title: Bulgaria at the 1956 Summer Olympics
text: # 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 |
  