| Iaaf: | ETH |
| Fedname: | Ethiopian Athletics Federation |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Games: | World Championship in Athletics |
| Location: | Berlin |
| Competitors: | 38 (20 black men and 18 women) |
| Gold: | 2 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Previous: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2011 |
Ethiopia competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August. A team of 38 athletes competed after achieving one of the competition's qualifying standards. The squad composed of middle and long distance specialists featured three reigning world champions: Meseret Defar (5000 m), Tirunesh Dibaba (10,000 m), and Kenenisa Bekele (10,000 m). Because a champion is given a bye into the championships, Ethiopia was permitted to enter an extra athlete in those events, and the Ethiopian Athletics Federation also picked a reserve athlete in these events.[1]
| Event | Athletes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | ||
| 1500 metres | Deresse Mekonnen Henok Legesse Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Gelete Burka Meskerem Assefa Kalkidan Gezhagne | |
| 5000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele Imane Merga Ali Abdosh Bekana Daba | Tirunesh Dibaba Meselech Melkamu Meseret Defar Sentayehu Ejigu Genzebe Dibaba | |
| 10,000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele Sileshi Sihine Gebregziabher Gebremariam Abebe Dinkesa | Meselech Melkamu Tirunesh Dibaba Meseret Defar Wude Ayalew Aberu Kebede | |
| Marathon | Tsegaye Kebede Deriba Merga Yemane Tsegaye Deressa Chemdessa Dejene Berhanu Getachew Terfe | Teyba Erkesso Bezunesh Bekele Atsede Bayissa Asselefech Mergia Dire Tune | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Yacob Jarso Roba Gary Legesse Lemiso | Zemzem Ahmed Sofia Assefa Korahubesh Itaa | |
| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| 1500 m | Deresse Mekonnen | 3:37.04 | 1 | 3:36.86 | 4 | 3:36.01 | 2 | ||
| Henok Legesse | |||||||||
| Mekonnen Gebremedhin | |||||||||
| 5000 m | Kenenisa Bekele | ||||||||
| Imane Merga | |||||||||
| Ali Abdosh | |||||||||
| Bekana Daba | |||||||||
| 10,000 m | Kenenisa Bekele | ||||||||
| Sileshi Sihine | |||||||||
| Gebregziabher Gebremariam | |||||||||
| Abebe Dinkesa | |||||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | Yacob Jarso | ||||||||
| Roba Gary | |||||||||
| Legesse Lemiso | |||||||||
| Marathon | Tsegaye Kebede | align=center colspan="6" | |||||||
| Deriba Merga | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||
| Yemane Tsegaye | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||
| Deressa Chemdessa | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||
| Dejene Berhanu | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||
| Getachew Terfe | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||
| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| 1500 m | Gelete Burka | ||||||||
| Meskerem Assefa | |||||||||
| Kalkidan Gezhagne | |||||||||
| 5000 m | Tirunesh Dibaba | ||||||||
| Meselech Melkamu | |||||||||
| Meseret Defar | |||||||||
| Sentayehu Ejigu | |||||||||
| Genzebe Dibaba | |||||||||
| 10,000 m | Meselech Melkamu | ||||||||
| Tirunesh Dibaba | |||||||||
| Meseret Defar | |||||||||
| Wude Ayalew | |||||||||
| Aberu Kebede | |||||||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | Zemzem Ahmed | 9:29.36 PB | 1 Q | ||||||
| Sofia Assefa | 9:22.63 | 3 Q | |||||||
| Korahubesh Itaa | 9:33.67 | 7 | align=center colspan="6" | did not advance | |||||
| Marathon | Teyba Erkesso | align=center colspan="6" | |||||||
| Bezunesh Bekele | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||
| Atsede Bayissa | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||
| Asselefech Mergia | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||
| Dire Tune | align=center colspan="6" | ||||||||