Ethiopia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Ethiopia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ethiopia IOC code  ETH NOC Ethiopian Olympic Committee
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	22 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Miruts Yifter
Medals Rank: 18	Gold 4	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 7
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
2006

Ethiopia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

10,000 m runner Tirunesh Dibaba ran the second fastest 10,000 metres of all time, setting an Olympic record of 29 minutes, 54.66 seconds.^[1]

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Athletics 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 References

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	Athletics	Women's 10000 m
1 Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
1 Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	Athletics	Men's 10000 m
1 Gold	Kenenisa Bekele	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
2 Silver	Sileshi Sihine	Athletics	Men's 10000 m
3 Bronze	Meseret Defar	Athletics	Women's 5000 m
3 Bronze	Tsegay Kebede	Athletics	Men's Marathon

[edit] Athletics

The Athletics part of the Ethiopian National Squad was announced on July 13th, 2008. ^[2]

Men

• 1,500 m:

Deresse Mekonnen, Mulugeta Wendimu, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Demma Daba

• 3,000 m Steeplechase:

Nahom Mesfin, Roba Gari, Yacob Jarso

• 5,000 m:

Kenenisa Bekele, Tariku Bekele, Abreham Cherkos Feleke, Ali Abdosh

• 10,000 m:

Kenenisa Bekele, Sileshi Sihine, Haile Gebrselassie, Ibrahim Jeylan

• Marathon

Tsegay Kebede, Deriba Merga, Gudisa Shentema, Gashaw Melese

Women

• 1,500 m:

Gelete Burka, Meskerem Assefa

• 3,000 m Steeplechase:

Zemzem Ahmed, Mekdes Bekele, Sofia Assefa

• 5,000 m:

Tirunesh Dibaba, Meseret Defar, Meselech Melkamu, Belaynesh Fekadu

• 10,000 m:

Mestawet Tufa, Tirunesh Dibaba, Ejegayehu Dibaba, Wude Ayalew

• Marathon:

Gete Wami, Berhane Adere, Dire Tune

[edit] Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kenenisa Bekele	5,000 m	13:40.13	3 Q					12.57.82
	10,000 m							27.01.17
Sileshi Sihine	10,000 m							27.02.77
Tsegay Kebede	Maratthon							2.10.00
Deriba Merga	Marathon							2:10:21	4
Gashaw Asfaw	Marathon							2:10:52	7
Abreham Cherkos Feleke	5,000 m	13:47.60	3 Q					13:16.46	5
Tariku Bekele	5,000 m	13:37.63	3 Q					13:19.06	6
Haile Gebrselassie	10,000 m							27:06.68	6
Mulugeta Wendimu	1,500 m	3:36.67	Q			3:40.16		Did not advance
Deresse Mekonnen	1,500 m	3:36.22	Q			3:37.85		Did not advance
Demma Daba	1,500 m	3:37.78		Did not advance
Yacob Jarso	3,000 Steeplechase	8:16.88 PB	Q					8:13.47 NR	4
Nahom Mesfin	3,000 Steeplechase	8:23.82						Did not advance
Roba Gary	3,000 Steeplechase	8:28.27						Did not advance

[edit] Women

Athlete	Events	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tirunesh Dibaba	5000 m	15:09.89	Q					15.41.40
	10,000 m							29.54.66
Meseret Defar	5000 m	14:56.32	Q					15:44.12
Meselech Melkamu	5000 m	15:11.21	Q					15:49.03	8
Ejegayehu Dibaba	10,000 m							31:22.18	14
Mestawet Tufa	10,000 m							did not finish
Zemzem Ahmed	3,000 steeplechase	9:25.63	PB Q					9:17.85	7 NR
Mekdes Bekele	3,000 steeplechase	9:41.43						did not advance
Sofia Assefa	3,000 steeplechase	9:47.02						did not advance
Dire Tune	Women's marathon							2:31:16	15
Gete Wami	Women's marathon							did not finish
Berhane Adere	Women's marathon							did not finish

[edit] References

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