Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ethiopia IOC code  ETH NOC Ethiopian Olympic Committee Website www.ethiolympic.org
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	31 (men) in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Mamo Wolde (Athletics)
Medals Rank: 41	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 2
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Ethiopia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 3 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Yifter, MirutsMiruts Yifter	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	3 September
Bronze	Wolde, MamoMamo Wolde	Athletics	Men's marathon	10 September

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 4 × 100 m 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

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)

Team time trial

• Mehari Okubamicael
• Rissom Gebre Meskei
• Fisihasion Ghebreyesus
• Tekeste Woldu

References

1. "Ethiopia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database