Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Participants (Ethiopia)
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Ethiopia took part inthe 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the twelfth participation in the Summer Olympics. The Ethiopian Olympic Committee nominated a total of 34 athletes in two sports.
The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Yanet Seyoum .
Medals
Medal table
Medal table Ethiopia | |||||
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space | sport | total | |||
1 | athletics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8th |
Total | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8th |
Medalist
gold
Surname | sport | competition |
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Meseret Defar | athletics | 5000 m women |
Tirunesh Dibaba | athletics | 10,000 m women |
Tiki Gelana | athletics | Marathon women |
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
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Sofia Assefa | athletics | 5000 m men |
Dejen Gebremeskel | athletics | 3000 m obstacle women |
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
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Ababa Aregawi | athletics | 1500 m women |
Tariku Bekele | athletics | 10,000 m men |
Tirunesh Dibaba | athletics | 5000 m women |
Participants by sport
athletics
Running and walking
Athletes | competition | leader | Semifinals | final | rank | |||
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time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | |||
Women | ||||||||
Fantu Magiso | 800 m | - | - | - | DNS | |||
Ababa Aregawi | 1500 m | 4: 04.55 min | 1 | 4: 01.03 min | 1 | 4: 11.03 min | 2 | silver |
Genzebe Dibaba | 1500 m | 4: 11.15 min | 10 | eliminated | 26th | |||
Meskerem Assefa | 1500 m | 4: 15.52 min | 9 | eliminated | 36 | |||
Wear burqa | 5000 m | 15: 01.44 min | 1 | - | 15: 10.66 min | 5 | 5 | |
Meseret Defar | 5000 m | 14: 58.70 min | 2 | - | 15:04:25 min | 1 | gold | |
Tirunesh Dibaba | 5000 m | 14: 58.48 min | 1 | - | 15:05:15 min | 3 | bronze | |
Tirunesh Dibaba | 10,000 m | - | - | 30: 20.75 min | 1 | gold | ||
Belaynesh Oljira | 10,000 m | - | - | 30: 45.56 min | 5 | 5 | ||
Werknesh Kidane | 10,000 m | - | - | 30: 39.38 min | 4th | 4th | ||
Tiki Gelana | marathon | - | - | 2:23:07 h (OR) | 1 | gold | ||
Aselefech Mergia | marathon | - | - | 2:32:03 h | 42 | 42 | ||
Mare Dibaba | marathon | - | - | 2:28:48 h | 23 | 23 | ||
Sofia Assefa | 3000 m obstacle | 9: 25.42 min | 1 | - | 9: 09.84 min | 2 | silver | |
Hiwot Ayalew | 3000 m obstacle | 9: 24.01 min | 1 | - | 9: 12.98 min | 5 | 5 | |
Etenesh Diro | 3000 m obstacle | 9: 25.31 min | 2 | - | 9: 19.89 min | 6th | 6th | |
Men | ||||||||
Bereket Desta | 400 m | 47.40 s | 7th | eliminated | 41 | |||
Mohammed Aman | 800 m | 1: 47.34 min | 1 | 1: 44.34 min | 1 | |||
Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 1500 m | 3: 36.56 min | 2 | 3: 42.93 min | 3 | 3: 35.44 min | 6th | 6th |
Dawit Wolde | 1500 m | 3: 41.81 min | 10 | eliminated | 30th | |||
Aman Wote | 1500 m | 3: 41.67 min | 8th | eliminated | 29 | |||
Dejen Gebremeskel | 5000 m | 13:15:15 min | 1 | - | 13: 41.98 min | 2 | silver | |
Hagos Gebrhiwet | 5000 m | 13: 26.16 min | 17th | - | 13: 49.59 min | 11 | 11 | |
Yenew Alamirew | 5000 m | 13: 15.39 min | 2 | - | 13: 49.68 min | 12 | 12 | |
Kenenisa Bekele | 10,000 m | - | - | 27: 32.44 min | 4th | 4th | ||
Tariku Bekele | 10,000 m | - | - | 27: 31.43 min | 3 | bronze | ||
Gebregziabher Gebremariam | 10,000 m | - | - | 27: 36.34 min | 8th | 8th | ||
Ayele Abshero | marathon | - | - | - | DNF | |||
Getu Feleke | marathon | - | - | - | DNF | |||
Dino Sefer | marathon | - | - | - | DNF | |||
Roba Gari | 3000 m obstacle | 8: 20.68 min | 7th | - | 8: 20.00 min | 4th | 4th | |
Berhanu Done | 3000 m obstacle | task | - | - | DNF | |||
Nahom Mesfin | 3000 m obstacle | 8: 18.16 min | 5 | - | 8: 35.12 min | 12 | 12 |
In addition, Bezunesh Bekele , Aberu Kbede and Zemzem Ahmed were nominated for the women and Lelesa Dessisa , Aman Wote and Tadese Tola were nominated as substitute runners for the men .
swim
Athletes | competition | leader | Semifinals | final | rank | |||
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time | rank | time | rank | time | rank | |||
Women | ||||||||
Yanet Seyoum | 50 m freestyle | 32.41 s | 8th | eliminated | 65 | |||
Men | ||||||||
Mulualem Girma Teshale | 50 m freestyle | 28.99 s | 7th | eliminated | 57 |
Web links
- Ethiopia - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed October 4, 2012 .
- ETHIOPIA. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed October 4, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A squad of 34 will represent Ethiopia at the XXX Olympic Games. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 15, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ LONDON 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers. (PDF; 160 kB) IOC, accessed on October 4, 2012 (English).