Bulgaria at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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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Medalists

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.

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Yuri Mitev	4	37:23.95	36
10 km Sprint	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
20 km	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.

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