2004 Summer Olympics / Participant (Bulgaria)

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Bulgaria took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital Athens with 95 athletes, 46 women and 49 men.

Since 1896 it was the 17th participation of Bulgaria in the Summer Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

The marksman Marija Grosdewa carried the flag of Bulgaria during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With two won gold, a silver and nine bronze medals the Bulgarian team was ranked 33 in the medal count .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Milen Dobrew	Weightlifting	Middle heavyweight
Maria Grosdeva	shoot	Sports pistol 25 m

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Yordan Yovchev	do gymnastics	Rings

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Boris Georgiev	Boxing	Light welterweight
Velichko Cholakov	Weightlifting	Super heavyweight
Georgi Georgiev	Judo	Half light weight
Schaneta Iliewa Eleonora Keschowa Sorniza Marinowa Kristina Ranguelowa Galina Tantschewa Wladislawa Tantschewa	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	Group all-around final
Poor Nazarjan	Wrestling	Greco-Roman featherweight
Rumiana Nejkowa	rowing	Women one
Iwo Janakiev	rowing	Men one
Maria Grosdeva	shoot	Air pistol 10 m

Participants by sport

badminton

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Petya Nedeltschewa	singles	Tine Baun	2: 1 (8:11, 11: 7, 13-11)	Seo Yoon-hee	2: 1 (7:11, 11: 5, 11: 8)	Zhou Mi	0: 2 (4:11, 1:11)	not qualified				5
Neli Botewa Petya Nedeltschewa	Double	Ella Tripp Joanne Wright	0: 2 (15:17, 14:17)	not qualified								17th

beach volleyball

Athletes	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
	opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Petja Jantschulowa Zwetelina Jantschulowa	N. Cook / N. Sanderson S. Pohl / O. Rau Wang L. / You W.	0: 2 (16:21, 12:21) 2: 1 (18:21, 21:19, 15:13) 2: 0 (21:19, 21:17)	5	3	S. Bede / A. Behar	1: 2 (21:18, 16:21, 11:15)	not qualified						9

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Yavor Hristov	singles	641	42	Jacek Proć	133: 132	Chen Szu-yuan	159: 170	not qualified								28

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Salim Salimov	Half fly weight up to 49 kg	Suban Pannon	14:26	not qualified								17th
Detelin Dalakliew	Bantam weight up to 56 kg	Abel Aferalign	Knockout	Ağası Məmmədov	16:35	not qualified						9
Dimitar Shtilyanov	Light weight up to 60 kg	Selçuk Aydın	20:11	Amir Khan	21:37	not qualified						9
Boris Georgiev	Half welter weight up to 64 kg	Wet redine Fillali	Knockout	Rock Allen	30:10	Nurzhan Karimzhanov	20:18	Yudel Johnson	9:13	not qualified		bronze
Sergey Rozhnov	Super heavy weight over 91 kg	-		Alexander Powetkin	Knockout	not qualified						9

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight
Women
Isabela Dragnewa	Class up to 48 kg	82.5 kg	4th	105 kg	6th	187.5 kg	5	5
Slatina Atanasova	Class up to 58 kg	90 kg	11	115 kg	12	205 kg	12	12
Slaveyka Ruzhinska	Class up to 69 kg	115 kg	4th	135 kg	4th	250 kg	4th	4th
Milena Trendafilova	Class up to 69 kg	105 kg	6th	132.5 kg	6th	237.5 kg	6th	6th
Men
Sewdalin Minchev	Class up to 62 kg	137.5 kg	4th	170 kg	not finished			-
Ivan Stoizov	Class up to 77 kg	155 kg	11	200 kg	2	355	8th	8th
Milen Dobrew	Class up to 94 kg	187.5 kg	1	220 kg	1	407.5	1	gold
Nikolay Kolew	Class up to 94 kg	177.5 kg	6th	217.5 kg	not finished			-
Velichko Cholakov	Class over 105 kg	207.5 kg	2	240 kg	4th	447.5	3	bronze

Judo

Athletes	competition	1st round Round of 32		Knockout round Round of 16		Quarter Finals Quarter Finals		Semifinals semifinals		Round of hope round of 16 Repechage 1		Round of Hope Quarterfinals Repechage 2		Round of hope semi-finals Repechage 3		Hope Round Final Bronze Medal		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Tsvetana Bozhilova	Class over 78 kg	Vanessa Zambotti	0000-1010	not qualified																-
Men
Georgi Georgiev	Class up to 66 kg	Dawit Margoshvili	1010-0012	Bektaş Demirel	1020-0001	Muratbek Kipshakbayev	0100-0001	Masato Uchishiba	0000-1000	-						Óscar Peñas	0001-0000	not qualified		bronze

canoe

Canoe racing

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Delyana Dacheva Bonka Pindschewa	K-2 500 m	1: 44.268 min	5	1: 44.246 min	1	1: 42.553 min	6th	6th
Men
Stanimir Atanasov	C-1 500 m	1: 52.917 min	5	1: 50.631 min	2	1: 49.759 min	8th	8th
	C-1 1000 m	3: 55.590 min	2	4: 05.664 min	6th	not qualified		-
Petar Merkov	K-1 500 m	1: 38.725 min	3	1: 42.207 min	6th	not qualified		-
Ivan Hristov Yordan Yordanov	K-2 500 m	1: 33.222 min	4th	1: 33.182 min	5	not qualified		-
Ivan Hristov Milko Kazanov Petar Merkov Yordan Yordanov	K-4 1000 m	2: 54.252 min	2	-		2: 59.622 min	4th	4th

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Ivet Lalowa	100 m	11.16 s	1	11.09 s	2	11.04 s	3	11.00 s	4th	4th
	200 m	22.88 s	1	22.81 s	2	22.56 s	3	22.57 s	5	5
Monika Gachevska	200 m	23.71 s	6th	not qualified						-
Mariyana Dimitrova	400 m	51.29 s	2	-		51.20 s	4th	not qualified		-
Daniela Jordanova	1500 m	4: 05.87 min	3	-		4: 04.94 min	5	3: 59.10 min	5	5
Nevena Mineva	20 km walking	4: 05.87 min	3	-		4: 04.94 min	5	3: 59.10 min	5	5

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Mariya Dimitrova	Triple jump	14.16 m	19th	not qualified		19th
Wenelina Wenewa	high jump	1.92 m	15th	not qualified		15th
Tanya Stefanova	Pole vault	4.15 m	24	not qualified		24
Antonija Jordanova	Long jump	6.45 m	21st	not qualified		21st
Tsvetanka Christova	Discus throwing	43.25 m	40	not qualified		40
	Javelin	55.13 m	32	not qualified		32
Anelija Kumanova	Shot put	15.91 m	30th	not qualified		30th
Men
Momchil Karailiev	Triple jump	16.45 m	22nd	not qualified		22nd
Ivaylo Rusenov	Triple jump	16.39 m	24	not qualified		24
Bukhalov spas	Pole vault	5.50 m	13	not qualified		27
Iliyan Efremov	Pole vault	Not a successful jump	-	not qualified		-
Nikolay Atanasov	Long jump	7.90 m	17th	not qualified		17th
Petar Datschew	Long jump	8.05 m	13	not qualified		13
Galin Kostadinov	Shot put	17.75 m	37	not qualified		37

Cycling

train

Athletes	competition	qualification		Round 1		Hope round 1		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Finals		rank
		time	rank	opponent	rank	opponent	rank	opponent	rank	opponent	rank	opponent	rank
Women
Evgenia Radanova	sprint	12.457 s	12	Anna Meares	2	Svetlana Grankovskaya Jennie Reed	3	not qualified				Race for 9th place Victoria Pendleton Jennie Reed Yvonne Hijgenaar	4th	12

Time trial

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Radoslav Konstantinov	1000 m time trial	1: 06.265 min	17th

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Dmitar Gospodinov	Road racing	Race not finished

horse riding

Leap

Athletes	competition	qualification								final						rank
		Round 1		round 2		Round 3		total		Round A.		Round B		total
		Penalty points	rank	Penalty points	rank	Penalty points	rank	Penalty points	rank	Penalty points	rank	Penalty points	rank	Penalty points	rank
Rossen Raitchev with Medoc II	singles	5	31	12	42	8th	22nd	25th	38	21st	41	not qualified		21st	41	41

Wrestling

Freestyle

Athletes	competition	Qualification group							Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Stanka Slatewa	Class up to 72 kg	Kyōko Hamaguchi	0: 4	Toccara Montgomery	0: 5	-		3	not qualified						12
Men
Radoslav Velikov	Class up to 55 kg	Shaun Williams	4: 1	Li Zhengyu	1: 3	-		2	not qualified						9
Ivan Djorew	Class up to 60 kg	Yandro Quintana	0: 3	Sushil Kumar	0: 3	-		3	not qualified						18th
Serafim Barzakov	Class up to 66 kg	Evan MacDonald	4-0	Leonid Spiridonov	1: 3	-		2	not qualified						8th
Nikolai Paslar	Class up to 74 kg	Krystian Brzozowski	1: 3	Sihamir Osmanov	3: 1	-		2	not qualified						11
Miroslav Gochev	Class up to 84 kg	Magomed Ibragimov	3: 1	Moon Eui-jae	1: 3	-		2	not qualified						12
Krasimir Kochev	Class up to 96 kg	Aleksei Krupnyakov	1: 3	Magomed Ibragimov	0: 3	-		3	not qualified						17th
Boschidar Boyajiev	Class up to 120 kg	Alireza Rezaei	0: 3	Barys Hrynkewitsch	3: 1	Gelegschamtsyn Ösöchbajar	5-0	2	not qualified						8th

Greco-Roman style

Athletes	competition	Qualification group							Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Poor Nazarjan	Class up to 60 kg	Ashraf El-Gharably	3: 1	Oleksandr Khvoshch	3: 1	-		1	Makoto Sasamoto	3: 1	Jung Ji-hyun	1: 3	Alexei Shevtsov	3: 1	bronze
Nikolay Gergov	Class up to 66 kg	Levente Füredy	3: 1	Kim In-sub	0: 3	-		2	not qualified						14th
Vladislav Metodiev	Class up to 84 kg	Tarvi Thomberg	3-0	Hamza Yerlikaya	1: 3	Oleksandr Daragan	0: 5	3	not qualified						12
Kaloyan Dinchev	Class up to 96 kg	John Tarkong	4-0	Gennady Chkhaidze	1: 3	-		2	not qualified						8th
Sergei Mureiko	Class up to 120 kg	Marek Mikulski	3-0	Rulon Gardner	1: 3	Mindauga's mitzgaitis	3: 1	2	not qualified						8th

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank
Women
Rumiana Nejkowa	One	7: 35.66 min	2	Semi-final B / C	bye			7: 32.03 min	2	Finale A	7: 32.10 min	3	bronze
Anet-Jacqueline Buschmann Miglena Markova	Double scull	7: 35.46 min	2	Round of hope	6: 52.78 min	3	Finale B	-			7: 11.89 min	8th	8th
Anna Tschuk Milka Tancheva	Lightweight double scull	7: 52.45 min	2	Round of hope	6: 52.78 min	1	Finale A	-			7: 13.997 min	4th	4th
Men
Ivo Yanakiev	One	7: 28.97 min	2	Round of hope	6: 52.51 min	1	Semi-final B / C	6: 53.43 min	2	Finale A	6: 52.80 min	3	bronze

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings / discs	rank
		Rings / discs	rank	Rings / discs	rank
Women
Maria Grosdeva	Air pistol 10 meters	386	2	96.3	3	482.3	bronze
	Sports pistol 25 m	585	3	103.2	1	688.2	gold
Women
Tanju Kirjakov	Air pistol 10 meters	583	4th	100.4	4th	683.4	4th
	Free pistol 50 m	562	6th	92.3	7th	654.3	7th
Emil Milev	Rapid fire pistol 25 m	582	9	not qualified		582	9

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Ivanka Moralieva	400 m freestyle	4: 25.92 min	36	-		not qualified		36
	800 m freestyle	9: 03.13 min	26th	-		not qualified		26th
Ana Dangalakova	400 m layers	5: 01.00 min	23	-		not qualified		23
Men
Raichin Antonov	50 m freestyle	23.67 s	52	not qualified				52
	100 m freestyle	52.33 s	52	not qualified				52
Georgi Palazov	100 m butterfly	54.91 s	40	not qualified				40
	200 m butterfly	2: 02.15 min	26th	not qualified				26th
Mihail Alexandrov	200 m freestyle	1: 52.12 min	31	not qualified				31
	200 m chest	2: 17.19 min	28	not qualified				28
	200 m layers	2: 02.39 min	18th	not qualified				18th
Petar Stoychev	400 m freestyle	3: 59.86 min	32	-		not qualified		32
	1500 m freestyle	15: 28.32 min	17th	-		not qualified		17th

sailing

Windsurfing

Athletes	run											Points	rank
	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	M *
Women
Irina Konstantinova	33	RNB	33	30th	30th	32	30th	29	33	25th	30th	305	33
Men
Veselin Nanev	20th	RNB	8th	20th	13	10	16	18th	17th	16	14th	152	19th

M = medal race
RNB = race not finished

Synchronized swimming

Athletes	competition	qualification						final
		Technical freestyle TK		Free freestyle FK-Q		total		Free freestyle FK-F		Total TK + FK-F
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Assja Anastasowa Bogdana Sarewa	duet	41,583	20th	41.834	20th	83.417	20th	not qualified

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Magdalena Maleewa	singles	Klára Koukalová	2: 0 (6: 1, 6: 4)	Eleni Daniilidou	1: 2 (6: 2, 4: 6, 4: 6)	not qualified								17th

do gymnastics

Apparatus gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification						final
		device				Result	rank	device				Result	rank
		Leap	Uneven bars	Balance beam	ground			Leap	Uneven bars	Balance beam	ground
Women
Evgenia Kuznetsova	Balance beam	-		8,887	-	8,887	46	not qualified					46
	Uneven bars	-	8.150	-		8.150	81	not qualified					81

Athletes	competition	qualification								final
		device						Result	rank	device						Result	rank
		ground	Pommel horse	Rings	Leap	Ingots	Horizontal bar			ground	Pommel horse	Rings	Leap	Ingots	Horizontal bar
Men
Filip Yanev	All-around single	9.012	8,300	8,137	9.625	8.375	9.137	52.586	46	not qualified						52,586	46
	Leap	-			9.625	-		9.625	13	-			9,581	-		9,581	5
Yordan Yovchev	ground	9,700	-					9,700	9	9.775	-					9.775	bronze
	Rings	-		9.812	-			9.812	2	-		9,850				9,850	silver

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

singles

Athletes	qualification						final
	tires	ball	Clubs	tape	Result	rank	tires	ball	Clubs	tape	Result	rank
Elisabet Paissiewa	24.975	21,975	23,850	23,975	94,775	12	not qualified					12
Simona Peycheva	25,475	24,800	24,700	23.725	98,700	7th	25.375	25.675	25,600	24,400	101.050	6th

team

Athletes	qualification				final
	5 bands	3 hoops 2 balls	Result	rank	5 bands	3 hoops 2 balls	Result	rank
Zhaneta Ilieva Eleonora Kezhova Zornitsa Marinova Kristina Rangelova Galina Tancheva Vladislava Tancheva	22,300	24,600	46,900	3	23,400	25,200	48,600	bronze

Web links

• Bulgarian Olympic Team 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )