Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Participant (Ethiopia)

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Ethiopia took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing with 27 athletes, 13 women and 14 men, in one sport.

Since 1956 it was the eleventh participation of an Ethiopian team in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The long-distance runner Miruts Yifter carried the flag of Ethiopia during the opening ceremony in the national stadium ; at the closing ceremony it was worn by Kenenisa Bekele .

Medals

With four won gold, one silver and two bronze, the Ethiopian team finished 18th in the medals table .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Tirunesh Dibaba	athletics	5,000 meters
Tirunesh Dibaba	athletics	10,000 meters
Kenenisa Bekele	athletics	5,000 meters
Kenenisa Bekele	athletics	10,000 meters

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Meseret Defar	athletics	5,000 meters
Sileshi Sihine	athletics	10,000 meters

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Tsegay Kebede	athletics	marathon

Participants after competitions

athletics

• 1,500 meters
  • Women
    • Gelete Burka - preliminary 2: 4: 15.77 min., 6th place, not qualified for the semi-finals
    • Meskerem Assefa - preliminary 3: 4: 10.04 min., 10th place, not qualified for the semi-finals
  • Men
    • Deresse Mekonnen - preliminary 1: 3: 36.22 min., 5th place; Semi-finals 2: 3: 37.85 minutes, 6th place, not qualified for the final
    • Demma Daba - preliminary 3: 3: 37.78 min., 8th place, not qualified for the semi-finals
    • Mulugeta Wendimu - preliminary 4: 3: 36.67 min., 7th place; Semi-finals 1: 3: 40.16 minutes. Place 10, not qualified for the final

• 5,000 meters
  • Women
    • Tirunesh Dibaba - pre-run 1: 15: 09.89 min, 1st place; Final: 15: 41.40 min. 1st place
    • Meseret Defar - Preroll 2: 14: 56.32 min., 1st place; Final: 15: 44.12 min. 2nd place
    • Meselech Melkamu - pre-run 1: 15: 11.21 min, 4th place; Final: 15: 49.03 min. 8th place
  • Men
    • Kenenisa Bekele - preliminary 3: 13: 40.13 min., 3rd place; Final: 12: 57.82 minutes ( OR ) 1st place
    • Abreham Cherkos - preroll 2: 13: 47.60 min., 3rd place; Final: 13: 16.46 min. 5th place
    • Tariku Bekele - Prelim 1: 13: 37.63 min., 3rd place; Final: 13: 19.06 min. 6th place

• 10,000 meters
  • Women
    • Tirunesh Dibaba - 29: 54.66 min. (OR; AR) 1st place
    • Ejegayehu Dibaba - 31: 22.18 min. 13th place
    • Mestawet Tufa - race not finished
  • Men
    • Kenenisa Bekele - 27: 01.17 min. (OR) 1st place
    • Sileshi Sihine - 27: 02.77 min. 2nd place
    • Haile Gebrselassie - 27: 06.68 min. 6th place

• marathon
  • Women
    • Dire Tune - 2:31:16 hours, 15th place
    • Berhane Adere - Race not finished
    • Gete Wami - Race not finished
  • Men
    • Tsegay Kebede 2:10:00 hours 3rd place
    • Deriba Merga - 2:10:21 hours 4th place
    • Gashaw Asfaw - 2:10:52 hours 7th place

• 3000 m obstacle
  • Women
    • Zemzem Ahmed - preliminary 3: 9: 25.63 min. (PB), 4th place; Final: 9: 17.85 min. (NR) 7th place
    • Sofia Assefa - preliminary 2: 9: 47.02 min., 8th place, not qualified for the final
    • Mekdes Bekele - preliminary run 1: 9: 41.43 min., 9th place, not qualified for the final
  • Men
    • Yacob Jarso - preroll 2: 8: 16.88 min (PB), 1st place; Final: 8: 13.47 min. (NR; PB) 4th place
    • Nahom Mesfin - preliminary run 1: 8: 23.82 min., 5th place, not qualified for the final
    • Roba Gari - preliminary 3: 8: 28.27 min., 8th place, not qualified for the final

Web links

• Ethiopian Olympic team from 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Ethiopia specifies the Olympic team , article by Christian Fuchs on Leichtathletik.de, July 23, 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ethiopian Olympic team from 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference ( English )