1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ethiopia)

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Ethiopia took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a delegation of twelve male athletes in eleven competitions in three sports. Abebe Bikila won the only medal for Ethiopia when he Olympic champion in the marathon was.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Abebe Mekonnen

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Tadesse Gebregiorgis

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Bekele Alemu

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

athletics

Men

• Tegegne Bezabeh

  200 m: heats

  400 m: semi-finals

• Mamo Sebsibe

  800 m: heats

  1500 m: heats

• Mamo Wolde

  10,000 m: 4th place

  Marathon: race not finished

• Abebe Bikila

  Marathon: gold

• Demissie Wolde

  Marathon: 10th place

Cycling

• Mikael Saglimbeni

  Road race: 79th place

  Team time trial: 26th place

• Fisihasion Ghebreyesus

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 26th place

• Suleman Ambaye

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 26th place

• Yemane Negassi

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 26th place

Web links

• Ethiopian Olympic team from 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )