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| Ethiopia at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ETH |
| NOC | Ethiopian Olympic Committee |
| in Atlanta | |
| Competitors | 18 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Fita Bayisa [1] |
| Medals Ranked 34th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Ethiopia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Fatuma Roba | Athletics | Women's marathon | 28 July |
| Gold | Haile Gebrselassie | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres | 29 July |
 Bronze | Gete Wami | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres | 2 August |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Fita Bayissa | 5000 metres | 13:51.61 | 1 Q | N/A | 13:30.88 | 7 q | 13:18.30 | 10 | |
| Assefa Mezegebu | 5000 metres | 13:54.89 | 17 Q | N/A | 14:05.48 | 21 | Did not advance | ||
| Abraham Assefa | 10000 metres | 28:32.24 | 22 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
| Worku Bikila | 10000 metres | 27:50.57 | 1 Q | N/A | 28:59.15 | 17 | |||
| Haile Gebrselassie | 10000 metres | 28:14.20 | 11 Q | N/A | 27:07.34 OR | | |||
| Belayneh Dinsamo | Marathon | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||
| Abebe Mekonnen | Marathon | N/A | 2:29:45 | 81 | |||||
| Tumo Turbo | Marathon | N/A | Did not finish | ||||||
| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Kutre Dulecha | 800 metres | 2:04.80 | 28 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:07.69 | 7 q | N/A | 4:09.03 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| Merima Denboba | 5000 metres | 15:48.35 | 25 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
| Ayelech Worku | 5000 metres | 15:21.59 | 7 Q | N/A | 15:28.81 | 12 | |||
| Luchia Yishak | 5000 metres | 16:04.29 | 40 | N/A | Did not advance | ||||
| Berhane Adere | 10000 metres | 32:21.09 | 12 Q | N/A | 32:57.35 | 18 | |||
| Derartu Tulu | 10000 metres | 31:35.90 | 1 Q | N/A | 31:10.46 | 4 | |||
| Gete Wami | 10000 metres | 32:20.92 | 11 Q | N/A | 31:06.65 | | |||
| Fatuma Roba | Marathon | N/A | 2:26:05 | | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Tebebu Behonegn | Flyweight |  Reyes (COL)L 16-2 | Did not advance | |||
| Yared Woldemichael | Light-Middleweight |  Sinette (TRI)W11-10 |  Tulaganov (UZB)L 13-9 | Did not advance | ||
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Belize competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
The Central African Republic competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Sierra Leone competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Benin competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
The United States Virgin Islands competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
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Ethiopia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country's participation in Tokyo marked its fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1956, having missed three occasions due to joining the African (1976), Soviet (1984), and North Korean (1988) boycotts. Ethiopia left Tokyo with a total of four medals, a decrease from its previous overall tally at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and its lowest medal count since 1996.
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