Ethiopia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Ethiopia
IOC code  ETH
NOC Ethiopian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.ethiolympic.org
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 33 in 2 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Ethiopia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having missed three different occasions because of the African (1976), Soviet (1984), and North Korean (1988) boycott.

Athletics

Ethiopian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]

Cycling

Road

Ethiopia has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of being ranked in the top two NOCs at the 2015 African Championships, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback in the sport for the first time since 1992.[3][4]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Tsgabu Grmay Men's road race

References

  1. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Samuel, Rahel (11 February 2015). "Historic Day for Ethiopian Cycling as Tsgabu Grmay wins Gold Medal". Ethiosports. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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