Bulgaria at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Bulgaria at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (Bulgarian) (English)
in Sydney
Competitors	91 (52 men and 39 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Ivo Yanakiev
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 6 2 13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Bulgaria competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kiryakov, TanyuTanyu Kiryakov	Shooting	Men's 50 metre pistol	19 September
Gold	Boevski, GalabinGalabin Boevski	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg	20 September
Gold	Grozdeva, MariyaMariya Grozdeva	Shooting	Women's 25 metre pistol	22 September
Gold	Marinova, TerezaTereza Marinova	Athletics	Women's triple jump	24 September
Gold	Nazaryan, ArmenArmen Nazaryan	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg	27 September
Silver	Markov, GeorgiGeorgi Markov	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg	20 September
Silver	Neykova, RumyanaRumyana Neykova	Rowing	Women's single sculls	23 September
Silver	Tsagaev, AlanAlan Tsagaev	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	25 September
Silver	Merkov, PetarPetar Merkov	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	30 September
Silver	Barzakov, SerafimSerafim Barzakov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 63 kg	30 September
Silver	Merkov, PetarPetar Merkov	Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 metres	1 October
Bronze	Yovchev, YordanYordan Yovchev	Gymnastics	Men's rings	24 September
Bronze	Yovchev, YordanYordan Yovchev	Gymnastics	Men's floor	24 September

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m

• Petko Yankov
  • Round 1 — 10.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Petko Yankov
  • Round 1 — 20.91
  • Round 2 — 20.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m

• Iliya Dzhivondov
  • Round 1 — 48.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Zhivko Videnov
  • Round 1 — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Iliya Dzhivondov
  • Round 1 — 54.36 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Petar Dachev
  • Qualifying — 8.03
  • Final — 7.80 (→ 11th place)
• Nikolay Atanasov
  • Qualifying — 7.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Rostislav Dimitrov
  • Qualifying — 17.00
  • Final — 16.95 (→ 9th place)
• Ivaylo Rusenov
  • Qualifying — 16.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Ilian Efremov
  • Qualifying — 5.55 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Petko Stefanov
  • Final — 2:26:24 (→ 60th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m

• Petya Pendareva
  • Round 1 — 11.30
  • Round 2 — 11.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Monika Gachevska
  • Round 1 — 24.16 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m

• Daniela Georgieva
  • Round 1 — 54.46 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

• Daniela Yordanova
  • Round 1 — 15:10.08
  • Final — 14:56.95 (→ 10th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Svetla Dimitrova
  • Round 1 — 13.00
  • Round 2 — 13.04
  • Semifinal — 12.95 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Khristina Georgieva
  • Qualifying — 54.60 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Aneliya Yordanova
  • Qualifying — 54.92 (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Tereza Marinova
  • Qualifying — 14.73
  • Final — 15.20 (→ Gold Medal)
• Mariya Dimitrova
  • Qualifying — 13.87 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Eleonora Miloucheva
  • Qualifying — 1.94
  • Final — 1.90 (→ 13th place)
• Venelina Veneva
  • Qualifying — 1.94
  • Final — 1.93 (→ 9th place)
• Hristina Kalcheva
  • Qualifying — no mark (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Tanya Koleva
  • Qualifying — no mark (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Men's Singles

• Svetoslav Stoyanov
  • Round of 64 — Bye
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Rio Suryana of Australia
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Xia Xuanze of China
• Mihail Popov
  • Round of 64 — Bye
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Fung Permadi of Chinese Taipei

Men's Doubles

• Mihail Popov and Svetoslav Stoyanov
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Martin Lundgaard Hansen, Lars Paaske of Denmark

Women's Singles

• Nely Boteva
  • Round of 64 — Defeated Kellie Lucas of Australia
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Chia-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei

Women's Doubles

• Nely Boteva and Diana Koleva-Tzvetanova
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Gao Ling, Qin Yiyuan of China

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yuri Mladenov	Featherweight	Suleymanov (UKR) W 7–4	Aguilera (CUB) L 8–15	Did not advance
Dmitry Usagin	Light middleweight	Taylor (USA) L RSC	Did not advance
Emil Krastev	Light heavyweight	Ismayilov (AZE) L 9–14	Did not advance

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Peter Merkov
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:40.227
  • Semifinal — 01:40.008
  • Final — 01:58.393 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Peter Merkov
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:38.234
  • Semifinal — 03:38.217
  • Final — 03:34.649 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Petar Sibinkitch, Milko Kazanov
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:33.682
  • Semifinal — 01:31.919
  • Final — 01:52.725 (→ 8th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Mariyan Dimitrov, Dimitar Ivanov
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:23.646 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Milko Kazanov, Iordan Iordanov, Petar Merkov, Petar Sibinkitch
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:00.634
  • Semifinal — 03:01.051
  • Final — 02:58.112 (→ 5th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Nikolav Bouhalov
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:51.996
  • Semifinal — 01:52.371
  • Final — 02:44.289 (→ 9th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Nikolav Bouhalov
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:59.092
  • Semifinal — 04:05.236 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Only one woman competed for Bulgaria in the Sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Irina Konstantinova	Mistral	20	25	22	15	25	22	22	23	26	22	22	193	24

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tanyu Kiryakov	Men's 10 m air pistol	581	8 Q	676.8	8
Tanyu Kiryakov	Men's 50 m pistol	570	1 Q	660.0
Emil Milev	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	586	4 Q	684.5	4
Mariya Grozdeva	Women's 10 m air pistol	367	38	Did not advance
Mariya Grozdeva	Women's 25 m pistol	589	2 Q	690.3

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Petar Stoychev
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:59.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Petar Stoychev
  • Preliminary Heat — 15:42.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Simeon Makedonski
  • Preliminary Heat — 55.49 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Georgi Palazov
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:04.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Krasimir Zahov
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:07.09 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Ivan Angelov
  • Preliminary Heat — 58.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Ivan Angelov
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:07.30 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Georgi Palazov
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:35.92 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Ivanka Moralieva
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:07.61 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Ivanka Moralieva
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:19.10 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Ivanka Moralieva
  • Preliminary Heat — 08:52.61 (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Women's Beach Competition

• Lina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova — 17th place (tied)

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ivan Ivanov	Men's −56 kg	130.0	2	162.5	=2	292.5	DSQ [N 1]
Galabin Boevski	Men's −69 kg	162.5	2	195.0 WR	1	357.5
Georgi Markov	Men's −69 kg	165.0	1	187.5	=2	352.5
Alan Tsagaev	Men's −105 kg	187.5	=7	235.0 OR	=1	422.5
Milena Trendafilova	Women's −69 kg	100.0	=5	132.5 OR	=1	232.5	4
Daniela Kerkelova	Women's −69 kg	100.0	=5	132.5 OR	=1	232.5	4

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final/BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Armen Nazaryan	-58 kg	Sasamoto (JPN) W 11–0 ^PP	Cash (AUS) W 13–2 ^SP	Gukulov (TKM) W 4-1 ^PP	1 Q	Bye	Yıldız (GER) W 10–0 ^ST	Kim (KOR) W 10–3 ^TO
Ali Mollov	-97 kg	Sudureac (ROU) L 1–6 ^PP	Ljungberg (SWE) L 0–10 ^ST	N/A	3	Did not advance			19

Notes

1. Ivanov originally won the silver medal but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide.^[1]

References

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