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Bulgaria at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Sporting event delegation
Bulgaria at the
1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria
IOC codeBUL
NOCBulgarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Lake Placid
Competitors8 in 3 sports
Flag bearerPetar Popangelov
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Main article: 1980 Winter Olympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Ivan Lebanov Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km

Lebanov was the first Bulgarian to win a Winter Olympics Medal.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Khristo Angelov Giant Slalom 1:25.97 40 1:26.81 33 2:52.78 32
Mitko Khadzhiev 1:25.27 37 1:25.15 30 2:50.42 31
Petar Popangelov 1:23.80 34 1:24.32 25 2:48.12 27
Lyudmil Tonchev 1:23.73 33 1:25.09 29 2:48.82 30
Mitko Khadzhiev Slalom 57.34 27 54.04 20 1:51.38 21
Khristo Angelov 57.03 25 53.48 17 1:50.51 19
Lyudmil Tonchev 56.85 22 53.38 16 1:50.23 17
Petar Popangelov 54.84 9 50.56 2 1:45.40 6

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses Time Rank
10 km Sprint Yuri Mitev 4 37:23.95 36
Vladimir Velichkov 5 37:10.71 34
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time Rank
20 km Vladimir Velichkov 1'09:57.24 18 1'27:57.24 43
Yuri Mitev 1'11:58.06 10 1'21:58.06 40
A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Khristo Barzanov 45:05.21 38
Ivan Lebanov 43:37.32 15
30 km Khristo Barzanov 1'32:03.49 23
Ivan Lebanov 1'28:03.87 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

National Olympic Committees at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States
America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Bulgaria at the Olympics
Summer Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
Bulgaria did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott


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