1980 Summer Olympics / Participants (Ethiopia)

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Ethiopia took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a delegation of 41 athletes (39 men and 2 women) in 26 competitions in three sports.

The athlete Miruts Yifter was Olympic champion both over 5000 meters and over 10,000 meters . The other two medals, both bronze medals, were won by the athletes Mohamed Kedir over 10,000 meters and Eshetu Tura over 3000 meters.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Beruk Asafaw

  Light flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Hassan Sherif

  Flyweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Ayele Mohamed

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Leoul Neeraio

  Featherweight: eliminated in the second round

• Tadesse Haile

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Ebrahim Saide

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Kebede Sahilu

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Seifu Retta

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

athletics

Men

• Besha Tuffa

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Asfaw Deble

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Nigusse Bekele

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Abebe Zerihun

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Atre Bezabeh

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Haile Zeru

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Cash desk Balcha

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Miruts Yifter

  5000 m: gold

  10,000 m: gold

• Yohannes Mohamed

  5000 m: 10th place

• Mohamed Kedir

  5000 m: 12th place

  10,000 m: bronze

• Tolossa Kotu

  10,000 m: 4th place

• Dereje Nedi

  Marathon: 7th place

• Moges Alemayehu

  Marathon: 24th place

• Kebede Balcha

  Marathon: race not finished

• Eshetu Tura

  3000 m obstacle: bronze

• Hailu Wolde-Tsadik

  3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the semifinals

• Girma Wolde-Hana

  3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Kumela Fituma

  4 x 400 meter relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Dog tours

  20 km walking: 16th place

• Tekeste Mitiku

  20 km walking: 23rd place

• Abebe Gessese

  Long jump: 29th place

• Yadessa Kuma

  Triple jump: 21st place

• Milkessa Chalchisa

  Javelin throw: 18th place

Women

• Fantaye Sirak

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Amsale Woldegibriel

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cycling

• Zeragaber Gebrehiwot

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Ever Rogora

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Tilahun Woldesenbet

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Have to Yohannes

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Haile Micael Kedir

  Team time trial: 23rd place

• Ayele Mekonnen

  Team time trial: 23rd place

• Tadesse Mekonnen

  Team time trial: 23rd place

• Tilahun Alemayehu

  Team time trial: 23rd place

Web links

• Ethiopian Olympic team from 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )