Bulgaria at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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.
Archery
In its first appearance in Olympic archery, Bulgaria entered one man and one woman.;Men
;Women
Athletics
;Men;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Men's decathlon|Decathlon]
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | 400 m | 1500 m | Final | Rank | |||||||
| Atanas Andonov | Result | 11.38 | 6.86 | 15.59 | 2.00 | 50.36 | 14.83 | 47.62 | 4.70 | 53.34 | 4:29.2 | 7927 | 7 |
| Atanas Andonov | Points | 7927 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Razvigor Yankov | Result | 11.26 | 6.61 | 16.28 | 1.85 | 50.37 | 15.69 | 48.02 | 4.60 | 58.12 | 4:51.2 | 7624 | 14 |
| Razvigor Yankov | Points | 7624 | 14 |
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – pentathlon
| Athlete | Event | 1500 m | Final | Rank | ||||
| Valentina Dimitrova | Result | 14.39 | 5.91 | 15.65 | 1.74 | 2:15.50 | 4458 | 7 |
| Valentina Dimitrova | Points | 4458 | 7 | |||||
| Emilia Kunova | Result | 13.72 | 6.10 | 11.98 | 1.74 | 2:11.10 | 4431 | 8 |
| Emilia Kunova | Points | 4431 | 8 |
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.| Competed for the gold medal | |
| Competed for the bronze medal |
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight- Ismail Mustafov → 16x16px Bronze Medal
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round – defeated Gerard Hawkins on points
- * Quarter-finals – defeated Ahmed Siad on points
- * Semi-finals – lost to Hipolito Ramos on points
- Petar Lesov → 16x16px Gold Medal
- * First Round – defeated Onofre Ramirez on points
- * Second Round – defeated Hassen Sherif on points
- * Quarter-finals – defeated Roman Gilberto on points
- * Semi-finals – defeated Hugh Russell on points
- * Final – defeated Viktor Miroshnichenko after referee stopped contest in 2nd round
- Aleksandr Radev
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round – lost to John Siryakibbe after referee stopped contest in first round
- Tsacho Andreikovski
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round – defeated William Azanor after knock-out in first round
- * Third Round – defeated Barthelémy Adoukonu after knock-out in second round
- * Quarter-finals – lost to Viktor Rybakov on points
- Yordan Lesov
- * First Round – defeated Patrice Martin after knock-out in first round
- * Second Round – defeated Tibor Dezamits on points
- * Quarter-finals – lost to Viktor Demyanenko on points
- Margarit Anastasov
- * First Round – lost to Ace Rusevski on points
- Petr Stoimenov
- * First Round – defeated Naasan Ajjoub after referee stopped contest in second round
- * Quarter-finals – lost to Jürgen Fanghänel after referee stopped contest in second round
Canoeing
Sprint
;Men;Women
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Bulgaria in 1980.Track
;Time trial| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Stoyan Petrov | 1 km time trial | 1:08.682 | 12 |
Diving
;MenFencing
Four fencers, all men, represented Bulgaria in 1980.;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
Judo
;MenModern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Bulgaria in 1980.| Athlete | Event | Shooting | Fencing | Swimming | Riding | Running | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Borislav Batikov | Men's | 978 | 740 | 934 | 1164 | 982 | 4798 | 34 |
| Simeon Monev | Men's | 1010 | 636 | 1088 | 1148 | 1033 | 4915 | 28 |
| Nikolai Nikolov | Men's | 1004 | 740 | 1066 | 1028 | 994 | 4832 | 30 |
| Borislav Batikov Simeon Monev Nikolai Nikolov | Team | 2992 | 2116 | 3088 | 3340 | 3009 | 14545 | 10 |
Rowing
;Men;Women
Sailing
;OpenShooting
;OpenSwimming
;Men;Women
Volleyball
Men's team competition
Preliminary round
;Pool ATeam 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
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
Group C
| Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |||||
| 1. |  YUG|1980 SummerGroup B
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