Ethiopia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 3 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 3 September Athletics Men's marathon 10 September
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Egzi Gabre-Gabre First Heat – 10.89s (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres Mulugetta Tadesse Heat – 1:47.1 Semifinals – 1:48.9 (→ did not advance) Shibrou Regassa Heat – 1:53.3 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres Hailu Ebba Heat – 3:41.6 Semifinals – 3:43.7 (→ did not advance) Shibrou Regassa Heat – 3:43.6 Semifinals – 3:41.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres Tolossa Kotu Heat – 13:46.2 (→ did not advance) Tekle Fitinsa Heat – 13:50.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
Heat – 28:45.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Sisaye Feleke, Solomon Belay, Kebede Bedasso, and Egzi Gabre-Gabre Heat – DNF (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Mohamed Ayele First Round – Lost to Koh Keun-Sang (KOR), KO-1
Men's Featherweight Lema Yemane First Round - Lost to Angelos Theotokatos (GRE), 0:5
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Girmaye Gabre First Round - Bye Second Round - Lost to Samuel Mbugua (KEN), 0:5
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Fekadu Gabre Selassie First Round – Lost to Kyoji Shinohara (JPN), 0:5
Cycling
Individual road race Tekeste Woldu – 53rd place Fisihasion Ghebreyesus – did not finish (→ no ranking) Rissom Gebre Meskei – did not finish (→ no ranking) Suleman Abdul Rahman – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Mehari Okubamicael Rissom Gebre Meskei Fisihasion Ghebreyesus Tekeste Woldu
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database