1968 Summer Olympics / Participants (Ethiopia)

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Ethiopia took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 18 male athletes in 13 competitions in three sports. Mamo Wolde achievedthe only medal wins with the Olympic victory in the marathon and second place over 10,000 meters.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Fantahun Seifu

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Bayu Ayele

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Tadesse Gebregiorgis

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Bekele Alemu

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

athletics

Men

• Tegegne Bezabeh

  400 m: 6th place

• Matias Habtemichael

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Mamo Sebsibe

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Wohib Masresha

  5000 m: 6th place

  10,000 m: 8th place

• Fikru Deguefu

  5000 m: 8th place

  10,000 m: 14th place

• Mamo Wolde

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: silver

  Marathon: gold

• Gebru Merawi

  Marathon: 6th place

• Abebe Bikila

  Marathon: race not finished

• Tadesse Wolde-Medhin

  3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cycling

• Tekeste Woldu

  Road race: 53rd place

  Team time trial: 26th place

• Yemane Negassi

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 26th place

• Mehari Okubamicael

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 26th place

• Mikael Saglimbeni

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 26th place

Web links

• Ethiopian Olympic team from 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )