Bulgaria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDateNikola Stanchev WrestlingMen's Freestyle Middleweight1 DecemberYusein MekhmedovWrestlingMen's Freestyle Heavyweight1 DecemberDimitar DobrevWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman Middleweight6 DecemberPetko SirakovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight6 DecemberStefan 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 YosifovAssociation footballMen's team Competition7 December
Basketball
Preliminary round Group C TEAMPTSPWLPFPA6330238187532124219943122162493303194255
Quarterfinal Group B TEAMPTSPWLPFPA6330283150532120820943121822243303192282
Classification playoffs
5th place match
Boxing
Two boxers are competing for Bulgaria, including the bronze medalist from the last Olympics Boris Nikolov.He reached the quarterfinal, where he lost from Pietrzykowski from Poland. AthleteEventFirst RoundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBoris NikolovMen's light middleweightW PTSL PTSDid not advanceBozhil LozanovMen's heavyweightL KO R3
Football
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze Medal match
Gymnastics
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventMilitary pressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRankIvan Abadzhiev75 kg102.515117.52137.56357.57Ivan Veselinov90 kg132.5412061555407.55
Wrestling
Competition format Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. Everyone, who is competing in the first round is qualifying for the second, no matter if they achieved a win by decision or fall, or they achieved a lose. At the end of each round, any wrestler with more than 5 points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when 3 wrestlers remained. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin medal round (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.
- Fortreit - Lost because of fortreit.
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Medal roundsRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDinko PetrovMen's bantamweightW 2-1 W 3-0 L Fall Did not advance6Dimitar Stoyanov|Men's lightweightW 3–0 W 3-0 L 0-3 W 3–0
L 1-2 Did not advance5Mitko PetkovMen's welterweightW 3–0 L Fortreit Did not advance8Dimitar DobrevMen's middleweightW Fall W 2-1 L 1-2 W 3-0 Petko SirakovMen's light heavyweightL 0-3 W 2-1 W Fall W Fall W 3-0 Husein MehmedovMen's heavyweightW 3-0 L Fall L Fortreit Did not advance7
Men's Freestyle AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Medal roundsRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGeorgi ZaychevMen's lightweight L 0-3 L Fall Did not advance10Mitko PetkovMen's welterweight W Fall L 0-3 L 0–3 Did not advance7Nikola StanchevMen's middleweightW 3-0 L Fall W Fall W Fall W Fall Husein MehmedovMen's heavyweightW 3-0 W Fall W 3-0 W 3-0 L 0-3 Notes
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database