Ethiopia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ETH
NOC	Ethiopian Olympic Committee
in Atlanta
Competitors	18 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Fita Bayisa [1]
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Ethiopia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

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

Competitors

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

Results by event

Athletics

Men

Track and road events

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

Women

Track and road events

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

Boxing

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

References

1. "Flagbearers for Ethiopia". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 19 December 2023.
2. Ethiopia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sources

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database