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Ethiopia took part in 10 Olympic Games in its entire history not counting its Participation in the forthcoming Beijing Olympics and has won medals in 9 of them. It did not win medals in its first participation in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Ethiopia also failed to take part in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics for political reasons. Ethiopia also withdrew from the 1976 Montreal Olympics after traveling to Canada protesting against the participation of the then South Africa which was under racist Apartheid rule. Ethiopia’s first Olympic Medal came from the legendary Abebe Bikila who ran bare footed and won the Marathon event in the 1960 Rome Olympics. This is the first Gold Medal not only for Abebe but also for Ethiopia and Africa too. Since then Ethiopia won Medals in all the Olympics it took part.

The table below presents Ethiopia’s participation in the Olympics so far and the Medals won.

Year	Host	Type and No of Medals
1956	Melbourne, Australia	None
1960	Rome, Italy	1 Gold medal
1964	Tokyo, Japan	1 Gold Medal
1968	Mexico, Mexico	1 Gold and 1 Silver
1972	Munich, Germany	2 Bronze
1976	Montreal, Canada	Withdrew (none)
1980	Moscow, Russia	2 Gold and 2 Bronze
1984	Los Angeles, USA	Did not take part
1988	Seoul, South Korea	Did not take part
1992	Barcelona, Spain	1 Gold and 2 Bronze
1996	Atlanta, USA	2 Gold and 1 Bronze
2000	Sydney, Australia	4 Gold, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze
2004	Athens, Greek	2 Gold, 3 Silver, and 2 Bronze
2008	Beijing, China	???????

 

Ethiopian Athletes who won Medals in Olympic Games

Year	Host	Name of Athlete	The Event/Competition	Type of Medal
1960	Rome	Abebe Bikila	Marathon	Gold
1964	Tokyo	Abebe Bikila	Marathon	Gold
1968	Mexico	Mamo Wolde	Marathon 10, 000 Meters	Gold Silver
1972	Munich	Mamo Wolde Miruts Yifter	Marathon 10,000 Meters	Bronze Bronze
1980	Moscow	Miruts Yifter Mohammed Kedir Eshetu Tura	10,000 Meters & 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 3,000 Meters	Gold Gold Bronze Bronze
1992	Barcelona	Derartu Tulu Addis Abebe Fita Bayessa	10,000 Meters(W) 10,000 Meters(M) 5,000 Meters	Gold Bronze Bronze
1996	Atlanta	Haile Gebere Selassie Fatuma Roba Gete Wami	10,000 Meters Marathon 10,000 Meters	Gold Gold Bronze
2000	Sydney	Haile Gebere Selassie Derartu Tulu Gezahegn Abera Million Wolde Tesfaye Tola	10,000 Meters 10,000 Meters Marathon 5,000 Meters Marathon	Gold Gold Gold Gold Bronze
2004	Athens	Kennenisa Bekele Seleshi Sihen Meseret Defar Tirunesh Dibaba Ejigayehu Dibaba Derartu Tulu	10,000 Meters & 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 10,000 Meters	Gold Silver Silver Gold Bronze Silver Bronze