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
Preliminary round
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 |
Quarterfinal
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 |
Classification playoffs
5th place match
Boxing
Football
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze Medal match
Gymnastics
Weightlifting
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Military press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | 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 |
Wrestling
References