1980 Winter Olympics / Participant (Bulgaria)

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Bulgaria participated in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid with a delegation of 8 male athletes. The alpine ski racer Petar Popangelov was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men's:

• Yuri Mitew

  10 km: 36th place

  20 km: 40th place

• Vladimir Velichkov

  10 km: 34th place

  20 km: 43rd place

Alpine skiing

Men's:

• Christo Angelow

  Giant Slalom: 32nd place

  Slalom: 19th place

• Mitko Hadschiev

  Giant Slalom: 31st place

  Slalom: 21st place

• Petar Popangelov

  Giant Slalom: 27th place

  Slalom: 6th place

• Lyudmil Tonchev

  Giant Slalom: 30th place

  Slalom: 17th place

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men's:

• Christo Barsanov

  15 km: 38th place

  30 km: 23rd place

• Ivan Lebanov

  15 km: 15th place

  30 km:

Web links

• Bulgarian Olympic team 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )