| Noc: | ETH |
| Nocname: | Ethiopian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Location: | Beijing |
| Competitors: | 27 |
| Sports: | 1 |
| Flagbearer: | Miruts Yifter (opening) Kenenisa Bekele (closing) |
| Rank: | 18 |
| Gold: | 4 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
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]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 10000 m | ||||
| Women's 5000 m | ||||
| Men's 10000 m | ||||
| Men's 5000 m | ||||
| Men's 10000 m | ||||
| Women's 5000 m | ||||
| Men's marathon |
See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Ethiopian track and field team was announced on July 13, 2008.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Gashaw Asfaw | Marathon | 2:10:52 | 7 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Kenenisa Bekele | 5000 m | 13:40.13 | 3 Q | 12:57.82 | |||
| 10000 m | 27:01.17 | |||||||
| Tariku Bekele | align=left rowspan=2 | 5000 m | 13:37.63 | 3 Q | 13:19.06 | 6 | ||
| Abreham Cherkos | 13:47.60 | 3 Q | 13:16.46 | 5 | ||||
| Demma Daba | 1500 m | 3:37.78 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||
| Roba Gari | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:28.27 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||
| Haile Gebrselassie | 10000 m | 27:06.68 | 6 | |||||
| Yacob Jarso | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:16.88 | 1 Q | 8:13.47 NR | 4 | |||
| Tsegay Kebede | Marathon | 2:10:00 | ||||||
| Deresse Mekonnen | 1500 m | 3:36.22 | 5 Q | 3:37.85 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Deriba Merga | Marathon | 2:10:21 | 4 | |||||
| Nahom Mesfin | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:23.82 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Sileshi Sihine | 10000 m | 27:02.77 | ||||||
| Mulugeta Wendimu | 1500 m | 3:36.67 | 7 q | 3:40.16 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Marathon | ||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:25.63 | 4 Q | 9:17.85 NR | 7 | ||
| 1500 m | 4:10.04 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
| Sofia Assefa | align=left rowspan=2 | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:47.02 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| 9:41.43 | 9 | Did not advance | ||||
| 1500 m | 4:15.77 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Meseret Defar | 5000 m | 14:56.32 | 1 Q | 15:44.12 | ||
| 10000 m | 31:22.18 | 14 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Tirunesh Dibaba | 5000 m | 15:09.89 | 1 Q | 15:41.40 | |
| 10000 m | 29.54.66 | |||||
| 5000 m | 15:11.21 | 4 Q | 15:49.03 | 8 | ||
| 10000 m | ||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | 2:31:16 | 15 | |||