Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics
# Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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

### 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 ||

### 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 ||

## Weightlifting

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Military press | Military press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ivan Abadzhiev | 75 kg | 102.5 | 15 | 117.5 | 2 | 137.5 | 6 | 357.5 | 7 |
| Ivan Veselinov | 90 kg | 132.5 | 4 | 120 | 6 | 155 | 5 | 407.5 | 5 |
