Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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]

Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Athens
Competitors	95 in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Mariya Grozdeva[1]
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 9 Total 12
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Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

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

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yavor Hristov	Men's individual	641	42	Proć (POL) W 133–132	Chen S-Y (TPE) L 159–170	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nikolay Atanasov	Long jump	7.90	17	Did not advance
Spas Bukhalov	Pole vault	5.50	27	Did not advance
Petar Dachev	Long jump	8.05	13	Did not advance
Iliyan Efremov	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Momchil Karailiev	Triple jump	16.45	22	Did not advance
Galin Kostadinov	Shot put	17.75	37	Did not advance
Ivaylo Rusenov	Triple jump	16.39	24	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mariyana Dimitrova	400 m	51.29	2 Q	—		51.20	4	Did not advance
Monika Gachevska	200 m	23.71	6	Did not advance
Ivet Lalova	100 m	11.16	1 Q	11.09	2 Q	11.04	3 Q	11.00	4
	200 m	22.88	1 Q	22.81	2 Q	22.56	3 Q	22.57	5
Nevena Mineva	20 km walk	—						DNF
Daniela Yordanova	1500 m	4:05.87	3 Q	—		4:04.94	5 Q	3:59.10	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mariya Dimitrova	Triple jump	14.16	19	Did not advance
Hristina Georgieva	Javelin throw	55.13	32	Did not advance
Tsvetanka Khristova	Discus throw	43.25	41	Did not advance
Aneliya Kumanova	Shot put	15.91	30	Did not advance
Tanya Stefanova	Pole vault	4.15	=24	Did not advance
Venelina Veneva	High jump	1.92	15	Did not advance
Antoniya Yordanova	Long jump	6.45	21	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Petya Nedelcheva	Women's singles	Rasmussen (DEN) W 8–11, 11–7, 13–11	Seo Y-H (KOR) W 7–11, 11–5, 11–8	Zhou M (CHN) L 4–11, 1–11	Did not advance
Neli Boteva Petya Nedelcheva	Women's doubles	Tripp / Wright (GBR) L 15–17, 14–17	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Salim Salimov	Light flyweight	Pannon (THA) L 14–26	Did not advance
Detelin Dalakliev	Bantamweight	Aferalign (ETH) W RSC	Mammadov (AZE) L 16–35	Did not advance
Dimitar Shtilianov	Lightweight	Aydın (TUR) W 20–11	Khan (GBR) L 21–37	Did not advance
Boris Georgiev	Light welterweight	Fillali (ALG) W RSC	Allen (USA) W 30–10	Karimzhanov (KAZ) W 20–18	Johnson (CUB) L 9–13	Did not advance
Sergey Rozhnov	Super heavyweight	—	Povetkin (RUS) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stanimir Atanasov	C-1 500 m	1:52.917	5 q	1:50.631	2 Q	1:49.759	8
	C-1 1000 m	3:55.590	2 q	4:05.664	6	Did not advance
Petar Merkov	K-1 500 m	1:38.725	3 q	1:42.207	6	Did not advance
Ivan Hristov Yordan Yordanov	K-2 500 m	1:33.222	4 q	1:33.182	5	Did not advance
Ivan Hristov Milko Kazanov Petar Merkov Yordan Yordanov	K-4 1000 m	2:54.252	2 Q	Bye		2:59.622	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Delyana Dacheva Bonka Pindzheva	K-2 500 m	1:44.268	5 q	1:44.246	1 Q	1:42.553	6

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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dmitar Gospodinov	Men's road race	Did not finish

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition 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	12	Meares (AUS) L	Grankovskaya (RUS)  Reed (USA) L	Did not advance		9th place final  Pendleton (GBR)  Reed (USA)  Hijgenaar (NED) L	12

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Radoslav Konstantinov	Men's time trial	1:06.265	17

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Rossen Raitchev	Medoc II	Individual	5	=31	12	17	=42	8	25	40 Q	21	43	Did not advance			21	43

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Filip Yanev	All-around	9.012	8.300	8.137	9.625	8.375	9.137	52.586	46	Did not advance
	Vault	—			9.625	—		9.625	13 Q	—			9.581	—		9.581	5
Yordan Yovchev	Floor	9.700	—					9.700	9 Q	9.775	—					9.775
	Rings	9.812	—					9.812	2 Q	9.850	—					9.850

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Evgeniya Kuznetsova	Uneven bars	—	8.150	—		8.150	81	Did not advance
	Balance beam	—		8.887	—	8.887	46	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Elizabeth Paisieva	Individual	24.975	21.975	23.850	23.975	94.775	12	Did not advance
Simona Peycheva		25.475	24.800	24.700	23.725	98.700	7 Q	25.375	25.675	25.600	24.400	101.050	6

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ribbons	3 hoops 2 balls	Total	Rank	5 ribbons	3 hoops 2 balls	Total	Rank
Zhaneta Ilieva Eleonora Kezhova Zornitsa Marinova Kristina Ranguelova Galina Tancheva Vladislava Tancheva	Team	22.300	24.600	46.900	3 Q	23.400	25.200	48.600

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria has qualified two judoka.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Georgi Georgiev	Men's −66 kg	Margoshvili (GEO) W 1010–0012	Demirel (TUR) W 1020–0001	Kipshakbayev (KAZ) W 0100–0001	Uchishiba (JPN) L 0000–1000	Bye			Peñas (ESP) W 0001–0000
Tsvetana Bozhilova	Women's +78 kg	Zambotti (MEX) L 0000–1010	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivo Yanakiev	Single sculls	7:28.97	2 R	6:52.51	1 SA/B/C	6:53.43	2 FA	6:52.80

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rumyana Neykova	Single sculls	7:35.66	1 SA/B/C	Bye		7:32.06	2 FA	7:23.10
Anna Chuk Milka Tancheva	Pair	7:52.45	3 R	7:17.16	3 FB	—		7:11.89	8
Anet-Jacqueline Buschmann Miglena Markova	Double sculls	7:35.46	2 R	6:52.78	1 FA	—		7:13.97	4

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Veselin Nanev	Mistral	33	DNF	33	30	30	32	30	29	33	25	30	305	33

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Irina Konstantinova	Mistral	20	22	8	20	13	10	16	18	17	16	14	152	19

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

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tanyu Kiryakov	10 m air pistol	583	=4 Q	683.4	4
	50 m pistol	562	6 Q	654.3	7
Emil Milev	25 m rapid fire pistol	582	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mariya Grozdeva	10 m air pistol	386	=2 Q	482.3*
	25 m pistol	585	3 Q	688.2 OR

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mihail Alexandrov	200 m freestyle	1:52.12	31	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:17.19	28	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:02.39	18	Did not advance
Raichin Antonov	50 m freestyle	23.67	52	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	52.33	52	Did not advance
Georgi Palazov	100 m butterfly	54.91 NR	40	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:02.15	26	Did not advance
Petar Stoychev	400 m freestyle	3:59.86	32	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:28.32	17	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Dangalakova	400 m individual medley	5:01.00	23	Did not advance
Ivanka Moralieva	400 m freestyle	4:25.92	36	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	9:03.13	26	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Assia Anastassova Bogdana Zareva	Duet	41.583	20	41.834	83.417	20	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Magdalena Maleeva	Women's singles	Koukalová (CZE) W 6–1, 6–4	Daniilidou (GRE) L 6–2, 4–6, 4-6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Petia Yanchulova Tzvetelina Yanchulova	Women's	Pool E  Cook – Sanderson (AUS) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 12–21)  Pohl – Rau (GER) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–13)  Wang L – You Wh (CHN) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–17)	3 Q	Bede – Behar (BRA) L 1 – 2 (21–18, 16–21, 11–15)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria has qualified the following quota places.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sevdalin Minchev	−62 kg	137.5	4	170	DNF	137.5	DNF
Ivan Stoitsov	−77 kg	155	=11	200	=2	355	7
Milen Dobrev	−94 kg	187.5 =OR	1	220	=1	407.5
Nikolay Kolev		177.5	6	217.5	DNF	177.5	DNF
Velichko Cholakov	+105 kg	207.5	2	240	=4	447.5

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Izabela Dragneva	−48 kg	82.5	=4	105	=6	187.5	5
Zlatina Atanasova	−58 kg	90	=11	115	12	205	12
Slaveyka Ruzhinska	−69 kg	115	4	135	=4	250	4
Milena Trendafilova		105	=6	132.5	6	237.5	6

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Radoslav Velikov	−55 kg	Williams (RSA) W 4–1 SP	Li Zy (CHN) L 1–3 PP	—	2	Did not advance			9
Ivan Djorev	−60 kg	Quintana (CUB) L 0–3 PO	Kumar (IND) L 0–3 PO	—	3	Did not advance			18
Serafim Barzakov	−66 kg	MacDonald (CAN) W 4–0 ST	Spiridonov (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	—	2	Did not advance			8
Nikolay Paslar	−74 kg	Brzozowski (POL) L 1–3 PP	Osmanov (MKD) W 3–1 PP	—	2	Did not advance			11
Miroslav Gochev	−84 kg	Ibragimov (MKD) W 3–1 PP	Moon E-J (KOR) L 1–3 PP	—	2	Did not advance			12
Krasimir Kochev	−96 kg	Krupnyakov (KGZ) L 1–3 PP	Ibragimov (UZB) L 0–3 PO	—	3	Did not advance			17
Bozhidar Boyadzhiev	−120 kg	Rezaei (IRI) L 0–3 PO	Hrynkevich (BLR) W 3–1 PP	Ösökhbayar (MGL) W 5–0 VT	2	Did not advance			8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Armen Nazaryan	−60 kg	El-Gharably (EGY) W 3–1 PP	Khvoshch (UKR) W 3–1 PP	—	1 Q	Sasamoto (JPN) W 3–1 PP	Jung J-H (KOR) L 1–3 PP	Shevtsov (RUS) W 3–1 PP
Nikolay Gergov	−66 kg	Füredy (HUN) W 3–1 PP	Kim I-S (KOR) L 0–3 PO	—	2	Did not advance			14
Vladislav Metodiev	−84 kg	Thomberg (EST) W 3–0 PO	Yerlikaya (TUR) L 1–3 PP	Daragan (UKR) L 0–5 VB	3	Did not advance			12
Kaloyan Dinchev	−96 kg	Tarkong (PLW) W 4–0 ST	Chkhaidze (KGZ) L 1–3 PP	—	2	Did not advance			8
Sergei Mureiko	−120 kg	Mikulski (POL) W 3–0 PO	Gardner (USA) L 1–3 PP	Mizgaitis (LTU) W 3–1 PP	2	Did not advance			8

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stanka Zlateva	−72 kg	Hamaguchi (JPN) L 0–4 ST	Montgomery (USA) L 0–5 VT	3	Did not advance			12

See also

• Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Paralympics