Ethiopia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after a 12-year absence, having boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Twenty competitors, fourteen men and six women, took part in eleven events in two sports.^[1]

Ethiopia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ETH
NOC	Ethiopian Olympic Committee
in Barcelona
Competitors	20 (14 men, 6 women) in 2 sports
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Derartu Tulu	Athletics	Women's 10,000 metres	7 August
Bronze	Addis Abebe	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	3 August
Bronze	Fita Bayissa	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	9	6	15
Cycling	5	0	5
Total	14	6	20

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Metiku Megersa	1500 metres	3:41.54	28	—	Did not advance
Hailu Zewde		3:47.79	35	—	Did not advance
Addis Abebe	5000 metres	13:40.76	21	—	Did not advance
Fita Bayisa		13:31.24	7 Q	—	13:13.03
Worku Bikila		13:32.93	10 Q	—	13:23.52	6
Addis Abebe	10,000 metres	28:15.76	4 Q	—	28:00.07
Fita Bayesa		28:23.55	10 Q	—	28:27.68	9
Zerehune Gizaw	Marathon	—	2:28:25	61
Abebe Mekonnen		—	DNF
Tena Negere		—	2:17:07	23
Shemisu Hassan	20 kilometres walk	—	1:32:39	25

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zewde Hailemariam	800 metres	2:11.60	30	—	Did not advance
Getenesh Urge	1500 metres	4:18.09	28	—	Did not advance
Tigist Moreda	10,000 metres	32:14.42	10 Q	—	34:05.56	18
Derartu Tulu		31:55.67	1 Q	—	31:06.02
Luchia Yishak		34:12.16	37	—	Did not advance
Addis Gezahegn	Marathon	—	2:58:57	30

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Five male cyclists represented Ethiopia in 1992.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Biruk Abebe	Road race	DNF
Asmelash Geyesus		DNF
Tekle Hailemikael		DNF
Biruk Abebe Hailu Fana Asmelash Geyesus Danial Fesshaye	Team time trial	2:45:43	28