# Ethiopia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Fatuma Roba | Athletics | Women's marathon | 28 July |
| Gold | Haile Gebrselassie | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres | 29 July |
| Bronze | Gete Wami | Athletics | Women's 10,000 metres | 2 August |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 10 | 8 | 18 |

## Results by event
### Athletics
#### Men
##### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Fita Bayissa | 5000 metres | 13:51.61 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 13:30.88 | 7 q | 13:18.30 | 10 |
| Assefa Mezegebu | 5000 metres | 13:54.89 | 17 Q | N/A | N/A | 14:05.48 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abraham Assefa | 10000 metres | 28:32.24 | 22 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Worku Bikila | 10000 metres | 27:50.57 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 28:59.15 | 17 |
| Haile Gebrselassie | 10000 metres | 28:14.20 | 11 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 27:07.34 OR | |
| Belayneh Dinsamo | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Abebe Mekonnen | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:29:45 | 81 |
| Tumo Turbo | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Did not finish | Did not finish |

#### Women
##### Track and road events

| Athletes | Events | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kutre Dulecha | 800 metres | 2:04.80 | 28 | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kutre Dulecha | 1500 metres | 4:07.69 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 4:09.03 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Merima Denboba | 5000 metres | 15:48.35 | 25 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ayelech Worku | 5000 metres | 15:21.59 | 7 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15:28.81 | 12 |
| Luchia Yishak | 5000 metres | 16:04.29 | 40 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Berhane Adere | 10000 metres | 32:21.09 | 12 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 32:57.35 | 18 |
| Derartu Tulu | 10000 metres | 31:35.90 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31:10.46 | 4 |
| Gete Wami | 10000 metres | 32:20.92 | 11 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31:06.65 | |
| Fatuma Roba | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:26:05 | |

### Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Tebebu Behonegn | Flyweight | Reyes (COL) L 16-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yared Woldemichael | Light-Middleweight | Sinette (TRI) W 11-10 | Tulaganov (UZB) L 13-9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |