Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Moscow
Competitors	271 in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Aleksandar Tomov
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 8 Silver 16 Bronze 17 Total 41
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Petar Lesov — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Lyubomir Lyubenov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Stojan Deltshev — Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal Bar
• Yanko Rusev — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Asen Zlatev — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Georgi Raikov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
• Valentin Raychev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
• Ismail Abilov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Silver

• Mariya Petkova — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Krasimira 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 Competition
• Lyubomir Lyubenov — Canoeing, Men's C1 500m Canadian Singles
• Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
• Georgi Gadshev, Svetoslav Ivanov, and Petar Mandazhiev — Equestrian, Team Dressage
• Dimitar Zapryanov — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
• Nadya Filipova, Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova and Iskra Velinova — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
• Yordan 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 Competition
• Stefan Dimitrov — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
• Blagoi Blagoev — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Rumen Aleksandrov — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
• Valentin Khristov — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight
• Aleksandar Tomov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
• Mikho Dukov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
• Ivan Yankov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
• Slavcho Chervenkov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Bronze

• Petar Petrov — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
• Ivailo Khristov — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
• Borislav Borisov, Lazar Khristov, Ivan Manev, and Bozhidar Milenkov — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
• Borislav Ananiev and Nikolay Ilkov — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
• Stojan Deltshev — Gymnastics, Men's All-Around Individual
• Iliyan Nedkov — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
• Bogdan Dobrev, Mincho Nikolov, Lyubomir Petrov, and Ivo Rusev — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls
• Ani Bakova, Rumeliana Boncheva, Dolores Nakova, and Mariana Serbezova — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
• Siyka Kelbecheva and Stoyanka Kurbatova-Gruicheva — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
• Lyubcho Dyakov — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
• Petar Zapryanov — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
• Verka 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 Competition
• Mincho Pashov — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
• Nedelcho Kolev — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
• Mladen Mladenov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
• Pavel Pavlov — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
• Nermedin Selimov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

Archery

In its first appearance in Olympic archery, Bulgaria entered one man and one woman.

Men

Women

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yanko Bratanov	400 m hurdles	50.56	5 q	—		50.17	5 q	56.35	8
Vladimir Ivanov	200 m	21.28	4 q	20.96	5	Did not advance
Ivaylo Karanyotov	100 m	10.66	4	Did not advance
Binko Kolev	800 m	1:48.7	3 Q	1:47.3	3	Did not advance
Plamen Krastev	110 m hurdles	13.95	3 Q	—		13.99	6	Did not advance
Stanimir Nenov	3000 m steeplechase	8:50.2	12	—		Did not advance
Pavel Pavlov	200 m	21.78	3 Q	21.35	8	Did not advance
Petar Petrov	100 m	10.32	1 Q	10.13	2 Q	10.39	1 Q	10.39
	200 m	21.78	3 Q	21.89	8	Did not advance
Pavel Pavlov Vladimir Ivanov Ivaylo Karanyotov Petar Petrov	4 × 100 m relay	39.25	3 Q	—				38.99	6

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yordanka Blagoeva	High jump	1.80	16	Did not advance
Svetla Bozhkova	Discus throw	60.84	5 Q	63.14	8
Lidiya Gusheva	Long jump	6.56	5 Q	6.24	12
Ekaterina Nedeva		5.83	17	Did not advance
Mariya Petkova	Discus throw	65.02	2 Q	67.90
Ivanka Petrova	Shot put	—		18.34	11
Tsvetana Ralinska	Javelin throw	DNS		Did not advance
Elena Stoyanova	Shot put	—		20.22	6
Antoaneta Todorova	Javelin throw	60.56	5 Q	60.66	10
Ivanka Vancheva	Javelin throw	61.16	4 Q	65.38	5
Verzhinia Veselinova	Shot put	—		20.72	5

Combined events – Pentathlon

Basketball

Women's Tournament

The 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.

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	0	553	316	+237	10
Bulgaria	4	1	440	405	+35	9
Yugoslavia	3	2	356	364	−8	8
Hungary	2	3	344	407	−63	7
Cuba	1	4	346	403	−57	6
Italy	0	5	308	452	−144	5

July 20

Italy

65–102

Bulgaria

Olympiiski, Moscow

July 22

Bulgaria

83–122

Soviet Union

Olympiiski, Moscow

July 24

Bulgaria

84–64

Cuba

Olympiiski, Moscow

July 27

Hungary

75–90

Bulgaria

Olympiiski, Moscow

July 28

Yugoslavia

79–81

Bulgaria

Olympiiski, Moscow

Gold Medal Match

July 30

Soviet Union

104–73

Bulgaria

Olympiiski, Moscow

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Ismail Mustafov →
  
  Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second 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 Medal
  • First 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 round

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Aleksandr Radev
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to John Siryakibbe (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Tsacho Andreikovski
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated William Azanor (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
  • Third Round — Defeated Barthelémy Adoukonu (Benin) after knock-out in second round
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Yordan Lesov
  • First Round — Defeated Patrice Martin (Benin) after knock-out in first round
  • Second 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 Anastasov
  • First Round — Lost to Ace Rusevski (Yugoslavia) on points (1-4)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Petr Stoimenov
  • First Round — Defeated Naasan Ajjoub (Syria) after referee stopped contest in second round
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Jürgen Fanghänel (East Germany) after referee stopped contest in second round

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lyubomir Lyubenov	C-1 500 m	1:54.31	1 Q	—		BYE		1:53.49
	C-1 1000 m	4:06.82	2 Q	—		BYE		4:12.38
Borislav Ananiev Nikolai Ilkov	C-2 500 m	1:45.00	4 Q	—		1:47.42	1 Q	1:44.83
Raycho Karmadzhiev Kaman Kutsev	C-2 1000 m	3:45.56	3 Q	—		BYE		3:53.89	7
Ivan Manev	K-1 500 m	DNS		Did not advance
	K-1 1000 m	DNS		Did not advance
Slavcho Mangarakov Boiko Savov	K-2 500 m	DNS		Did not advance
Lazar Khristov Georgi Donchev	K-2 1000 m	DNS		Did not advance
Borislav Borisov Bozhidar Milenkov Lazar Khristov Ivan Manev	K-4 1000 m	3:07.19	5 Q	—		3:12.00	3 Q	3:15.46

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vanja Gesheva	K-1 500 m	1:58.40	2 Q	—		BYE		1:59.48
Mariya Mincheva Natasha Petrova	K-2 500 m	1:50.51	5 Q	—		1:51.66	1 Q	1:53.12	9

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Road

Track

Time trial

Diving

Men

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Georgi Gadzhev	Vnimatelen	Individual	1146	9 Q	881	7	881	7
Svetoslav Ivanov	Aleko		1190	8 Q	850	8	850	8
Petar Mandajiev	Schibor		1244	7 Q	846	9	846	9
Georgi Gadzhev Svetoslav Ivanov Petar Mandajiev	See above	Team	3580	2	—		3580

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Men's sabre

• Vasil Etropolski
• Khristo Etropolski
• Georgi Chomakov

Men's team sabre

• Khristo Etropolski, Nikolay Marincheshki, Vasil Etropolski, Georgi Chomakov

Gymnastics

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iliyan Nedkov	−65kg	Jimmy Arévalo (ECU) W 1000-0000	José António Branco (POR) W 1000-0000	Nikolai Solodukhin (URS) L 0000-0010	BYE		Jaroslav Kříž (TCH) W 0100-0000	Torsten Reissmann (GDR) W 0010-0000
Georgi Petrov	−78kg	BYE	Vladimir Barta (TCH) W 0001-0000	Shota Khabareli (URS) L 0000-0001	BYE		Harald Heinke (GDR) L 0000-0010	Did not advance	7
Tsancho Atanasov	−95kg	Luiz Virgilio Moura (BRA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance						19
Dimitar Zapryanov	+95kg	BYE		Radomir Kovačević (YUG) W 1000-0000	Myong Gyu Kim (PRK) W 0001-0000	BYE		Angelo Parisi (FRA) L 0000–1000
	Open	BYE	Walter Carmona (BRA) W 0001-0000	Arthur Mapp (GBR) L 0000–0100	Did not advance				8

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chavdar Radoev	Single sculls	8:04.96	5 R	7:28.96	3 Q	7:34.21	6 FB	7:23.50	10
Dimitar Petrov Stoyko Khadilev	Double sculls	7:21.83	5 R	7:01.25	4 FB	—		6:43.81	9
Tsvetan Petkov Rumen Khristov Todor Kishev	Coxed pair	7:58.31	2 Q	7:25.77	2 Q	—		7:09.21	5
Mincho Nikolov Lyubomir Petrov Ivo Rusev Bogdan Dobrev	Quadruple sculls	6:01.68	2 R	6:00.78	2 Q	—		5:52.38
Georgi Georgiev Lachezar Boychev Kiril Kirchev Valentin Stoev	Coxless four	6:47.21	3 R	6:22.57	3 Q	—		6:22.49	9
Khristo Aleksandrov Vilkhelm Germanov Georgi Petkov Stoyan Stoyanov Nenko Dobrev	Coxed Four	6:53.37	4 R	6:31.46	2 Q	—		6:28.13	5
Dimitar Yanakiev Todor Mrankov Bozhidar Rangelov Ivan Botev Yani Ignatov Mikhail Petrov Petar Patsev Veselin Shterev Ventseslav Kanchev	Eight	6:03.99	4 R	5:46.28	2 Q	—		6:04.05	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rositsa Spasova	Single sculls	4:01.33	1 Q	BYE		3:47.86	3 Q	3:47.22	4
Svetla Otsetova Zdravka Yordanova	Double sculls	3:37.86	4 R	3:21.36	2 Q	—		3:23.14	4
Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kubatova	Coxless pair	4:00.38	3 R	3:37.48	3 Q	—		3:32.39
Mariana Serbezova Rumelyana Boncheva Dolores Nakova Anka Bakova Anka Georgieva	Quadruple sculls	3:14.91	1 Q	BYE		—		3:16.10
Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova Nadiya Filipova	Coxed four	3:26.75	1 Q	BYE		—		3:20.75
Daniela Stavreva Stefka Koleva Snezkha Khristeva Rumyana Kostova Todorka Vasileva Vaneta Karamandzhukova Mariana Mincheva Valentina Aleksandrova Stanka Georgieva	Eight	3:20.25	3 R	3:15.49	2 Q	—		3:10.03	5

Sailing

Open

Shooting

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Lyubcho Dyakov	50 m pistol	565
Kiril Gechevski	Skeet	184	37
Ivan Mandov	25 m rapid fire pistol	592	12
Anton Manolov	Skeet	192	21
Nonka Matova	50 m rifle three positions	1163	6
	50 m rifle prone	597	7
Stayko Nenov	Trap	187	18
Lyuben Popov	50 m pistol	575	11
Todor Stoimenov	25 m rapid fire pistol	590	16
Emiliyan Yankov	50 m rifle three positions	1142	22
Pencho Vichev	Trap	188	14
Petar Zapryanov	50 m rifle prone	598

Swimming

Men

Women

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	193	122	1.582
2	Bulgaria	7	3	1	9	5	1.800	171	149	1.148
3	Cuba	5	1	3	6	9	0.667	181	178	1.017
4	Czechoslovakia	5	1	3	6	11	0.545	180	230	0.783
5	Italy	5	1	3	4	11	0.364	145	191	0.759

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Jul	MAC	Bulgaria	3–1	Cuba	15–7	15–8	6–15	15–8		51–38
24 Jul	DMA	Bulgaria	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–12	15–5	15–7			45–24
26 Jul	MAC	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria	15–6	15–8	15–10			45–24
28 Jul	MAC	Bulgaria	3–1	Italy	15–9	15–9	6–15	15–9		51–42

Semifinals

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	MAC	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	15–13	15–13	15–7			45–33

Gold medal match

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
01 Aug	MAC	Soviet Union	3–1	Bulgaria	15–7	15–13	14–16	15–11		59–47

Team Roster

• • Stoyan Gunchev
  • Hristo Stoyanov
  • Dimitar Zlatanov
  • Dimitar Dimitrov
  • Tsano Tsanov
  • Stefan Dimitrov
  • Petko Petkov
  • Mitko Todorov
  • Kaspar Simeonov
  • Emil Valtchev
  • Hristo Iliev
  • Yordan Angelov

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary round

Teams 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.

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Bulgaria	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	138	114	1.211
2	Hungary	5	2	1	8	6	1.333	161	170	0.947
3	Romania	5	2	1	7	7	1.000	157	153	1.026
4	Brazil	3	0	3	4	9	0.444	152	171	0.889

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 July	MAC	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	15–9	7–15	15–5	15–4	-	52–33
23 July	MAC	Bulgaria	3–0	Brazil	15–7	15–9	15–12	-	-	45–28
25 July	MAC	Bulgaria	1–3	Hungary	15–8	9–15	7–15	10–15	-	41–53

Semifinal

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Aug	MAC	East Germany	3–2	Bulgaria	15–10	12–15	15–9	7-15	15–6	64–55

3rd Place Match

Date	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Aug	MAC	Bulgaria	3–2	Hungary	15–5	13–15	6–15	15–4	15–8	64–47

Team Roster

• • Tania Dimitrova
  • Valentina Ilieva
  • Galina Stancheva
  • Silva Petrunova
  • Anka Khristolova
  • Verka Borisova
  • Margarita Gerasimova
  • Rumiana Kaicheva
  • Maia Georgieva
  • Tania Gogova
  • Tsvetana Bozhurina
  • Rositsa Dimitrova

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	3	2	1	0	24	10	+14
2.	Cuba (CUB)	5	3	2	1	0	19	11	+8
3.	Australia (AUS)	2	3	1	0	2	15	20	–5
4.	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	3	0	0	3	8	25	–17

Final Round

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Australia (AUS)	9	5	4	1	0	30	19	+11
8.	Italy (ITA)	8	5	4	0	1	26	18	+8
9.	Romania (ROU)	7	5	3	1	1	36	26	+10
10.	Greece (GRE)	4	5	2	0	3	28	28	0
11.	Sweden (SWE)	2	5	1	0	4	23	40	–17
12.	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	5	0	0	5	25	37	–12

• Team Roster
  • Volodia Sirakov
  • Andrei Andreev
  • Kiril Kiriakov
  • Asen Denchev
  • Vasil Nanov
  • Anton Partalev
  • Petar Kostadinov
  • Nikolai Stamatov
  • Biser Georgiev
  • Matei Popov
  • Georgi Gospodinov

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Stefan Dimitrov	−60 kg	127.5	2	160	1	287.5
Yanko Rusev	−67,5 kg	147.5	1	195	1	342.5
Mincho Pashov		142.5	5	182.5	3	325
Asen Zlatev	−75 kg	160	1	200	2	360
Nedelcho Kolev		157.5	2	187.5	3	345
Blagoy Blagoev	−82,5 kg	175	2	197.5	5	372.5
Krasimir Drandarov		155	4	200	4	355	5
Rumen Aleksandrov	−90 kg	170	2	205	3	375
Plamen Asparukhov	−100 kg	170	7	0	NVL	170	DNF
Valentin Khristov	−110 kg	185	1	220	2	405

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool							Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Round 7 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Rumen Yordanov	−48 kg	Khaled El-Rifai (SYR) W T 7:53	Jorge Frías (MEX) L 10-12	Sergei Kornilayev (URS) L 6-8	—				Did not advance	7
Nermedin Selimov	−52 kg	Mark Dunbar (GBR) W T 1:40	Ashok Kumar (IND) W T 2:25	Koce Efremov (YUG) W T 4:37	Jang Dok-Ryong (PRK) W 16-6	Anatoli Beloglazov (URS) L T 1:53	Lajos Szabó (HUN) W 19-3	—	Władysław Stecyk (POL) L 5-6
Ivan Tsochev	−57 kg	Sergei Beloglazov (URS) L T 4:46	Mahmoud El-Messouti (SYR) W T 4:26	Antonio La Bruna (ITA) W 13-1	Sándor Németh (HUN) W T 6:40	Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold (MGL) L 6-9	—		Did not advance	4
Miho Dukov	−62 kg	Jan Szymański (POL) W T 5:27	Raúl Cascaret (CUB) W 8-8	Zoltán Szalontai (HUN) W 16-8	Magomedgasan Abushev (URS) L 2-4	Aurel Şuteu (ROU) W 10-3	—		Georgios Hatziioannidis (GRE) W T 2:04
Ivan Yankov	−68 kg	Oscar Segers (BEL) W 15-1	Eberhard Probst (GDR) W 11-3	José Ramos (CUB) W 11-3	Saipulla Absaidov (URS) L 1-6	Jagmander Balyan Singh (IND) W 11-7	—		Šaban Sejdi (YUG) W 6-2
Valentin Raychev	−74 kg	Bartl Brötzner (AUT) W T 4:20	Riccardo Niccolini (ITA) W T 7:59	Reinhold Steingräber  (GDR) W 25-6	Rajander Singh (IND) W 12-8	Ryszard Ścigalski (POL) W 9-4	Pavel Pinigin (URS) W T 1:59	Dan Karabin (YUG) W 10-6	Jamtsyn Davaajav (MGL) W 6-5
Ismail Abilov	−82 kg	Sören Claeson (SWE) W T 4:01	Vasile Ţigănaş (ROU) W T 0:46	Günter Busarello (AUT) W DQ 7:25	Abdula Memedi (YUG) W T 4:19	Magomedkhan Aratsilov (URS) W 8-4	—		István Kovács (HUN) W T 1:48
Ivan Ginov	−90 kg	Kartar Singh (IND) W DQ 7:55	BYE	Sanasar Oganisyan (URS) L 6-12	Ion Ivanov (ROU) W 7-4	Uwe Neupert (GDR) L 3-4	—		Did not advance	4
Slavcho Chervenkov	−100 kg	Antal Bodó (HUN) W DQ 6:42	Bourcard Bineli (CMR) W T 1:14	Ambroise Sarr (SEN) W T 1:08	Ilya Mate (URS) W 6-4	BYE	—		Július Strnisko (TCH) W 11-3
Petar Ivanov	+100 kg	József Balla (HUN) L DQ 8:37	Youssef Dibo (SYR) W T 0:58	Roland Gehrke (GDR) L 3-5	—				Did not advance	7

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Pavel Hristov	−48kg	Kent Andersson (SWE) W DQ 8:16	Vincenzo Maenza (ITA) W DQ 14-4	Reijo Haaparanta (FIN) W 27-0	Constantin Alexandru (ROU) L DQ 7:34	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov (URS) L 7-12	—	Did not advance	4
Mladen Mladenov	−52kg	Haralambos Holidis (GRE) W T 8:28	Taisto Halonen (FIN) W 4-3	Vakhtang Blagidze (URS) L 2-7	Nicu Gingă (ROU) W 5-2	—		Lajos Rácz (HUN) L 0-5
Georgi Donev	−57kg	Pertti Ukkola (FIN) W T 7:23	Józef Lipień (POL) L T 17:7	Benni Ljungbeck (SWE) L 4-10	—			Did not advance	8
Panaiot Kirov	−62kg	Radwan Karout (SYR) W DQ 5:37	István Tóth (HUN) L D 7:00	Kazimierz Lipień (POL) W 5-3	Ivan Frgić (YUG) L DQ 7:15	—		Did not advance	5
Ivan Atanasov	−68kg	Ștefan Rusu (ROU) L T 5:35	Ferenc Čaba (YUG) W 7-2	Lionel Lacaze (FRA) W DQ 8:36	Lars-Erik Skiöld (SWE) L 10-10	—		Did not advance	6
Yanko Chopov	−74kg	Karolj Kasap (YUG) W DQ 7:57	Kaj Jægergaard (DEN) W T 2:28	Ferenc Kocsis (HUN) W 4-3	Vítězslav Mácha (TCH) W 6-2	Anatoly Bykov (URS) L 4-5	—	Did not advance	4
Pavel Pavlov	−82kg	Aduuchiin Baatarkhüü (MGL) W T 3:48	Detlef Kühn (GDR) W DQ 5:42	Mihály Toma (HUN) W DQ 8:01	Leif Andersson (SWE) W 4-3	Gennadi Korban (URS) L 4-11	—	Jan Dołgowicz (POL) L T 1:28
Stoyan Ivanov	−90kg	Igor Kanygin (URS) L DQ 7:09	Darko Nišavić (YUG) W DQ 4:58	Petre Dicu (ROU) L 2-6	—			Did not advance	9
Georgi Raikov	−100kg	BYE	Tamás Gáspár (HUN) W DQ 8:05	Oldřich Dvořák (TCH) W DQ 6:39	Vasile Andrei  (ROU) W 7-2	—		Roman Bierła (POL) W D 7:52
Aleksandar Tomov	+100kg	Prvoslav Ilić (YUG) W DQ 3:57	József Farkas (HUN) W DQ 5:16	Roman Codreanu (ROU) W DQ 7:25	Hassan Bechara (LIB) W T 0:55	—		Alexander Kolchinsky (URS) L 2-4

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