Ethiopia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | |
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FINA code | ETH |
National federation | Ethiopian Swimming Federation |
in Kazan, Russia | |
Competitors | 3 in 1 sport |
Medals |
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World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
Ethiopia competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country in the northeastern part of Africa, known as the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, the de facto state of Somaliland and Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west and Sudan to the northwest. With over 102 million inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populous nation on the African continent with a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa, which lies a few miles west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the Nubian and Somali tectonic plates.
The 16th FINA World Championships, also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes, countries (110) and medals (635) which are the most ever also.
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,243,500, it is the sixth most populous city in Russia.
Ethiopian swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): [1] [2]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Robel Habte | 100 m freestyle | 1:04.41 | 115 | Did not advance | |||
50 m butterfly | 30.95 | 74 | Did not advance | ||||
Abdelmalik Muktar | 50 m freestyle | DSQ | Did not advance | ||||
50 m breaststroke | 35.89 | 70 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Rahel Gebresilassie | 50 m freestyle | 32.49 | 99 | Did not advance | |||
50 m butterfly | 36.15 | 62 | Did not advance |
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