Ethiopia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

Gold
Tirunesh Dibaba
Athletics
Women's 10,000 m
3 August

Gold
Tiki Gelana
Athletics
Women's marathon
5 August

Gold
Meseret Defar
Athletics
Women's 5000 m
10 August

Silver
Sofia Assefa
Athletics
Women's 3000 m steeplechase
6 August

Silver
Dejen Gebremeskel
Athletics
Men's 5000 m
11 August

Bronze
Tariku Bekele
Athletics
Men's 10,000 m
4 August

Bronze
Tirunesh Dibaba
Athletics
Women's 5000 m
10 August

Bronze
Abeba Aregawi
Athletics
Women's 1500 m
10 August

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Tirunesh Dibaba , also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene , ( Amharic : ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ ; born 1 June 1985 ) is an Ethiopian athlete who competes in long distance track events and international road races . She is the 5000 metres ( outdoor track ) world record holder . She has won three Olympic track gold medals , five World Championship track gold medals , four individual World Cross Country ( WCC ) adult titles , and one individual WCC junior title . She is nicknamed the Baby Faced Destroyer . At the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki Finland , she became the first women to win the 5000 m and 10000m at the same championship . She is the one of two women ( the other Sonia O'Sullivan ) who won the short and long course World Cross Country title at the same championship ( 2005 in Saint Galmier , France ) . With her 2003 World championship title , she became the youngest World Champion with the age of 18 years and 90 days .
The athletics competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held during the last 10 days of the Games , on 3-12 August . Track and field events took place at the Olympic Stadium in east London . The road events , however , started and finished on The Mall in central London . Over 2,000 athletes from 201 nations competed in 47 events in total , with both men and women having a very similar schedule of events . Men competed in 24 events and women in 23 , of which 21 were the same for both . The women 's schedule lacked the 50 km race walk and included 100 m hurdles and heptathlon as opposed to the men 's 110 m hurdles and decathlon . The youngest participant in the athletics competition was Andorran 15-year-old Cristina Llovera while the oldest was 46-year-old Ukrainian Oleksandr Dryhol . South African Oscar Pistorius became the first amputee sprinter to compete at the Olympics .
The women 's 10,000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom was held at Olympic Stadium on 3 August . The race started off conservatively , led by the three Japanese runners , trailed by Britton who broke away to a 15-meter lead 800 metres into the race , though the peloton reeled that in . After the first 8 laps , the Kenyan and Ethiopian runners moved to the front as other runners dropped off the back , one by one . The field whittled itself down to just the three Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes , trailed by Eshete ( Ethiopian born , running for Bahrain ) . Eshete would set the Bahrain national record in this race . With 7 laps to go , Chepkirui dropped out . In that same move Oljira and Eshete lost a step of contact and were separated from the field . Led by Kidane pushing the pace , it turned into a dual meet . With three laps to go , Kipyego edged into the lead with her move covered by the defending champion Dibaba . World champion Cheruiyot trailed but did n't look like she had the power to push ahead . In the turn with under 600 metres to go , Dibaba put the hammer down , passing Kipyego decisively and charging away . The last lap was a victory sprint for Dibaba with no challenger in sight .
Erba Tiki Gelana ( Amharic : ኧርባ ቲኪ ገላና ; born 22 October 1987 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races . Her personal best of 2:18:58 had been the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 to 2017 . She won the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon and the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon . She won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a time of 2:23:07 , a new Olympic record .
The women 's marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on the Olympic marathon street course on 5 August . The course started and finished on The Mall in central London . Runners completed one short circuit of 2.219 miles around part of the City of Westminster and then three longer circuits of 8 miles around Westminster , the Victoria Embankment and the City of London . The course was designed to pass many of London 's best known landmarks , including Buckingham Palace , Trafalgar Square , St Paul 's Cathedral , the Guildhall , Leadenhall Market , the Monument , the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament . Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia won the gold medal , completing the course in an Olympic record-breaking time of 2 hours 23 minutes 7 seconds . Kenya 's Priscah Jeptoo finished second to win silver and Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova , representing Russia , took bronze .
Meseret Defar Tola ( Amharic : መሰረት ደፋር ; born 19 November 1983 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events . She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Olympic and World Championship gold medals over 5000 metres . She broke the world record in the event in 2006 , broke it again in 2007 and held it until 2008 , when fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba beat her time . In 2007 on a track in Brussels Belgium , she became the only woman , with a 2 mile run in less than 9 minutes ( 8:58.58 ) . This was an improvement on the world record by 11 seconds . Defar has been successful in the 5000 m at the Olympic Games , taking gold at the 2012 London Olympics , 2004 Athens Olympics and bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics . She has experienced similar success in the World Championships , taking silver in 2005 Helsinki Championships and gold at the 2007 Osaka Championships . Defar held the indoor records for the 5000 metres , 3000 metres and two-mile run . She has dominated the 3000 m indoor event , winning four consecutive gold medals at the IAAF World Indoor Championships from 2004 to 2010 . She is also a two-time champion at the All-Africa Games , a four-time medalist at the African Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the World Junior Championships . Defar took a break from competition in 2014 in order to start a family . She vowed to return by 2015 although she did not compete in the August World Championships in Beijing .
The Women 's 5000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom . The event final was held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 of August . From the start of the final Joanne Pavey took the lead , with Dibaba moving into the fourth position in the procession , ready to cover any moves . After about four laps Elena Romagnolo took up the front position for a few laps , to be replaced again with Pavey . At the 3K mark , Julia Bleasdale moved in behind her teammate , but in the next 200 metres , Dibaba decided it was time to take up the lead . The pace accelerated markedly , with the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams coming to the front and the others falling off the back . Viola Jelagat Kibiwot was the last to pay attention , sprinting along the outside to catch the group of leaders . Bleasdale was the last to stay with that group of six , who had achieved separation with 600 to go , Dibaba and Meseret Defar , led Kibiwot and Vivian Cheruiyot with the pace steadily increasing . With 200 to go , Cheruiyot moved into third , Kibiwot losing ground . Coming off the turn Defar moved onto Dibaba 's shoulder , followed by Cheruiyot . Coming around the outside , Defar passed Dibaba , with Dibaba unable to change pace . 3 metres behind , Cheruiyot followed Defar to the line .
Sofia Assefa ( Amharic : ሶፍአ አሠፋ ; born 14 November 1987 in Tenta , South Wollo ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase . She was the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics .
The Women 's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 4-6 August at the Olympic Stadium . From the gun in the final , reigning world champion Yuliya Zaripova sprinted out to the lead and dictated the pace . But rather than continuing to accelerate , she slowed , with the rest of the field bunching behind with nobody willing to go around . The pack slowly disintegrated by attrition . With 3 laps to go a group of seven had separated , including all three Ethiopians , plus Milcah Chemos Cheywa , Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge and Habiba Ghribi , all still behind Zaripova . On the 6th lap , defending champion and World Record holder Gulnara Galkina , already off the back , made a right turn and stepped off the track . The pace quickened , losing Etenesh Diro and Njoroge at the water jump . Zaripova just continued to accelerate . On the back stretch Ghribi looked to be clear of the other three but almost put her hand out so as not to pass Zaripova . From that point , Zaripova just extended her lead with Ghribi clearly in second place . Sofia Assefa broke away from her teammate Hiwot Ayalew . Down the home stretch Cheywa made a late run but Assefa held on for the bronze medal .
Dejen Gebremeskel ( born 24 November 1989 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who primarily competes in track events . His personal best of 12:46.81 minutes for the 5000 metres ranks him as the fifth fastest of all time for the distance . He was the 5000 m silver medallist at the 2012 London Olympics and took the bronze medal over that distance at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics . He won his first track medals as a junior , coming second at the African Junior Athletics Championships , then taking the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics . He was a finalist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2010 and 2012 . He is a five-time winner of the Carlsbad 5000 .
The men 's 5000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom . The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8-11 August . The final race started out slowly , the first lap in 74.1 and only that fast because Hayle Ibrahimov accelerated the last 100 . The field continued running splits in the 70s , Lopez Lomong leading through 2000 in a pedestrian 5:56.7 . In the seventh lap Yenew Alamirew moved to the front and accelerated the pace , the next several laps down below 62 , Mo Farah the only one to break up the Ethiopian team at the front . With 700 to go , Farah took the lead , his training partner Galen Rupp joining him with 500 to go , as the rest of the field jostling to be in position to sprint . First Hagos Gebrhiwet challenged , then disappeared . Down the backstretch , Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa challenged , with Abdalaati Iguider immediately behind . Dejen Gebremeskel , Bernard Lagat and Isiah Kiplangat Koech packing up around the final turn . At the head of the stretch , Koech contacted Lagat as he was just coming clear to sprint , Lagat stumbling . Meanwhile , Farah was accelerating ahead of Longosiwa , who could n't handle the speed . Gebremeskel went around the outside with Lagat 's delayed sprint unable to catch Longosiwa .
Tariku Bekele ( Amharic : ታሪኩ በቀለ ; born 28 February 1987 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner , who specializes in the 5000 metres and has moved up to 10000 metres as well . He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele . He is the fourth fastest Ethiopian ever over 5000 m and 3000 metres . His indoor 3000 m best of 7:31.09 ranks him as the ninth fastest of all-time in the event . He was the 10,000 m bronze medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics . His first major victory came at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships , where he won the 3000 m gold medal . He was the 2006 World Junior Champion over the distance and also won a cross country junior bronze medal that year . He took a continental silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games . Tariku has finished in the top eight of 5000 m finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the World Championships in Athletics in 2005 and 2007 .
The Men 's 10,000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom . The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 August . The race was won by Mo Farah , the reigning 5000 metres World Champion , in a time of 27:30.42 . From the beginning Farah stayed close to the race leaders , who on the first lap were the defending champion Kenenisa Bekele and his brother Tariku . After six laps , the half marathon world record holder Zersenay Tadese and his Eritrean teammates began to push the pace . At the same time , Moses Kipsiro went down , causing the field to scatter and Farah to fall back in the field with his American training partner Galen Rupp . When Tariku Bekele came up behind Tadese , his attempt to force the pace slowed . The 5000 metre mark was reached in 14:05.79 , with Tadesse in front , though Bedan Karoki Muchiri took the lead soon after . Thirteen runners remained in the lead pack including three Ethiopians , three Eritreans , two Kenyans , Kipsiro , Kenyan born Polat Kemboi Arikan running for Turkey , Canadian Cameron Levins , Farah and Rupp . Strategic play continued as Tariku elbowed Farah , causing him to step to the outside ready to cover a move . Then the third Ethiopian Gebregziabher Gebremariam , ran to the front , but rather than forcing the pace , he seemed to slow it down . With two laps to go , Tariku Bekele regained the lead , with Farah on his shoulder and Moses Ndiema Masai , Rupp and Michuri following in close formation .
Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik ( Amharic : አበባ አረጋዊ ; born 5 July 1990 ) is an Ethiopian-born middle-distance runner from Tigray , who specialised in the 1500 metres . Her personal best for the event is 3:56.54 . Aregawi is the 2013 world champion over 1500 metres . She represented Sweden internationally . However after failing a drugs test and being banned from the sport it emerged that she had never gained Swedish citizenship and had lied to the Swedish federation in order to compete for them . Abeba was born in Adigrat , Ethiopia , and holds both Swedish and Ethiopian citizenships . She represented her birth country in middle-distance until December 2012 . Abeba was married to an Ethiopian man with Swedish citizenship and allegedly lived in Stockholm 2009-2012 . She is now remarried to Yemane Tsegay and lives in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . She represented the Stockholm-based club Hammarby IF to January 2016 . She was naturalized as a Swedish citizen in the summer of 2012 , and has represented Sweden in international competition since December 2012 .
The women 's 1500 metres competition was an event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom . The competition was held at the Olympic Stadium from 6-10 August . The top two finishers were later found to have used prohibited drugs during this period , and subsequently disqualified .