Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Bulgaria
games=2004 Summer
competitors=95 (49 men and 46 women)
sports=19
flagbearer=Maria Grozdeva
gold=2
silver=1
bronze=9
total=12
rank=33

Bulgaria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold

* Maria Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's 25m Sport Pistol

* Milen Dobrev — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (94kg)

Silver

* Jordan Jovtchev — Gymnastics, Men's Individual Rings

Bronze

* Jordan Jovtchev — Gymnastics, Men's Individual Floor

* Boris Georgiev — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

* Zhaneta Ilieva, Eleonora Kezhova, Zornitsa Marinova, Kristina Ranguelova, Galina Tancheva, and Vladislava Tancheva — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition

* Georgi Georgiev — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (66kg)

* Ivo Yanakiev — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

* Rumyana Neykova — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls

* Maria Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol

* Velichko Cholakov — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight (>105kg)

* Armen Nazaryan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (60kg)

Results by event

=Archery=

Men's Individual:
* Yavor Hristov - 28th place

=Athletics=

Women's 100 metres:
* Ivet Lalova - Final, 11.00 s (4th place)

Women's 200 metres:
* Ivet Lalova - Round 1: 22.88 s, Round 2: 22.81 s, Semifinal: 22.56 s, Final: 22.57 s (5th place)
* Monika Gachevska - Round 1: 23.71 s

Women's 400 metres:
* Mariyana Dimitrova - Round 1: 51.29 s, Semifinal: 51.20 s

Women's 1500 metres:
* Daniela Yordanova - Round 1: 4:05.87, Semifinal: 4:04.94, Final: 3:59.10 (5th place)

Women's 20 km walk:
* Nevena Mineva - DNF

Men's long jump:
* Petar Dachev - Round 1, 8.05 metres (did not advance)
* Nikolay Atanasov - Round 1, 7.90 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:
* Antoniya Yordanova - Round 1: 6.45 metres

Men's triple jump:
* Momchil Karailiev - Round 1, 16.45 metres (did not advance)
* Ivaylo Rusenov - Round 1, 16.39 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:
* Mariya Dimitrova - Round 1: 14.16 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:
* Venelina Veneva - Round 1: 1.92 metres

Men's pole vault:
* Spas Bukhalov - Round 1, 5.50 metres (did not advance)
* Iliyan Efremov - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:
* Tanya Stefanova - Round 1: 4.15 metres

Men's shot put:
* Galin Kostadinov - Round 1, 17.75 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:
* Aneliya Kumanova - Round 1: 15.91 metres

Women's discus:
* Tsvetanka Khristova - Round 1: 43.25 metres

Women's javelin:
* Khristina Georgieva - Round 1: 55.13 metres

=Badminton=

Women's singles:
* Petya Nedelcheva - defeated in quarterfinals

Women's doubles:
* Petya Nedelcheva and Neli Boteva - defeated in round of 32

=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.

Light Flyweight (48kg)
* Salim Salimov
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Suban Pannon of Thailand, 26-14

Bantamweight (54kg)
* Detelin Dalakliev
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Abel Aferalign of Ethiopia, outscored
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Aghasi Mammadov of Azerbaijan, 35-16

Lightweight (60kg)
* Dimitar Stilianov
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Selcuk Aydin of Turkey, 20-11
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Amir Khan of Great Britain, 37-21

Light Welterweight (64kg)
* Boris Georgiev - bronze medal
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Fillali Nasserredine of Algeria, outscored
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Rock Allen of United States, 30-10
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov of Kazakhstan, 20-18
*# Semifinal - Lost to Yudel Johnson Cedeno of Cuba, 13-9

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)
* Sergey Rozhnov
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Alexander Povetkin of Russia, outscored

=Canoeing=

Men's C1 500 metres:
* Stanimir Atanasov - final, 8th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:
* Stanimir Atanasov - semifinal, 15th place

Men's K1 500 metres:
* Petar Merkov - semifinal, 19th place

Men's K2 500 metres:
* Yordan Yordanov and Ivan Hristov - semifinal, 12th place

Women's K2 500 metres:
* Delyana Dacheva and Bonka Pindzheva - final, 6th place

Men's K4 1000 metres:
* Milko Kazanov, Ivan Hristov, Petar Merkov, and Yordan Yordanov - final, 4th place

=Cycling=

Road cycling

Men's road race:
* Dimitar Gospodinov - did not finish

Track cycling

Women's individual sprint:
* Evgenia Radanova - classification 9-12, 12th place

Men's time trial:
* Radoslav Konstantinov - 17th place, 1:06.265

=Equestrian=

Individual jumping:
* Rossen Raitchev riding Medoc II - final round A, 43rd place

=Gymnastics=

Men's artistic:
* Jordan Jovtchev - advanced in two exercises
** Rings - silver medal
** Floor - bronze medal
* Filip Yanev - advanced in one exercise
** Vault - 5th place

Women's artistic:
* Evgenia Kuznetsova - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:
* Individual
** Simona Peycheva - 6th place
** Elizabeth Paisieva - 12th place
* Team - bronze medal
** Zhaneta Ilieva (hoops and balls)
** Eleonora Kezhova
** Zornitsa Marinova (ribbons)
** Kristina Ranguelova
** Galina Tancheva
** Vladislava Tancheva

=Judo=

Men's 66 kg:
* Georgi Georgiev - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 78+ kg:
* Tsvetana Bozhilova - defeated in round of 32

=Swimming=

Men's 1500m freestyle
*"'Petar Stoychev - 17th, 15:28.32

Men's 400m freestyle
*"'Petar Stoychev - 32nd, 3:59.86

=Volleyball=

Women's beach volleyball:
* Tzvetelina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova
** Prelims: 2-1
** Round of 16: Defeated 2-1 by Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar, Brazil

Officials

*President: Mr. Ivan Slavkov
*Secretary General: Dr. Beltcho Ivanov

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BUL/summer/2004/ sports-reference]