Bulgaria at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Bulgaria at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Flag of Bulgaria
IOC code	BUL
NOC	Bulgarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.bgolympic.org (in Bulgarian and English)
in Lake Placid
Competitors	8 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Petar Popangelov
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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 1	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 2	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

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² 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

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1980, full results by sports-reference.com