Ethiopia at the Olympics

Ethiopia at the
Olympics
Ethiopia at the; Olympics
IOC code	ETH
NOC	Ethiopian Olympic Committee
Website	www.ethiolympic.org
Medals	Gold 22 Silver 11 Bronze 21 Total 54
Summer appearances
	1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984–1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Winter appearances
	2006; 2010; 2014–2022;

Ethiopia was first at the Olympic Games in 1956.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Ethiopia is ETH.^[1]

History

There have been competitors from Ethiopia in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Games. Ethiopia was also in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2006 Games in Turin.

Ethiopian athletes have won a total of 45 medals, all in athletics.

The National Olympic Committee for Ethiopia is the Ethiopian Olympic Committee. It was formed in 1948.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Abebe Bikila	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Abebe Bikila	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Mamo Wolde	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men's marathon
2 Silver	Mamo Wolde	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Miruts Yifter	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Mamo Wolde	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Miruts Yifter	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
1 Gold	Miruts Yifter	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Mohamed Kedir	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Eshetu Tura	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
1 Gold	Derartu Tulu	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Fita Bayisa	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
3 Bronze	Addis Abebe	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Haile Gebrselassie	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Fatuma Roba	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's marathon
3 Bronze	Gete Wami	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Million Wolde	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
1 Gold	Haile Gebrselassie	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Derartu Tulu	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Gezahegne Abera	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's marathon
2 Silver	Gete Wami	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Assefa Mezgebu	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Gete Wami	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres
3 Bronze	Tesfaye Tola	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Meseret Defar	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres
2 Silver	Kenenisa Bekele	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
2 Silver	Sileshi Sihine	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
2 Silver	Ejegayehu Dibaba	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Tirunesh Dibaba	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres
3 Bronze	Derartu Tulu	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres
1 Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
1 Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres
2 Silver	Sileshi Sihine	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 10000 metres
3 Bronze	Meseret Defar	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres
3 Bronze	Tsegay Kebede	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Meseret Defar	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
1 Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
1 Gold	Tiki Gelana	2012 London	Athletics	Women's marathon
2 Silver	Dejen Gebremeskel	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
3 Bronze	Sofia Assefa	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 3000 m steeplechase
3 Bronze	Tariku Bekele	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
3 Bronze	Tirunesh Dibaba	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 5000 m

Related pages

List of IOC country codes

References

↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]; retrieved 2012-8-16.

Other websites

Ethiopia profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine

[1] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]; retrieved 2012-8-16.

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