualified two judoka.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Georgi Georgiev Men's −66 kg Flag of Georgia.svg  Margoshvili  (GEO)
W 1010–0012
Flag of Turkey.svg  Demirel  (TUR)
W 1020–0001
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kipshakbayev  (KAZ)
W 0100–0001
Flag of Japan.svg  Uchishiba  (JPN)
L 0000–1000
ByeFlag of Spain.svg  Peñas  (ESP)
W 0001–0000
Bronze medal icon.svg
Tsvetana Bozhilova Women's +78 kg Flag of Mexico.svg  Zambotti  (MEX)
L 0000–1010
Did not advance

Rowing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ivo Yanakiev Single sculls 7:28.972 R6:52.511 SA/B/C6:53.432 FA6:52.80Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rumyana Neykova Single sculls 7:35.661 SA/B/CBye7:32.062 FA7:23.10Bronze medal icon.svg
Anna Chuk
Milka Tancheva
Pair 7:52.453 R7:17.163 FB7:11.898
Anet-Jacqueline Buschmann
Miglena Markova
Double sculls 7:35.462 R6:52.781 FA7:13.974

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Veselin Nanev Mistral 33DNF33303032302933253030533
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Irina Konstantinova Mistral 20228201310161817161415219

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Tanyu Kiryakov 10 m air pistol 583=4 Q683.44
50 m pistol 5626 Q654.37
Emil Milev 25 m rapid fire pistol 5829Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Mariya Grozdeva 10 m air pistol 386=2 Q482.3*Bronze medal icon.svg
25 m pistol 5853 Q688.2 OR Gold medal icon.svg

Swimming

Bulgarian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mihail Alexandrov 200 m freestyle 1:52.1231Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:17.1928Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:02.3918Did not advance
Raichin Antonov 50 m freestyle 23.6752Did not advance
100 m freestyle 52.3352Did not advance
Georgi Palazov 100 m butterfly 54.91 NR 40Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:02.1526Did not advance
Petar Stoychev 400 m freestyle 3:59.8632Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:28.3217Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Ana Dangalakova 400 m individual medley 5:01.0023Did not advance
Ivanka Moralieva 400 m freestyle 4:25.9236Did not advance
800 m freestyle 9:03.1326Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Assia Anastassova
Bogdana Zareva
Duet 41.5832041.83483.41720Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Magdalena Maleeva Women's singles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Koukalová  (CZE)
W 6–1, 6–4
Flag of Greece.svg  Daniilidou  (GRE)
L 6–2, 4–6, 4-6
Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Petia Yanchulova
Tzvetelina Yanchulova
Women's Pool E
Flag of Australia.svg  Cook Sanderson  (AUS)
L 0 – 2 (16–21, 12–21)
Flag of Germany.svg  Pohl Rau  (GER)
W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–13)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang L You Wh  (CHN)
W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–17)
3 QFlag of Brazil.svg  Bede Behar  (BRA)
L 1 – 2 (21–18, 16–21, 11–15)
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Bulgaria has qualified the following quota places.

Men
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Sevdalin Minchev −62 kg 137.54170DNF137.5DNF
Ivan Stoitsov −77 kg 155=11200=23557
Milen Dobrev −94 kg 187.5 =OR 1220=1407.5Gold medal icon.svg
Nikolay Kolev 177.56217.5DNF177.5DNF
Velichko Cholakov +105 kg 207.52240=4447.5Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Izabela Dragneva −48 kg 82.5=4105=6187.55
Zlatina Atanasova −58 kg 90=111151220512
Slaveyka Ruzhinska −69 kg 1154135=42504
Milena Trendafilova 105=6132.56237.56

Wrestling

Key
Men's freestyle
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Radoslav Velikov −55 kg Flag of South Africa.svg  Williams  (RSA)
W 4–1 SP
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Zy  (CHN)
L 1–3 PP
2Did not advance9
Ivan Djorev −60 kg Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Quintana  (CUB)
L 0–3 PO
Flag of India.svg  Kumar  (IND)
L 0–3 PO
3Did not advance18
Serafim Barzakov −66 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  MacDonald  (CAN)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Spiridonov  (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP
2Did not advance8
Nikolay Paslar −74 kg Flag of Poland.svg  Brzozowski  (POL)
L 1–3 PP
Flag of Macedonia.svg  Osmanov  (MKD)
W 3–1 PP
2Did not advance11
Miroslav Gochev −84 kg Flag of Macedonia.svg  Ibragimov  (MKD)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Moon E-J  (KOR)
L 1–3 PP
2Did not advance12
Krasimir Kochev −96 kg Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Krupnyakov  (KGZ)
L 1–3 PP
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Ibragimov  (UZB)
L 0–3 PO
3Did not advance17
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev −120 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Rezaei  (IRI)
L 0–3 PO
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Hrynkevich  (BLR)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Ösökhbayar  (MGL)
W 5–0 VT
2Did not advance8
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Armen Nazaryan −60 kg Flag of Egypt.svg  El-Gharably  (EGY)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Khvoshch  (UKR)
W 3–1 PP
1 QFlag of Japan.svg  Sasamoto  (JPN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Jung J-H  (KOR)
L 1–3 PP
Flag of Russia.svg  Shevtsov  (RUS)
W 3–1 PP
Bronze medal icon.svg
Nikolay Gergov −66 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Füredy  (HUN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim I-S  (KOR)
L 0–3 PO
2Did not advance14
Vladislav Metodiev −84 kg Flag of Estonia.svg  Thomberg  (EST)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Turkey.svg  Yerlikaya  (TUR)
L 1–3 PP
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Daragan  (UKR)
L 0–5 VB
3Did not advance12
Kaloyan Dinchev −96 kg Flag of Palau.svg  Tarkong  (PLW)
W 4–0 ST
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Chkhaidze  (KGZ)
L 1–3 PP
2Did not advance8
Sergei Mureiko −120 kg Flag of Poland.svg  Mikulski  (POL)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of the United States.svg  Gardner  (USA)
L 1–3 PP
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Mizgaitis  (LTU)
W 3–1 PP
2Did not advance8
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventElimination PoolClassificationSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Stanka Zlateva −72 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Hamaguchi  (JPN)
L 0–4 ST
Flag of the United States.svg  Montgomery  (USA)
L 0–5 VT
3Did not advance12

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mariya Grozdeva To Bear The Flag". Standart. 12 August 2004. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  3. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF . Retrieved 4 June 2011.