Gold

• Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's 25m Sport Pistol

• Milen Dobrev
  Milen Dobrev
  Milen Dobrev is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic champion in 2004 in the middle heavyweight class. In same year he won the European Championship in Kiev.-References:...
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (94 kg)

Bronze

• Yordan Yovchev — Gymnastics, Men's Individual Floor

• Boris Georgiev
  Boris Georgiev
  Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.- Career :...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

• Zhaneta Ilieva, Eleonora Kezhova, Zornitsa Marinova, Kristina Ranguelova, Galina Tancheva, and Vladislava Tancheva — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic Team Competition

• Georgi Georgiev
  Georgi Georgiev (judoka)
  Georgi Georgiev is a Bulgarian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (66 kg)

• Ivo Yanakiev
  Ivo Yanakiev
  Ivo Yanakiev is an Olympic medal-winning rower from Bulgaria. He competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.He won the bronze medal in the single sculls....
  
   — Rowing, Men's Single Sculls

• Rumyana Neykova
  Rumyana Neykova
  Rumyana Neykova is a Bulgarian rower. Neykova competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she won silver in Single Sculls, the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won bronze and the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won gold in the same discipline. Her...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls

• Mariya Grozdeva — Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol

• Velichko Cholakov
  Velichko Cholakov
  TotalTotalVelichko Cholakov is a Bulgarian weightlifter.He competed in the over 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, his first Olympics, winning an Olympic bronze medal...
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Super Heavyweight (>105 kg)

• Armen Nazaryan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman (60 kg)

Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

• Ivet Lalova
  Ivet Lalova
  Ivet Lalova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the tenth fastest woman in 100 metres history, the fastest white woman in the world, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career...
  
   - Final, 11.00 s (4th place)

Women's 200 metres:

• Ivet Lalova
  Ivet Lalova
  Ivet Lalova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the tenth fastest woman in 100 metres history, the fastest white woman in the world, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career...
  
   - Round 1: 22.88 s, Round 2: 22.81 s, Semifinal: 22.56 s, Final: 22.57 s (5th place)
• Monika Gachevska - Round 1: 23.71 s

Women's 400 metres:

• Mariyana Dimitrova
  Mariyana Dimitrova
  Mariyana Dimitrova is a Bulgarian sprint athlete who specializes in the 400 metres.She finished sixth in the 400 m final at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, and fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, the latter in a personal best time of 50.64 seconds...
  
   - Round 1: 51.29 s, Semifinal: 51.20 s

Women's 1500 metres:

• Daniela Yordanova
  Daniela Yordanova
  Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...
  
   - Round 1: 4:05.87, Semifinal: 4:04.94, Final: 3:59.10 (5th place)

Women's 20 km walk:

• Nevena Mineva - DNF

Men's long jump:

• Petar Dachev
  Petar Dachev
  Petar Dachev is a retired Bulgarian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships.His personal best was 8.30 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Nicosia. This ranks him fourth among Bulgarian long jumpers, behind Ivaylo Mladenov, Atanas Atanasov and Nikolay...
  
   - Round 1, 8.05 metres (did not advance)
• Nikolay Atanasov
  Nikolay Atanasov
  Nikolay Atanasov is a Bulgarian long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Pirgos.He competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2007, the Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008, the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships....
  
   - Round 1, 7.90 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

• Antoniya Yordanova - Round 1: 6.45 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Momchil Karailiev
  Momchil Karailiev
  Momchil Karailiev is a Bulgarian triple jumper.His personal best jump is 17.41 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Sofia.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   - Round 1, 16.45 metres (did not advance)
• Ivaylo Rusenov
  Ivaylo Rusenov
  Ivaylo Rusenov is a retired Bulgarian triple jumper.His personal best jump is 17.12 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Velenje.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
   - Round 1, 16.39 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

• Mariya Dimitrova
  Mariya Dimitrova
  Mariya Dimitrova is a Bulgarian triple jumper.She finished seventh at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the World Championships in 2003 and 2007 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the finals....
  
   - Round 1: 14.16 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:

• Venelina Veneva
  Venelina Veneva
  Venelina Veneva-Mateeva is a Bulgarian high jumper. Talented at a young age, she jumped 1.93 metres indoor in 1990 to record a world best performance by a 15-year-old. She did not improve this result outdoor until 1995...
  
   - Round 1: 1.92 metres

Men's pole vault:

• Spas Bukhalov
  Spas Bukhalov
  Spas Bukhalov is a Bulgarian pole vaulter.He won the 2001 Balkan Games and finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the Olympic Games in 2004 as well as the World Championships in 2003 and 2007 without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 5.80 metres,...
  
   - Round 1, 5.50 metres (did not advance)
• Iliyan Efremov
  Iliyan Efremov
  Iliyan Efremov is a Bulgarian pole vaulter.He finished tenth at the 1988 World Junior Championships and thirteenth at the 2006 European Championships. He also won gold medals at the 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003 Balkan Games...
  
   - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

• Tanya Stefanova
  Tanya Stefanova
  Tanya Stefanova-Koleva is a female pole vaulter from Bulgaria, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. She set her personal best on June 21, 2003 at a meet in Velenje....
  
   - Round 1: 4.15 metres

Men's shot put:

• Galin Kostadinov - Round 1, 17.75 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:

• Aneliya Kumanova - Round 1: 15.91 metres

Women's discus:

• 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....
  
   - Round 1: 43.25 metres

Women's javelin:

• Khristina Georgieva - Round 1: 55.13 metres

Badminton

Women's singles:

• Petya Nedelcheva
  Petya Nedelcheva
  Petya Nedelcheva is a female Bulgarian badminton player. She was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. At the Bulgarian National Badminton Championships she won more than 20 titles.-2004 Summer Olympics:...
  
   - defeated in quarterfinals

Women's doubles:

• Petya Nedelcheva and Neli Boteva
  Neli Boteva
  Neli Boteva is a female badminton player from Bulgaria.Boteva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Petya Nedelcheva. They were defeated by Ella Tripp and Joanne Wright of Great Britain in the round of 32.-References:*...
  
   - defeated in round of 32

Boxing

Bulgaria sent five boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals scoreboard. Their combined record was 5-5.

Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Salim Salimov
  Salim Salimov
  Salim Salimov is an ethnic Turkish boxer from Bulgaria.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native European country...
  
  
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Suban Pannon
     Suban Pannon
     Suban Pannon is a Thai amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.-Career:Pannon won the 1998 Asian Games in the men's light flyweight division. He claimed the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.He...
     
      of Thailand
     Thailand
     Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
     
     , 26-14

Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Detelin Dalakliev
  Detelin Dalakliev
  Detelin Dalakliev is a boxer from Bulgaria. He is competing in the Bantamweight division, and won the gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milano 2009....
  
  
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Abel Aferalign
     Abel Aferalign
     Abel Aferalign is an Ethiopian bantamweight boxer. Competing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Aferalign lost to Bulgarian Detelin Dalakliev in the round of 32....
     
      of Ethiopia
     Ethiopia
     Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
     
     , outscored
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Aghasi Mammadov
     Aghasi Mammadov
     Aghasi Mammadov is an Azerbaijani boxer who competed in the bantamweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.- Career :...
     
      of Azerbaijan
     Azerbaijan
     Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
     
     , 35-16

Lightweight (60 kg)

• Dimitar Stilianov
  Dimitar Stilianov
  Dimitar Stilianov is boxer from Bulgaria, who won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas. Two years later, at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he won the silver medal in the Light Welterweight .Stilianov represented for Bulgaria at the 2004...
  
  
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Selcuk Aydin
     Selçuk Aydin
     Selçuk Aydın is a Turkish boxer best known for winning several medals in the European Amateur Championships and winning the vacant WBC Silver Welterweight Title as professional boxer by defeating Jo Jo Dan.-Amateur:...
     
      of Turkey
     Turkey
     Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
     
     , 20-11
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Amir Khan
     Amir Khan (boxer)
     Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....
     
      of Great Britain
     Great Britain
     Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
     
     , 37-21

Light Welterweight (64 kg)

• Boris Georgiev
  Boris Georgiev
  Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.- Career :...
  
   - bronze medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Fillali Nasserredine of Algeria
     Algeria
     Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
     
     , outscored
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Rock Allen
     Rock Allen
     Rock Allen is a boxer in the Welterweight division. Rock is a twin and son of famous boxing trainer Naazim Richardson.-Amateur career:Philly-fighter Allen started boxing at 7 and had his first bout at 9...
     
      of United States
     United States
     The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
     
     , 30-10
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov
     Nurzhan Karimzhanov
     Nurzhan Karimzhanov is a Kazakhstani boxer, who won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games in the Junior Welterweight division.-Career:...
     
      of Kazakhstan
     Kazakhstan
     Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
     
     , 20-18
  4. Semifinal - Lost to Yudel Johnson Cedeno
     Yudel Johnson Cedeno
     Yudel Johnson Cedeno is a Cuban welterweight professional boxer, who is best known for winning Olympic Light-Welterweight silver 2004 as an amateur.Some sources write the family name Jhonson.-Amateur career:...
     
      of Cuba
     Cuba
     The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
     
     , 13-9

Super Heavyweight (over 91 kg)

• Sergey Rozhnov
  Sergey Rozhnov
  Sergey Rozhnov is a boxer from Bulgaria. He is of Russian origin.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the first round of the Super heavyweight division by Russia's eventual winner Alexander Povetkin....
  
  
  1. Round of 16 - Lost to Alexander Povetkin
     Alexander Povetkin
     Alexander Vladimirovich Povetkin is a Russian boxer. He is the current holder of the WBA heavyweight title. His height is . Because of his amateur success, as well as his early pro accomplishments, he is seen as a leading contender in professional boxing's Heavyweight division...
     
      of Russia
     Russia
     Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
     
     , outscored

Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

• Stanimir Atanasov
  Stanimir Atanasov
  Stanimir Atanasov is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who has competed from 1995 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the C-4 500 m event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg...
  
   - final, 8th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:

• Stanimir Atanasov - semifinal, 15th place

Men's K1 500 metres:

• Petar Merkov
  Petar Merkov
  Petar Hristov Merkov is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he who won two silver medals at Sydney in 2000...
  
   - semifinal, 19th place

Men's K2 500 metres:

• Yordan Yordanov
  Yordan Yordanov
  Yordan Yordanov is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Seville....
  
   and Ivan Hristov
  Ivan Hristov
  Ivan Khristov is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Seville....
  
   - semifinal, 12th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

• Delyana Dacheva
  Delyana Dacheva
  Delyana Dacheva is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. She won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze ....
  
   and Bonka Pindzheva
  Bonka Pindzheva
  Bonka Pindzheva is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s. She won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze ....
  
   - final, 6th place

Men's K4 1000 metres:

• Milko Kazanov
  Milko Kazanov
  Milko Georgiev Kazanov is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to 2005. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996....
  
  , Ivan Hristov, Petar Merkov, and Yordan Yordanov - final, 4th place

Track cycling

Women's individual sprint:

• Evgenia Radanova
  Evgenia Radanova
  Evgenia Radanova is a Bulgarian female short track speed skater and cyclist who has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. She is the world record holder in the 500 m short track distance with 43.671s, which she set in Calgary, Canada on 19 October 2001...
  
   - classification 9-12, 12th place

Men's time trial:

• Radoslav Konstantinov - 17th place, 1:06.265

Equestrian

Individual jumping:

• Rossen Raitchev riding Medoc II - final round A, 43rd place

Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

• Yordan Yovchev - advanced in two exercises
  • Rings - silver medal
  • Floor - bronze medal
• Filip Yanev - advanced in one exercise
  • Vault - 5th place

Women's artistic:

• Yevgeniya Kuznetsova
  Yevgeniya Kuznetsova
  Yevgeniya Petrovna Kuznetsova is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 1996 Olympic Games. She won silver medal in the team competition. Also competed for Bulgaria in 2004 Olympic Games....
  
   - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

• Individual
  • Simona Peycheva
    Simona Peycheva
    Simona Peycheva is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast considered by many to be the best Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast of late for her extreme flexibility, technical brilliance and that she is a great audience teaser....
    
     - 6th place
  • Elizabeth Paisieva
    Elizabeth Paisieva
    Elizabeth Paisieva is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she finished 12th overall in the rhythmic individual all-around competition.-External links:*...
    
     - 12th place
• Team - bronze medal
  • Zhaneta Ilieva (hoops and balls)
  • Eleonora Kezhova
  • Zornitsa Marinova (ribbons)
  • Kristina Ranguelova
  • Galina Tancheva
  • Vladislava Tancheva

Judo

Men's 66 kg:

• Georgi Georgiev
  Georgi Georgiev (judoka)
  Georgi Georgiev is a Bulgarian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   - bronze medal; defeated in semifinals; won repechage finals

Women's 78+ kg:

• Tsvetana Bozhilova
  Tsvetana Bozhilova
  Tsvetana Bozhilova is a Bulgarian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
  
   - defeated in round of 32

Swimming

Men's 200m freestyle

• Mihail Alexandrov - 31st, 1:52.12

Men's 400m freestyle

• Petar Stoychev
  Petar Stoychev
  Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the...
  
   - 32nd, 3:59.86

Men's 1500m freestyle

• Petar Stoychev
  Petar Stoychev
  Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the...
  
   - 17th, 15:28.32

Men's 200m breaststroke

• Mihail Alexandrov - 28th, 2:17.19

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Mihail Alexandrov - 18th, 2:02.39

Volleyball

Women's beach volleyball:

• Tzvetelina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova
  • Prelims: 2-1
  • Round of 16: Defeated 2-1 by Shelda Bede
    Shelda Bede
    Shelda Kelly Bruno Bede is a beach volleyball player from Brazil who won silver medals in beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:*...
    
     and Adriana Behar
    Adriana Behar
    Adriana Brandão Behar is one of the most outstanding volleyball players of her generation....
    
    , Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
    
    

Weightlifting

Men's Featherweight

• Sevdalin Minchev
  Sevdalin Minchev
  Sevdalin Minchev Angelov is a retired male weightlifter from Bulgaria. He competed at 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and won a bronze medal in the men's 56 kg division. Minchev is a four-time Olympian ....
  
  

Men's Middleweight

• Ivan Stoitsov

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

• Milen Dobrev
  Milen Dobrev
  Milen Dobrev is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic champion in 2004 in the middle heavyweight class. In same year he won the European Championship in Kiev.-References:...
  
  
• 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:**...
  
  

Men's Super-Heavyweight

• Velichko Cholakov
  Velichko Cholakov
  TotalTotalVelichko Cholakov is a Bulgarian weightlifter.He competed in the over 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, his first Olympics, winning an Olympic bronze medal...
  
  

Women's Flyweight

• Izabela Dragneva
  Izabela Dragneva
  Izabela Dragneva is a retired female weightlifter from Bulgaria, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004...
  
  

Women's Lightweight

• Zlatina Atanasova

Women's Light-Heavyweight

• Slaveyka Ruzhinska
• Milena Trendafilova