Ethiopia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Ethiopia competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August. A team of 38 athletes competed after achieving one of the competition's qualifying standards. The squad composed of middle and long distance specialists featured three reigning world champions: Meseret Defar (5000 m), Tirunesh Dibaba (10,000 m), and Kenenisa Bekele (10,000 m). Because a champion is given a bye into the championships, Ethiopia was permitted to enter an extra athlete in those events, and the Ethiopian Athletics Federation also picked a reserve athlete in these events.^[1]

Ethiopia at the 2009 World Championship in Athletics
WA code	ETH
National federation	Ethiopian Athletics Federation
Website	www.ethiosports.com?page_id=18
in Berlin
Competitors	38 (20 black men and 18 women)
Medals	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 8
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Team selection

Event	Athletes
	Men	Women
1500 metres	Deresse Mekonnen Henok Legesse Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Gelete Burka Meskerem Assefa Kalkidan Gezhagne
5000 metres	Kenenisa Bekele Imane Merga Ali Abdosh Bekana Daba	Tirunesh Dibaba Meselech Melkamu Meseret Defar Sentayehu Ejigu Genzebe Dibaba
10,000 metres	Kenenisa Bekele Sileshi Sihine Gebregziabher Gebremariam Abebe Dinkesa	Meselech Melkamu Tirunesh Dibaba Meseret Defar Wude Ayalew Aberu Kebede
Marathon	Tsegaye Kebede Deriba Merga Yemane Tsegaye Deressa Chemdessa Dejene Berhanu Getachew Terfe	Teyba Erkesso Bezunesh Bekele Atsede Bayissa Asselefech Mergia Dire Tune
3000 m steeplechase	Yacob Jarso Roba Gary Legesse Lemiso	Zemzem Ahmed Sofia Assefa Korahubesh Itaa

Results

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
1500 m	Deresse Mekonnen	3:37.04	1			3:36.86	4	3:36.01	2
	Henok Legesse
	Mekonnen Gebremedhin
5000 m	Kenenisa Bekele
	Imane Merga
	Ali Abdosh
	Bekana Daba
10,000 m	Kenenisa Bekele
	Sileshi Sihine
	Gebregziabher Gebremariam
	Abebe Dinkesa
3000 m steeplechase	Yacob Jarso
	Roba Gary
	Legesse Lemiso
Marathon	Tsegaye Kebede
	Deriba Merga
	Yemane Tsegaye
	Deressa Chemdessa
	Dejene Berhanu
	Getachew Terfe

Women

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
1500 m	Gelete Burka
	Meskerem Assefa
	Kalkidan Gezhagne
5000 m	Tirunesh Dibaba
	Meselech Melkamu
	Meseret Defar
	Sentayehu Ejigu
	Genzebe Dibaba
10,000 m	Meselech Melkamu
	Tirunesh Dibaba
	Meseret Defar
	Wude Ayalew
	Aberu Kebede
3000 m steeplechase	Zemzem Ahmed	9:29.36 PB	1 Q
	Sofia Assefa	9:22.63	3 Q
	Korahubesh Itaa	9:33.67	7	did not advance
Marathon	Teyba Erkesso
	Bezunesh Bekele
	Atsede Bayissa
	Asselefech Mergia
	Dire Tune