Bulgaria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). Medalists Gold Nikola Stanchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight Silver Dimitar Dobrev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Petko Sirakov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight Yusein Mekhmedov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight 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 — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition Basketball Preliminary round Group C Quarterfinal Group B Classification playoffs 5th place match Boxing Football First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Medal match Gymnastics Weightlifting Men Wrestling References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1956