Bulgaria at the 2004 Summer Olympics


Bulgaria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for three occasions, including the 1948 Summer Olympics in London due to the nation's role in World War II and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee sent 95 athletes, 49 men and 46 women, to compete in 19 sports. Shooting champion and four-time Olympian Mariya Grozdeva became the nation's first ever female flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Mariya GrozdevaShootingWomen's 25 m pistol
Milen DobrevWeightliftingMen's 94 kg
Yordan YovchevGymnasticsMen's rings
Boris GeorgievBoxingLight welterweight
Yordan YovchevGymnasticsMen's floor
Zhaneta Ilieva
Eleonora Kezhova
Zornitsa Marinova
Kristina Ranguelova
Galina Tancheva
Vladislava Tancheva		GymnasticsWomen's rhythmic group all-around
Georgi GeorgievJudoMen's 66 kg
Ivo YanakievRowingMen's single sculls
Rumyana NeykovaRowingWomen's single sculls
Mariya GrozdevaShootingWomen's 10 m air pistol
Velichko CholakovWeightliftingMen's +105 kg
Armen NazaryanWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 60 kg

Athletics

Bulgarian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events.
; KeyNote – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat onlyQ = Qualified for the next roundq = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying targetNR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
;Men
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events

Badminton

Bulgaria has qualified two spots in the women's singles and doubles.

Boxing

Bulgaria sent five boxers to Athens, winning a bronze medal to join a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medals scoreboard. Their combined record was 5-5.

Canoeing

Sprint

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Track

;Sprint
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Radoslav KonstantinovMen's time trial1:06.26517

Gymnastics

Artistic

Bulgaria has qualified three gymnasts.
;Men
;Women

Judo

Bulgaria has qualified two judoka.

Rowing

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

;Men
;Women
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

;Men
;Women

Swimming

Bulgarian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events :
;Men
;Women

Weightlifting

Bulgaria has qualified the following quota places.
;Men
;Women

Wrestling

; Key
  • – Victory by Fall.
  • - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
;Men's freestyle
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle