Ethiopia at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ETH
Nocname:	Ethiopian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	20 (14 men, 6 women)
Sports:	2
Rank:	33
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Ethiopia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after a 12 year absence, having boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Twenty competitors, fourteen men and six women, took part in eleven events in two sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				7 August
				3 August
				8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	9	6	15
Cycling	5	0	5
Total	14	6	20

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's 5.000 metres

• Fita Bayissa
  • Heat - 13:31.24
  • Final - 13:13.03 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Worku Bikila
  • Heat - 13:32.93
  • Final - 13:23.52 (→ 6th place)
• Addis Abebe
  • Heat - 13:40.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Addis Abebe
  • Heat - 28:15.76
  • Final - 28:00.07 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Fita Bayisa
  • Heat - 28:23.55
  • Final - 28:27.68 (→ 9th place)

Men's Marathon

• Tena Megere - 2:17.07 (→ 23rd place)
• Zerehune Gitaw - 2:28.25 (→ 61st place)
• Abebe Mekonnen - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Shemisu Hasen - 1:32:39 (→ 25th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Zewdie Hailemariam
  • Heat - 2:03.85 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Derartu Tulu
  • Heat - 31:55.67
  • Final - 31:06.02 (→ Gold Medal)
• Moreda Tigist
  • Heat - 32:14.42
  • Final - 34:05.56 (→ 18th place)
• Luchia Yeshak
  • Qualifying Heat - 34:12.16 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Addis Gezahegu - 2:58.27 (→ 30th place)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Five male cyclists represented Ethiopia in 1992.

Men's road race

• Biruk Abebe
• Asmelash Geyesus
• Tekle Hailemikael

Men's team time trial

• Biruk Abebe
• Hailu Fana
• Asmelash Geyesus
• Daniel Tesfaye

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ethiopia at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043820/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ETH/summer/1992/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/EGY/editions/23 Egypt at the 1992 Summer Olympics