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Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Melbourne/ Stockholm
Competitors	43 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Georgi Panov
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
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Bulgaria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian events).

Medalists

Gold

• Nikola Stanchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Silver

• Dimitar Dobrev — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
• Petko Sirakov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
• Yusein Mekhmedov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Bronze

• Stefan Bozhkov, Todor Diev, Georgi Dimitrov, Milcho Goranov, Ivan Petkov Kolev, Nikola Kovachev, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Milanov, Georgi Naydenov, Panayot Panayotov, Kiril Rakarov, Gavril Stoyanov, Krum Yanev, and Yosif Yosifov — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group C

TEAM	PTS	P	W	L	PF	PA
Uruguay	6	3	3	0	238	187
Bulgaria	5	3	2	1	242	199
Formosa	4	3	1	2	216	249
South Korea	3	3	0	3	194	255

Uruguay 70,   Bulgaria 65

Scoring by half: 38–35, 32–30

Bulgaria 89,   South Korea 58

Scoring by half: 47–33, 42–25

Formosa 71,   Bulgaria 88

Scoring by half: 35–47, 36–41

Quarterfinal

Group B

TEAM	PTS	P	W	L	PF	PA
United States	6	3	3	0	283	150
Soviet Union	5	3	2	1	208	209
Bulgaria	4	3	1	2	182	224
Brazil	3	3	0	3	192	282

Bulgaria 44,   United States 85

Scoring by half: 19–48, 25–37

Bulgaria 56,   Soviet Union 66

Scoring by half: 32–37, 24–29

Bulgaria 82,   Brazil 73

Scoring by half: 38–36, 44–37

Classification playoffs

Bulgaria 80,   Philippines 70

5th place match

Bulgaria 64,   Brazil 52

Boxing

Football

First round

Bulgaria	w/o 1	Egypt

Melbourne

Quarterfinals

30 November 1956
12:00

Bulgaria	6–1	Great Britain
Dimitrov 6' Kolev 40' 85' Milanov 45' 75' 80'	Report	Lewis 30'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 6,748

Referee: Wright (AUS)

Semifinals

5 December 1956
12:00

Soviet Union	2–1 ( a.e.t.)	Bulgaria
Streltsov 112' Tatushin 116'	Report	Kolev 95'

Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 21,079

Referee: R.H. Mann (GBR)

Bronze Medal match

7 December 1956
14:15

Bulgaria	3–0	India
Diev 37' 60' Milanov 42'	Report

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 21,236

Referee: Latyshev (USSR)

Gymnastics

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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