Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ethiopia – Flag bearers IOC code  ETH NOC Ethiopian Olympic Committee
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals Rank: 41	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
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Ethiopia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Bronze

• Miruts Yifter — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres
• Mamo Wolde — Athletics, Men's marathon

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Egzi Gabre-Gabre

• First Heat — 10.89s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Mulugetta Tadesse

• Heat — 1:47.1
• Semifinals — 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)

• Shibrou Regassa

• Heat — 1:53.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Hailu Ebba

• Heat — 3:41.6
• Semifinals — 3:43.7 (→ did not advance)

• Shibrou Regassa

• Heat — 3:43.6
• Semifinals — 3:41.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Tolossa Kotu

• Heat — 13:46.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Sisay Feleke, Solomon Belay, Kebede Bedasso, and Egzi Gabre-Gabre

• Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Mohamed Ayele

• First Round — Lost to Koh Keun-Sang (KOR), KO-1

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Fekadu Gabre Selassie

• First Round — Lost to Kyoji Shinohara (JPN), 0:5

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Tekeste Woldu — 53rd place
• Fisihasion Ghebreyesus — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Rissom Gebre Meskei — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Suleman Abdul Rahman — did not finish (→ no ranking)

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database