title: Bulgaria at the 1972 Winter Olympics
text: # Bulgaria at the 1972 Winter Olympics
  
  Bulgaria competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Resmi Resmiev | Downhill | | | | | 2:03.01 | 45 |
  | Ivan Penev | Downhill | | | | | 2:02.16 | 40 |
  | Resmi Resmiev | Giant Slalom | 1:45.68 | 45 | 1:54.14 | 37 | 3:39.82 | 37 |
  | Ivan Penev | Giant Slalom | 1:41.77 | 38 | 1:45.56 | 32 | 3:27.33 | 32 |
  
  ### Men's slalom
  
  | Athlete | Classification | Classification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Ivan Penev | 1:53.24 | 5 | 1:06.84 | 39 | 1:02.84 | 27 | 2:09.68 | 27 |
  | Resmi Resmiev | DSQ | – | 1:05.82 | 37 | 1:05.28 | 29 | 2:11.10 | 29 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 15 km | Ventseslav Stoyanov | 50:54.98 | 53 |
  | 15 km | Petar Pankov | 50:06.74 | 47 |
  | 30 km | Ventseslav Stoyanov | 1'47:11.68 | 46 |
  | 30 km | Petar Pankov | 1'45:50.66 | 39 |
  | 50 km | Ventseslav Stoyanov | DNF | – |
  | 50 km | Petar Pankov | 2'57:12.15 | 28 |
  