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competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden ( equestrian events).

Medalists

Gold

* Nikola Stanchev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Silver

Dimitar Dobrev Dimitar Dimitrov Dobrev ( bg, Димитър Добрев; 14 April 1931 – 1 April 2019) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Bulgaria, where he spent most of his professional career. Dobrev was the Olympic champion in the middleweight divis ...

— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight *

Petko Sirakov Petko Sirakov ( bg, Петко Сираков) (16 February 1929 – 8 April 1996) was a Bulgarian wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint ...

— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight * Yusein Mekhmedov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Bronze

Stefan Bozhkov Stefan Bozhilov Stefanov ( bg, Стефан Божилов Стефанов; 20 September 1923 – 1 February 2014) was a Bulgarian football player and coach. He usually played the position of midfielder. Career Born in Sofia, Bozhkov first star ...

Todor Diev Todor Nedyalkov Diev ( bg, Тодор Недялков Диев) (28 January 1934 – 6 January 1995) was a Bulgarian footballer, part of the Bulgarian squad that won the bronze medals in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Career Diev began ...

, Georgi Dimitrov, Milcho Goranov,

Ivan Petkov Kolev Ivan Petkov Kolev ( bg, Иван Петков Колев) (Plovdiv 1 November 1930 – 1 July 2005) was a Bulgarian football player and coach. He represented Bulgaria at both the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1966 FIFA World Cup, He also pla ...

Nikola Kovachev Nikola Dimitrov Kovachev ( bg, Никола Димитров Ковачев; Blagoevgrad, 4 June 1934 – Sofia, 26 November 2009) was a Bulgarian football player and manager. Kovachev played for Bulgaria at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. He ...

Manol Manolov Manol Manolov ( bg, Манол Манолов) (4 August 1925 – 16 December 2008) was a Bulgarian football defender and manager. He was born in Sofia. Manolov featured in 57 games for the Bulgaria national football team and won a bronze ...

Dimitar Milanov Dimitar Milanov Stoyanov ( bg, Димитър Миланов Стоянов; 18 October 1928 – 1995) was a Bulgarian international footballer who played as a right winger. Club career Born in Sofia, Milanov began his career at Botev Sofia, b ...

, Georgi Naydenov, Panayot Panayotov,

Kiril Rakarov Kiril Manolov Rakarov ( bg, Кирил Манолов Ракаров, 24 May 1932 - 25 August 2006) was a Bulgarian football player who played as a defender. He represented Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1962 FIFA World Cup ...

Gavril Stoyanov Gavril Stoyanov ( bg, Гаврил Стоянов; 9 July 1929 – 6 November 2005) was a Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated ...

Krum Yanev Krum Ivanov Yanev ( bg, Крум Иванов Янев) (9 January 1929 – 24 August 2012) was a Bulgarian footballer who played at both professional and international levels, as a forward. Career Yanev started his career with Spartak Plovdiv ...

, and Yosif Yosifov — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition

Basketball

Preliminary round

Group C

Quarterfinal

Group B

Classification playoffs

5th place match

Boxing

Football

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze Medal match

Gymnastics

Weightlifting

;Men

Wrestling

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

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