Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ETH
Nocname:	Ethiopian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	31 (men)
Sports:	3
Flagbearer:	Mamo Wolde (Athletics)
Rank:	41
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

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
				3 September
				10 September

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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)
• Tekle Fitinsa
  • Heat - 13:50.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Tadesse Wolde-Medhin
  • Heat - 28:45.4 (→ 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

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ethiopia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ETH/summer/1972/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 October 2014 . sports-reference.com.