Gold

• Nikolay Bukhalov
  Nikolay Bukhalov
  Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoer. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 metres Canadian Singles

• Nikolay Bukhalov
  Nikolay Bukhalov
  Nikolay Petkov Bukhalov is Bulgaria's most successful ever sprint canoer. He competed mostly in the Canadian canoe C-1 event though he did win world championship medals in the C-4 events....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C1 1,000 metres Canadian Singles

• Ivan Ivanov — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (52 kg)

Silver

• Tsvetanka Khristova
  Tsvetanka Khristova
  Tsvetanka Mincheva Khristova was a Bulgarian discus thrower who competed from the early 1980s to the mid 2000s, with a career break for a drugs ban....
  
   — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw

• Daniel Petrov
  Daniel Petrov
  Daniel Bozhilov Petrov is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the category Light Flyweight....
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

• Nonka Matova
  Nonka Matova
  Nonka Decheva Matova , is a Bulgarian police officer and rifle shooter who won silver at the 1992 Olympics and fourteen medals at World Championships...
  
   — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

• Vesela Lecheva — Shooting, Women's Air Rifle

• Nikolay Peshalov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (60 kg)

• Yoto Yotov
  Yoto Yotov
  Yoto Vasilev Yotov is a Bulgarian/Croatian weightlifter.It can be said that Yotov has a great love for the sport, as he was still competing as recently as October 2006. He represented Croatia in the Men's 85 kg class...
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67½ kg)

• Valentin Getzov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

Bronze

• Yordanka Donkova
  Yordanka Donkova
  Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling athlete notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. She still holds the CR for the European Championships with 12.38 s. Donkova set four world records in 1986...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles

• Svilen Rusinov
  Svilen Rusinov
  Svilen Aldinov Rusinov is a Bulgarian boxer, who twice competed at the Summer Olympics for his native country. He won a bronze medal in the super heavyweight division at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.- Olympic results :1988...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight (>91 kg)

• Martin Georgiev Marinov and Blagovest Stoyanov
  Blagovest Stoyanov
  Blagovest Stoyanov is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-2 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992....
  
   — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 metres Canadian Pairs

• Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's Air Pistol

• Stefan Botev
  Stefan Botev
  Stefan Khristov Botev was an Olympic weightlifter for Bulgaria and later for Australia. He was coached by Ivan Abajiev.In 2007 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame....
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (110 kg)

• Valentin Yordanov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)

Archery

Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

There were 4 different Archery competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The format of the previous Olympics was dropped for this Olympiad, with an entirely new system being put in place....

After a twelve-year absence from archery, Bulgaria returned in 1992. Only one archer competed. He did not qualify for the elimination rounds.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Ivan Ivanov — Ranking Round (→ 35th place)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

Men's 5.000 metres

• Evgeni Ignatov
• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Assen Markov
• Heat — 50.21 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Galin Georgiev
  Galin Georgiev
  Galin Georgiev is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper, best known for placing seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics.His personal best triple jump was 17.14 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Sofia. This ranks him fifth among Bulgarian triple jumpers, behind Khristo Markov, Rostislav Dimitrov, Momchil...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.75 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Khristo Markov
• Qualification — 16.46 m (→ did not advance)

• Galin Georgiev
  Galin Georgiev
  Galin Georgiev is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper, best known for placing seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics.His personal best triple jump was 17.14 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Sofia. This ranks him fifth among Bulgarian triple jumpers, behind Khristo Markov, Rostislav Dimitrov, Momchil...
  
  
• Qualification — did not finish (→ did not advance)

• Nikolay Raev
  Nikolay Raev
  Nikolay Petrov Raev is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper.He was born in Ruse, and represented the club Lokomotiv Ruse. He won the bronze medal at the 1990 World Junior Championships and finished twelfth at the 1991 World Indoor Championships and sixth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. At...
  
  
• Qualification — 14.67 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Ivan Tanev
  Ivan Tanev
  Ivan Krastev Tanev is a former hammer thrower from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He set his personal best in 1988.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 72.62 m (→ did not advance)

• Plamen Minev
  Plamen Minev
  Plamen Mikhaylov Minev is a former hammer thrower from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He set his personal best in 1991.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 69.90 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Nikolay Kolev
  Nikolay Kolev
  Nick Kolev is a retired discus thrower from Bulgaria, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His personal best is 64.80 meters, thrown on June 26, 1992 in Rimini, Italy.-Achievements:-References:**...
  
  
• Qualification — 58.12 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Antoaneta Selenska
  Antoaneta Todorova
  Antoaneta Ivanova Todorova-Selenska is a retired female javelin thrower from Bulgaria, who set the world record and the world's best year performance in 1981. She made her mark at a meet in Zagreb on August 15, 1981. She competed in three Summer Olympics .-Achievements:-References:**...
  
  
• Qualification — 59.40 m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Stefka Kostadinova
  Stefka Kostadinova
  Stefka Kostadinova is a Bulgarian retired athlete and the current women's world record holder in the high jump. She is the current president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee.-Career:...
  
  
• Qualification — 1.92 m
• Final — 1.94 m (→ 4th place)

• Svetlana Leseva
• Qualification — 1.83 m (→ did not advance)

• Lyudmila Andonova
  Lyudmila Andonova
  Lyudmila Andonova is a retired female high jumper from Bulgaria. She set the women's world record in the high jump event on July 20, 1984 in East Berlin, jumping 2.07 metres.In 1985 she was suspended for doping with amphetamine....
  
  
• Qualification — 1.88 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Tsvetanka Khristova
  Tsvetanka Khristova
  Tsvetanka Mincheva Khristova was a Bulgarian discus thrower who competed from the early 1980s to the mid 2000s, with a career break for a drugs ban....
  
  
• Qualifying Heat — 64.06m
• Final — 67.78m (→ Silver Medal)

• Stefania Simova
• Qualifying Heat — 65.60m
• Final — 63.42m (→ 8th place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona. The boxing schedule began on July 26 and ended on August 9...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Daniel Petrov
  Daniel Petrov
  Daniel Bozhilov Petrov is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the category Light Flyweight....
  
   → Silver Medal
• First Round — Defeated Nelson Dieppa
  Nelson Dieppa
  Nelson Dieppa is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico in international events including the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 1991 Pan American Games and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Dieppa debuted as a professional on February 13, 1993, when he defeated...
  
   (PUR), 10:7
• Second Round — Defeated Song Chol (PRK), RSC-3
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Pál Lakatos
  Pál Lakatos
  Pál Lakatos is a retired boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in 1992 and 2000...
  
   (HUN), 17:8
• Semifinals — Defeated Jan Quast
  Jan Quast
  Jan Quast is a retired boxer from Germany, who competed in the light flyweight division during the late 1980s, early 1990s....
  
   (GER), 15:9
• Final — Lost to Rogelio Marcelo
  Rogelio Marcelo
  Rogelio Marcelo García is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight division during the early 1990s....
  
   (CUB), 10:20

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Yuliyan Strogov
  Yuliyan Strogov
  Yuliyan Mikhaylov Strogov is a boxer from Bulgaria.At the 1992 Summer Olympics he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Flyweight division by eventual bronze medalist Timothy Austin of the USA....
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Ronnie Noan (PNG), RSCI-2 (02:03)
• Second Round — Lost to Timothy Austin (USA), 7:19

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Serafim Todorov
  Serafim Todorov
  Serafim Simeonov Todorov or Gogi Todoridze is a former Bulgarian/Georgian boxer who won the amateur world championship three times...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated John Sem (PNG), 11:0
• Second Round — Defeated Joseph Chongo (ZAN), 18:6
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Lee Gwang-Sik (PRK), 15:16

Men's Featherweight (– 67 kg)

• Kirkor Kirkorov
  Kirkor Kirkorov
  Kirkor Kirkorov is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Featherweight Division by Germany's eventual bronze medalist Andreas Tews.Kirkorov also competed at the 1988...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Andreas Tews
  Andreas Tews
  Andreas Tews was a German amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the Featherweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
  
   (GER), 5:9

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Tontcho Tontchev
  Tontcho Tontchev
  Toncho Dimitrov Tonchev is an Bulgarian boxer, who won the Lightweight Silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Tontchev also represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Julio González Valladares (CUB), 14:12
• Second Round — Defeated Henry Kungsy (PNG), 11:2
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Oscar de la Hoya
  Oscar de la Hoya
  Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...
  
   (USA), 7:16

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Stefan Trendafilov
  Stefan Trendafilov
  Stefan Georgiev Trendafilov is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the Men's Middleweight by Canada's eventual bronze medalist Chris Johnson.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Lu Chao
  Lu Chao
  Lu Chao from China is the recognized Guinness record holder for reciting digits of Pi. He successfully recited 67,890 digits of pi in 24 hours and 4 minutes with an error at the 67,891st digit, saying it was a "5", when it was actually a "0". He stated he had 100,000 memorized, and was going to...
  
   (CHN), RSC-1 (01:45)
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Chris Johnson
  Chris Johnson (boxer)
  Chris Omar Johnson is a Jamaican-born boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada...
  
   (CAN), RSC-1 (02:52)

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Svilen Rusinov
  Svilen Rusinov
  Svilen Aldinov Rusinov is a Bulgarian boxer, who twice competed at the Summer Olympics for his native country. He won a bronze medal in the super heavyweight division at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.- Olympic results :1988...
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated István Szikora (HUN), 12:4
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Wilhelm Fischer
  Wilhelm Fischer
  Wilhelm "Willi" Fischer boxer, Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain. Nicknamed The Ox Ahmed Sarir Jerry Nijman super heavyweight Bulgaria's Svilen Rusinov....
  
   (GER), 8:5
• Semifinals — Lost to Richard Igbineghu
  Richard Igbineghu
  Richard Igbineghu is a Nigerian boxer. At the 1992 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's super heavyweight category.-Olympic results:*Defeated Gytis Juškevičius , KO 2...
  
   (NGR), 7:9

Diving

Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, from 26 July to 4 August , comprising 95 divers from 30 nations.-Medal summary:...

Men's 3m Springboard

• Petar Trifonov
• Preliminary Round — 320.82 points (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals....

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Georgi Mihalev
  Georgi Mihalev
  Georgi Petrov Mihalev is a retired backstroke swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team for the period of 1981 to 1994.-Major Achievements:...
  
   (Gueorgui Mikhalev)
• Heat – 56.59
• B-Final — 56.85 (→ 15th place)

• Dragomir Markov
  Dragomir Markov
  Dragomir Denchev Markov is a retired backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He didn't reach the finals in the men's 100 m backstroke and the men's 100 m...
  
  
• Heat — 58.17 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Georgi Mihalev
  Georgi Mihalev
  Georgi Petrov Mihalev is a retired backstroke swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team for the period of 1981 to 1994.-Major Achievements:...
  
   (Gueorgui Mikhalev)
• Heat — 2:02.24
• B-Final — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Dragomir Markov
  Dragomir Markov
  Dragomir Denchev Markov is a retired backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He didn't reach the finals in the men's 100 m backstroke and the men's 100 m...
  
  
• Heat — 55.85 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

• Khristian Minkovski
  Khristian Minkovski
  Khristian Petkov Minkovski is a retired butterfly swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He didn't reach the finals in the men's 100 m butterfly and the men's 200 m butterfly .-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 56.94 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Denislav Kalchev
  Denislav Kalchev
  Denislav Kharalamiev Kalchev is a retired butterfly and medley swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he didn't reach the finals in his three individual starts...
  
  
• Heat — 2:03.73 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

• Khristian Minkovski
  Khristian Minkovski
  Khristian Petkov Minkovski is a retired butterfly swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He didn't reach the finals in the men's 100 m butterfly and the men's 200 m butterfly .-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:05.18 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Denislav Kalchev
  Denislav Kalchev
  Denislav Kharalamiev Kalchev is a retired butterfly and medley swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he didn't reach the finals in his three individual starts...
  
  
• Heat — 2:06.51 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Denislav Kalchev
  Denislav Kalchev
  Denislav Kharalamiev Kalchev is a retired butterfly and medley swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he didn't reach the finals in his three individual starts...
  
  
• Heat — 4:31.49 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Mariya Kocheva
  Mariya Kocheva
  Mariya Zdravkova Kocheva is a retired backstroke swimmer from Bulgaria. She was the only female member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she didn't qualify for the finals in the women's 100 m backstroke and the women's 200 m...
  
  
• Heat — 1:06.17 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Mariya Kocheva
  Mariya Kocheva
  Mariya Zdravkova Kocheva is a retired backstroke swimmer from Bulgaria. She was the only female member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she didn't qualify for the finals in the women's 100 m backstroke and the women's 200 m...
  
  
• Heat — 2:21.79 (→ did not advance, 36th place)