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Ethiopia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ethiopia IOC code  ETH NOC Ethiopian Olympic Committee
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	60 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Abel Aferalign
Medals Rank: 28	Gold 2	Silver 3	Bronze 2	Total 7
Olympic history (summary)
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Ethiopia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Ethiopia was represented by sixty athletes in Greece. Interestingly, 58 of them participated in athletics events, mainly in the country's specialty of long distance running. Two athletes competed in boxing.

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 3 Officials

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold

*Kenenisa Bekele — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres

• Meseret Defar — Athletics, Women's 5000 metres

[edit] Silver

*Kenenisa Bekele — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres

• Sileshi Sihine — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres
• Ejegayehu Dibaba — Athletics, Women's 10000 metres

[edit] Bronze

*Tirunesh Dibaba — Athletics, Women's 5000 metres

• Derartu Tulu — Athletics, Women's 10000 metres

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres:

• Berhanu Alemu — Semifinal, 1:47.4 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres:

• Mulugeta Wendimu — Final, 3:38.33 (10th place)

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

• Tewodros Shiferaw — Round 1, 8:33.15 (did not advance)
• Luleseged Wale — Round 1, 8:50.73 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres:

• Kenenisa Bekele — Final, 13:14.59 (silver medal)
• Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam — Final, 13:15.35 (4th place)
• Dejene Berhanu — Final, 13:16.92 (5th place)

Men's 10000 metres:

• Kenenisa Bekele — Final, 27:05.10 (gold medal)
• Sileshi Sihine — Final, 27:09.39 (silver medal)
• Haile Gebrselassie — Final, 27:27.70 (5th place)

Men's marathon:

• Ambesse Tolosa — 2:15:39 (15th place)
• Tereje Wodajo — 2:21:53 (46th place)
• Hailu Negussie — DNF

Women's 1500 metres:

• Kutre Dulecha — Semifinal, 4:07.63 (did not advance)
• Mestawat Tadesse — Round 1, 4:11.78 (did not advance)
• Meskerem Legesse — Round 1, 4:18.03 (did not advance)

Women's 5000 metres:

• Meseret Defar — Final 14:45.65 (gold medal)
• Tirunesh Dibaba — Final, 14:51.83 (bronze medal)
• Sentayehu Ejigu — Final, 15:09.55 (10th place)

Women's 10000 metres:

• Ejegayehu Dibaba — 30:24.98 (silver medal)
• Derartu Tulu — 30:26.42 (bronze medal)
• Werknesh Kidane — 30:28.30 (4th Final)

Women's marathon

• Elfenesh Alemu — 2:28:15 (4th place)
• Asha Gigi — DNF
• Workenesh Tola — DNF

[edit] Boxing

Ethiopia sent two boxers to Athens. They combined for a record of 1-2.

Light Fly Weight (48 kg)

• Endalkachew Kebede
  1. Round of 32 — Defeated  Toshiyuki Igarashi (JPN), 26-21
  2. Round of 16 — Lost to  Shiming Zou (CHN), 31-8

Bantam Weight (54 kg)

• Abel Aferalign
  1. Round of 32 — Lost to  Detelin Dalakliev (BUL), outscored

[edit] Officials

• President: Assefa Mamo
• Secretary General: Dr. Mulalem Bessie

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