Bulgaria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 110 competitors, 74 men and 36 women, took part in 89 events in 17 sports. Medalists Gold Stefka Kostadinova — Athletics, Women's High Jump Daniel Petrov — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight Valentin Yordanov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg) Silver Serafim Todorov — Boxing, Men's Featherweight Tontcho Tontchev — Boxing, Men's Lightweight Krasimir Dunev — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar Emil Milev — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol Diana Iorgova — Shooting, Women's Sport Pistol Yoto Yotov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (76 kg) Maia Tabakova, Ivelina Taleva, Vjara Vatachka, Ina Deltcheva, Valentina Kevlian, and Maria Koleva — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Group Competition Bronze Tanyu Kiryakov — Shooting, Men's Air Pistol Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's Air Pistol Sevdalin Minchev — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (54 kg) Nikolay Peshalov — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight (59 kg) Andrian Dushev and Milko Kazanov — Canoeing, Men's K2 1,000 metres Kayak Pairs Archery Bulgaria sent only one archer to Atlanta. He was defeated in the first round. Athletics Men's Long Jump Ivaylo Mladenov Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon Khristo Stefanov — 2:18.29 (→ 30th place) Petko Stefanov — 2:29.06 (→ 80th place) Women's High Jump Stefka Kostadinova Qualification — 1.93m Final — 2.05m (→ Gold Medal) Venelina Veneva Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw Sonya Radicheva Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw Atanaska Angelova Qualification — 59.82m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put Svetla Mitkova Qualification — 17.48m (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump Iva Prandzheva Qualification — 6.62m Final — 6.82m (→ 7th place) Women's Triple Jump Iva Prandzheva Qualification — 14.61m Final — 14.92m (→ 4th place) Badminton Boxing Men's Flyweight (— 48 kg) Daniel Petrov → Gold Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Nshan Munchyan (Armenia), 11-5 Quarter Finals — Defeated Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 18-6 Semi Finals — Defeated Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine), 17-8 Final — Defeated Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 19-6 Men's Flyweight (— 51 kg) Yuliyan Strogov First Round — Lost to Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 11-12 Men's Bantamweight (— 54 kg) Aleksandar Khristov First Round — Lost to Carlos Barreto (Venezuela), 3-9 Men's Featherweight (— 57 kg) Serafim Todorov → Silver Medal First Round — Defeated Yevheniy Shestakov (Ukraine), 11-4 Second Round — Defeated Robert Peden (Australia), 20-8 Quarter Finals — Defeated Falk Huste