Ethiopia at the Olympics

Ethiopia at the Olympics
IOC code	ETH
NOC	Ethiopian Olympic Committee
Website	www.ethiolympic.org
Medals Ranked 44th	Gold 23 Silver 12 Bronze 23 Total 58
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 first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, and has sent athletes to compete in Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Games. Ethiopia also participated in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2006 Games in Turin.

Ethiopian athletes have won a total of 58 medals, all at the Summer Olympics and all in long-distance events in athletics.

Ethiopia's participation in the Olympics is organized by the Ethiopian Olympic Committee, founded in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954.

Medal tables

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	23	12	23	58
Totals (1 entries)	23	12	23	58

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Abebe Bikila	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Abebe Bikila	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Mamo Wolde	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Mamo Wolde	1968 Mexico City	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Mamo Wolde	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's marathon
Bronze	Miruts Yifter	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Gold	Miruts Yifter	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Gold	Miruts Yifter	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Mohamed Kedir	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Eshetu Tura	1980 Moscow	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Gold	Derartu Tulu	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Bronze	Addis Abebe	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Fita Bayisa	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Gold	Haile Gebrselassie	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m (OR)
Gold	Fatuma Roba	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's marathon
Bronze	Gete Wami	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Gold	Gezahegne Abera	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Haile Gebrselassie	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Gold	Derartu Tulu	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m (OR)
Gold	Million Wolde	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Silver	Gete Wami	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Bronze	Assefa Mezgebu	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Tesfaye Tola	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's marathon
Bronze	Gete Wami	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m (OR)
Gold	Meseret Defar	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Silver	Kenenisa Bekele	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Silver	Ejegayehu Dibaba	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Silver	Sileshi Sihine	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Tirunesh Dibaba	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Bronze	Derartu Tulu	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m (OR)
Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 5000 m (OR)
Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m (OR)
Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Silver	Sileshi Sihine	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Silver	Meseret Defar	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Bronze	Tsegay Kebede	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Meseret Defar	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Gold	Tiki Gelana	2012 London	Athletics	Women's marathon (OR)
Silver	Dejen Gebremeskel	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Silver	Sofia Assefa	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 3000 m steeplechase
Bronze	Tariku Bekele	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Tirunesh Dibaba	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Bronze	Abeba Aregawi	2012 London	Athletics	Women's 1500 m
Gold	Almaz Ayana	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m (WR)
Silver	Genzebe Dibaba	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 1500 m
Silver	Feyisa Lilesa	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's marathon
Bronze	Tamirat Tola	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Mare Dibaba	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's marathon
Bronze	Almaz Ayana	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Bronze	Hagos Gebrhiwet	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Bronze	Tirunesh Dibaba	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Gold	Selemon Barega	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Silver	Lamecha Girma	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Bronze	Gudaf Tsegay	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
Bronze	Letesenbet Gidey	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m

Multiple medalists

See also

• List of flag bearers for Ethiopia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Ethiopia
• Ethiopia at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

External links

• "Ethiopia". International Olympic Committee.
• "Ethiopia". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/ETH". olympanalyt.com.

This page was last edited on 20 January 2024, at 22:11