# Ethiopia at the Olympics

Ethiopia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, and has sent athletes to compete in Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Games. Ethiopia also participated in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2006 Games in Turin.
Ethiopian athletes have won a total of 58 medals, all at the Summer Olympics and all in athletics.
Ethiopia's participation in the Olympics is organized by the Ethiopian Olympic Committee, founded in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954.

## Medal tables
### Medals by sport

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 24 | 15 | 23 | 62 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 24 | 15 | 23 | 62 |

## List of medalists

| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Abebe Bikila | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Gold | Abebe Bikila | 1964 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Gold | Mamo Wolde | 1968 Mexico City | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Silver | Mamo Wolde | 1968 Mexico City | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Mamo Wolde | 1972 Munich | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Bronze | Miruts Yifter | 1972 Munich | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Gold | Miruts Yifter | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Gold | Miruts Yifter | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Mohamed Kedir | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Eshetu Tura | 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Gold | Derartu Tulu | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Addis Abebe | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Fita Bayisa | 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Gold | Haile Gebrselassie | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m (OR) |
| Gold | Fatuma Roba | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's marathon |
| Bronze | Gete Wami | 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Gold | Gezahegne Abera | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Gold | Haile Gebrselassie | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Gold | Derartu Tulu | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m (OR) |
| Gold | Million Wolde | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Silver | Gete Wami | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Assefa Mezgebu | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Tesfaye Tola | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Bronze | Gete Wami | 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Gold | Kenenisa Bekele | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m (OR) |
| Gold | Meseret Defar | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Silver | Kenenisa Bekele | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Silver | Ejegayehu Dibaba | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Silver | Sileshi Sihine | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Tirunesh Dibaba | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Bronze | Derartu Tulu | 2004 Athens | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Gold | Kenenisa Bekele | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m (OR) |
| Gold | Kenenisa Bekele | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's 5000 m (OR) |
| Gold | Tirunesh Dibaba | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m (OR) |
| Gold | Tirunesh Dibaba | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Silver | Sileshi Sihine | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Silver | Meseret Defar | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Bronze | Tsegay Kebede | 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Gold | Meseret Defar | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Gold | Tirunesh Dibaba | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Gold | Tiki Gelana | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's marathon (OR) |
| Silver | Dejen Gebremeskel | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Silver | Sofia Assefa | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Bronze | Tariku Bekele | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Tirunesh Dibaba | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Bronze | Abeba Aregawi | 2012 London | Athletics | Women's 1500 m |
| Gold | Almaz Ayana | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m (WR) |
| Silver | Genzebe Dibaba | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's 1500 m |
| Silver | Feyisa Lilesa | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Bronze | Tamirat Tola | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Bronze | Mare Dibaba | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's marathon |
| Bronze | Almaz Ayana | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Bronze | Hagos Gebrhiwet | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Bronze | Tirunesh Dibaba | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Gold | Selemon Barega | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Silver | Lamecha Girma | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Bronze | Gudaf Tsegay | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 5000 m |
| Bronze | Letesenbet Gidey | 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Gold | Tamirat Tola | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's marathon (OR) |
| Silver | Tsige Duguma | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's 800 m |
| Silver | Berihu Aregawi | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Silver | Tigist Assefa | 2024 Paris | Athletics | Women's marathon |

## Multiple medalists

Sorted by number of golds won, followed by number of silver medals and bronze medals.
| Rank | Athlete | Sport | Years | Games | Sex | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele | Athletics | 2004–2008 | Summer | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Athletics | 2004–2016 | Summer | F | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Meseret Defar | Athletics | 2004–2012 | Summer | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Miruts Yifter | Athletics | 1972–1980 | Summer | M | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Derartu Tulu | Athletics | 1992–2004 | Summer | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Abebe Bikila | Athletics | 1960–1964 | Summer | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Haile Gebrselassie | Athletics | 1996–2000 | Summer | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Mamo Wolde | Athletics | 1968–1972 | Summer | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Almaz Ayana | Athletics | 2016 | Summer | F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Tamirat Tola | Athletics | 2016–2024 | Summer | M | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Sileshi Sihine | Athletics | 2004–2008 | Summer | M | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Gete Wami | Athletics | 1996–2000 | Summer | F | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |