Bulgaria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 130 competitors, 106 men and 24 women, took part in 92 events in 15 sports.
Georgi Kostadinov — Boxing, Men's FlyweightNorair Nurikyan — Weightlifting, Men's FeatherweightYordan Bikov — Weightlifting, Men's MiddleweightAndon Nikolov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-HeavyweightPetar Kirov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman FlyweightGeorgi Markov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman FeatherweightYordanka Blagoeva — Athletics, Women's High JumpDiana Yorgova — Athletics, Women's Long JumpAngel Angelov — Boxing, Men's WelterweightMladen Kutchev — Weightlifting, Men's LightweightAtanas Shopov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle-HeavyweightAleksandar Kraitchev — Weightlifting, Men's HeavyweightOsman Duraliev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super HeavyweightOgnian Nikolov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light-FlyweightStoyan Apostolov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman LightweightAleksandr Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super HeavyweightVasilka Stoeva — Athletics, Women's Discus ThrowIvanka Khristova — Athletics, Women's Shot PutFedia Damianov & Ivan Burtchin — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C-2 1000m (canoe double)Ivan Krastev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle FeatherweightStefan Angelov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-FlyweightMen's 5000 metres
Mikhail JelevHeat — DNS (→ did not advance)Men's High Jump
Petar BogdanovQualification Round — 2.12m (→ did not advance)MenMenWomenFour cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1972.
1000m time trialPursuitFive fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1972.
Men's sabreBoris StavrevStoyko LipchevAnani MikhaylovMen's team sabreKhristo Khristov, Stoyko Lipchev, Anani Mikhaylov, Valentin Nikolov, Boris StavrevThree male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
Georgi Stoyanov — 4695 points (→ 26th place)Velko Bratanov — 4339 points (→ 50th place)Angel Pepelyankov — 3971 points (→ 57th place)Men's Team Competition:
Stoyanov, Bratanov, and Pepelyankov — 12957 points (→ 16th place)MenSix male shooters represented Bulgaria in 1972.
OpenMenWomenTeam RosterDimiter KarovBrunko IlievAlex TrenevIvan IvanovDimiter ZlatanovZdravko SimeonovTsano TsanovKiril SlavovEmil VulchevEmil TrenevLuchezar SoyanovIvan DimitrovBisser NaoumovIvan KovatchevAlexander ChpitzerToma TomovPlamen BrankovMladen KhristovNedeltcho YordanovVassil TomovAndrei KonstantinovMatei PopovLubomir RountovMen 
