Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 271 competitors, 183 men and 88 women, took part in 151 events in 20 sports.
Petar Lesov — Boxing, Men's FlyweightLyubomir Lyubenov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian SinglesStojan Deltshev — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal BarYanko Rusev — Weightlifting, Men's LightweightAsen Zlatev — Weightlifting, Men's MiddleweightGeorgi Raikov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman HeavyweightValentin Raychev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle WelterweightIsmail Abilov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle MiddleweightMariya Petkova — Athletics, Women's Discus ThrowKrasimira Bogdanova, Diana Braynova-Dilova, Vanya Dermendzhieva, Silviya Germanova, Nadka Golcheva, Petkana Makayeeva, Penka Metodieva, Angelina Mikhaylova, Snezhana Mikhaylova, Kostadinka Radkova, Evladiya Slavcheva, and Penka Stoyanova — Basketball, Women's Team CompetitionLyubomir Lyubenov — Canoeing, Men's C1 500m Canadian SinglesVanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak SinglesGeorgi Gadshev, Svetoslav Ivanov, and Petar Mandazhiev — Equestrian, Team DressageDimitar Zapryanov — Judo, Men's HeavyweightNadya Filipova, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova and Iskra Velinova — Rowing, Women's Coxed FoursYordan Angelov, Dimitar Dimitrov, Stefan Dimitrov, Stoyan Gunchev, Khristo Iliev, Petko Petkov, Kaspar Simeonov, Khristo Stoyanov, Mitko Todorov, Tsano Tsanov, Emil Valchev, and Dimitar Zlatanov — Volleyball, Men's Team CompetitionStefan Dimitrov — Weightlifting, Men's FeatherweightBlagoi Blagoev — Weightlifting, Men's Light HeavyweightRumen Aleksandrov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle HeavyweightValentin Khristov — Weightlifting, Men's HeavyweightAleksandar Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super HeavyweightMikho Dukov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle FeatherweightIvan Yankov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle LightweightSlavcho Chervenkov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle HeavyweightPetar Petrov — Athletics, Men's 100 metresIvailo Khristov — Boxing, Men's Light FlyweightBorislav Borisov, Lazar Khristov, Ivan Manev, and Bozhidar Milenkov — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak FoursBorislav Ananiev and Nikolay Ilkov — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian PairsStojan Deltshev — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around IndividualIliyan Nedkov — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)Bogdan Dobrev, Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, and Ivo Rusev — Rowing, Men's Quadruple ScullsAni Bakova, Rumeliana Boncheva, Dolores Nakova, and Mariana Serbezova — Rowing, Women's Quadruple ScullsSiyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva — Rowing, Women's Coxless PairsLyubcho Dyakov — Shooting, Men's Free PistolPetar Zapryanov — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, proneVerka Borisova-Stoyanova, Tsvetana Bozhurina, Rositsa Dimitrova, Tanya Dimitrova-Todorova, Maya Georgieva-Stoeva, Tanya Gogova, Valentina Ilieva-Kharalampieva, Rumyana Kaisheva, Anka Kristolova-Uzunova, and Silva Petrunova — Volleyball, Women's Team CompetitionMicho Pashov — Weightlifting, Men's LightweightNedelcho Kolev — Weightlifting, Men's MiddleweightMladen Mladenov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman FlyweightPavel Pavlov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman MiddleweightNermedin Selimov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle FlyweightIn its first appearance in Olympic archery, Bulgaria entered one man and one woman.
MenWomenMen's 100 metres
Petar PetrovHeat — 10.32Quarterfinals — 10.13Semifinals — 10.39Final — 10.39 (→ Bronze Medal)Ivaylo KaranyotovHeat — 10.66 (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
Binko KolevHeat — 1:48.7Semifinals — 1:47.3 (→ did not advance)Men's 110 m Hurdles
Plamen KrastevHeat — 13.95Semifinals — 13.99 (→ did not advance)Men's 400 m Hurdles
Yanko BratanovHeat — 50.56Semifinals — 50.17Final — 56.35 (→ 8th place)Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Stanimir NenovHeat — 8:43.8Semifinals — 8:50.2 (→ did not advance)Men's High Jump
Atanas MladenovQualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)Men's Long Jump
Yordan YanevQualification — 7.84 mFinal — 8.02 m (→ 8th place)Ivan TuparovQualification — 7.46 m (→ did not advance)Men's Triple Jump
Atanas ChochevQualification — 16.42 mFinal — 16.56 m (→ 6th place)Men's Pole Vault
Atanas TarevQualification — 5.25 m (→ did not advance)Ivo YanchevQualification — no mark (→ did not advance)Men's Hammer Throw
Emanuil DyulgerovQualification — 70.60 mFinal Round — 74.04 m (→ 6th place)Men's Discus Throw
Emil VladimirovQualification — 62.50 mFinal — 63.18 m (→ 7th place)Velko VelevQualification — 61.32 mFinal — 63.04 m (→ 8th place)Men's Javelin Throw
Stefan StoykovQualification — 78.74 mFinal — 79.04 m (→ 11th place)Men's Shot Put
Nikola HristovQualification — 19.01 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)Valcho StoyevQualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)Men's Decathlon
Atanas AndonovFinal — 7927 points (→ 7th place)Razvigor YankovFinal — 7624 points (→ 14th place)
Women's 100 metres
Mariya ShishkovaHeat — 11.57Quarterfinals — 11.47Semifinals — 11.65 (→ did not advance)Sofka PopovaHeat — 11.35Quarterfinals — 11.42Semifinals — 11.40 (→ did not advance)Women's 800 metres
Nikolina ShterevaHeat — 1:58.9Semifinals — 1:58.9Final — 1:58.8 (→ 7th place)Vesela YatsinskaHeat — 1:59.9Semifinals — 1:59.9 (→ did not advance)Totka PetrovaHeat — 2:00.6Semifinals — 2:00.0 (→ did not advance)Women's 1,500 metres
Vesela YatsinskaHeat — 4:04.7 (→ did not advance)Nikolina ShcherevaHeat — 4:08.3 (→ did not advance)Totka PetrovaHeat — 4:13.8 (→ did not advance)Women's 100 m Hurdles
Yordanka DonkovaHeat — 13.24Semifinal — 13.39 (→ did not advance)Daniela ValkovaHeat — 13.66Semifinal — 13.79 (→ did not advance)Women's Long Jump
Lidiya GushevaQualification — 6.56 mFinal — 6.24 m (→ 12th place)Ekaterina NedevaQualifying Round — 5.83 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)Women's High Jump
Yordanka BlagoevaQualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance)Women's Discus Throw
Mariya PetkovaQualification — 65.02 mFinal — 67.90 m (→ Silver Medal)Svetla BozhkovaQualification — 60.84 mFinal — 63.14 m (→ 8th place)Women's Javelin Throw
Ivanka VanchevaQualification — 61.16 mFinal — 65.38 m (→ 5th place)Antoaneta TodorovaQualification — 60.56 mFinal — 60.66 m (→ 10th place)Tsvetana RalinskaQualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)Women's Shot Put
Verzhinia VeselinovaFinal — 20.72 m (→ 5th place)Elena StoyanovaFinal — 20.22 m (→ 6th place)Ivanka PetrovaFinal — 18.34 m (→ 11th place)Women's Pentathlon
Valentina Dimitrova — 4458 points (→ 7th place)100 metres — 14.39sShot Put — 15.65mHigh Jump — 1.74mLong Jump — 5.91m800 metres — 2:15.50Emilia Kunova — 4431 points (→ 8th place)100 metres — 13.72sShot Put — 11.98mHigh Jump — 1.74mLong Jump — 6.10m800 metres — 2:11.10The women's tournament was decided in a round robin group with all six teams. The first two places competed for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places for the bronze. The remaining teams retain their group ranks for the final standings. The host nation finished the group phase undefeated and won the gold against Bulgaria. Yugoslavia would go on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Ismail Mustafov → Bronze MedalFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Defeated Gerard Hawkins (Ireland) on points (5-0)Quarter Finals — Defeated Ahmed Siad (Algeria) on points (5-0)Semi Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (1-4)Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Petar Lesov → Gold MedalFirst Round — Defeated Onofre Ramirez (Nicaragua) on points (5-0)Second Round — Defeated Hassen Sherif (Ethiopia) on points (5-0)Quarter Finals — Defeated Roman Gilberto (Mexico) on points (4-1)Semi Finals — Defeated Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (5-0)Final — Defeated Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in 2nd roundMen's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Aleksandr RadevFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first roundMen's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Tsacho AndreikovskiFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Defeated William Azanor (Nigeria) after knock-out in first roundThird Round — Defeated Barthelemy Adoukonou (Benin) after knock-out in second roundQuarter Finals — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Yordan LesovFirst Round — Defeated Patrice Martin (Benin) after knock-out in first roundSecond Round — Defeated Tibor Dezamits (Hungary) on points (4-1)Quarter Finals — Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Margarit AnastasovFirst Round — Lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Petr StoimenovFirst Round — Defeated Naasan Ajjoub (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second roundQuarter Finals — Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (East Germany) after referee stopped contest in second roundMenWomenSix cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.
Time trialMenFour fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1980.
Men's sabreVasil EtropolskiKhristo EtropolskiGeorgi ChomakovMen's team sabreKhristo Etropolski, Nikolay Marincheshki, Vasil Etropolski, Georgi ChomakovMenThree male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.
MenWomenOpenOpenMenWomenStoyan GunchevHristo StoyanovDimitar ZlatanovDimitar DimitrovTsano TsanovStefan DimitrovPetko PetkovMitko TodorovKaspar SimeonovEmil ValtchevHristo IlievYordan AngelovTeams in two groups played each other in a round to decide, for which place each of them should compete in the semi-finals and the finals.
Tania DimitrovaValentina IlievaGalina StanchevaSilva PetrunovaAnka KhristolovaVerka BorisovaMargarita GerasimovaRumiana KaichevaMaia GeorgievaTania GogovaTsvetana BozhurinaRositsa DimitrovaTeam RosterVolodia SirakovAndrei AndreevKiril KiriakovAsen DenchevVasil NanovAnton PartalevPetar KostadinovNikolai StamatovBiser GeorgievMatei PopovGeorgi GospodinovMenMen's freestyleMen's Greco-Roman 
