Bulgaria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 130 competitors, 106 men and 24 women, took part in 92 events in 15 sports. Medalists Gold Georgi Kostadinov — Boxing, Men's Flyweight Norair Nurikyan — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight Yordan Bikov — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight Andon Nikolov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight Petar Kirov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight Georgi Markov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight Silver Yordanka Blagoeva — Athletics, Women's High Jump Diana Yorgova — Athletics, Women's Long Jump Angel Angelov — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Mladen Kutchev — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight Atanas Shopov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-Heavyweight Aleksandar Kraitchev — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight Osman Duraliev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight Ognian Nikolov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight Stoyan Apostolov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight Aleksandr Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight Bronze Vasilka Stoeva — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw Ivanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Shot Put Fedia Damianov & Ivan Burtchin — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 1000m (canoe double) Ivan Krastev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight Stefan Angelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight Athletics Men's 5000 metres Mikhail Jelev Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump Petar Bogdanov Qualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance) Boxing Men Canoeing Sprint Men Women Cycling Four cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972. Track 1000m time trial Pursuit Equestrian Fencing Five fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1972. Men's sabre Boris Stavrev Stoyko Lipchev Anani Mikhaylov Men's team sabre Khristo Khristov, Stoyko Lipchev, Anani Mikhaylov, Valentin Nikolov, Boris Stavrev Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972. Men's Individual Competition: Georgi Stoyanov — 4695 points (→ 26th place) Velko Bratanov — 4339 points (→ 50th place) Angel Pepelyankov — 3971 points (→ 57th place) Men's Team Competition: Stoyanov, Bratanov, and Pepelyankov — 12957 points (→ 16th place) Rowing Men Shooting Six male shooters represented Bulgaria in 1972. Open Swimming Men Women Volleyball Preliminary round Pool A |} |} Semifinals |} Bronze medal match |} Team Roster Dimiter Karov Brunko Iliev Alex Trenev Ivan Ivanov Dimiter Zlatanov Zdravko Simeonov Tsano Tsanov Kiril Slavov Emil Vulchev Emil Trenev Luchezar Soyanov Ivan Dimitrov Water polo Preliminary round Pool C Classification 7th – 12th Team Roster Bisser Naoumov Ivan Kovatchev Alexander Chpitzer Toma Tomov Plamen Brankov Mladen Khristov Nedeltcho Yordanov Vassil Tomov Andrei Konstantinov Matei Popov Lubomir Rountov Weightlifting Men Wrestling References Nations at the 1972 Summer