1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ethiopia)

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Ethiopia took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of twelve athletes in ten competitions in two sports.

It was Ethiopia's first participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

The youngest athlete was the track and field athlete Ajanew Bayene (20 years and 13 days), the oldest athlete was the cyclist Negousse Mengistou (24 years and 272 days).

Participants by sport

athletics

4 × 100 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fifth place), 44.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 44.47 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Season

  Bekele Haile

  Abebe Hailou

  Beyene Legesse

  Roba Negousse

4 × 400 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fifth place), 3: 30.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 29.93 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Season

  Ayanev Bayene

  Abebe Hailou

  Beyene Legesse

  Mamo Wolde

singles

• Ayanev Bayene
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run eight (fifth place), 51.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 51.53 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run three (eighth place), without time

• Gebre Birkay
  • marathon

  Final: 2: 58.49 hours, 32nd place

• Bashay Feleke
  • marathon

  Final: 2: 53.37 hours, 29th place

• Abebe Hailou
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run eleven (fifth place), 11.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.54 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run seven (sixth place), 23.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 23.25 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fourth place), 49.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 49.18 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Beyene Legesse
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run six (rank six), 11.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.94 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fifth place), 23.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 23.63 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (fifth place), 50.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 50.83 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Roba Negousse
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (sixth place), 11.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 12.07 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run four (fifth place), 23.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 23.89 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Mamo Wolde
  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (seventh place), 1: 58.0 minutes (hand-stopped)

  • 1,500 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (eleventh place), 3: 51.0 minutes (hand-stopped)

Cycling

Road
team competition (187.73 km)

• Results

  Final: 99 points, ninth place

• team

  Zehaye Bahta

  Guremu Demboba

  Negousse Mengistou

  Mesfen Tesfaye

singles

• Zehaye Bahta
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: 5: 34.37 hours, 38th place

• Guremu Demboba
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: 5: 26.58 hours, 25th place

• Negousse Mengistou
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: race not finished (DNF)

• Mesfen Tesfaye
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: 5: 34.25 hours, 36th place

Web links

• Ethiopian Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).