Ethiopia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country's participation in Tokyo marked its fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1956, having missed three occasions due to joining the African (1976), Soviet (1984), and North Korean (1988) boycotts. Ethiopia left Tokyo with a total of four medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), a decrease from its previous overall tally at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and its lowest medal count since 1996.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Selemon Barega AthleticsMen's 10000 m Lamecha Girma AthleticsMen's 3000 m steeplechase Gudaf Tsegay AthleticsWomen's 5000 m Letesenbet Gidey AthleticsWomen's 10000 m
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 16 19 35Cycling 0 1 1Swimming 1 0 1Taekwondo 1 0 1 Total 18 20 38
Athletics
Ethiopian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeat Semifinal FinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMelese Nberet800 m1:47.807Did not advanceSamuel Abate1500 m3:41.635 Q3:37.6611Did not advanceTeddese Lemi3:36.262 Q3:34.817Did not advanceSamuel Tefera3:37.989Did not advanceNibret Melak5000 m13:45.8114colspan=2 rowspan=3 Did not advanceMilkesa Mengesha13:31.136 Q13:08.5010Getnet Wale13:41.139Did not advanceBerihu Aregawi10000 mcolspan=4 rowspan=3 27:46.164Selemon Barega27:43.22Yomif Kejelcha27:52.038Lamecha Girma3000 m steeplechase8:09.831 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=3 8:10.38Bikila Tadese Takele8:24.699Did not advanceGetnet Wale8:12.552 Q8:14.974Lelisa DesisaMarathoncolspan=4 Shura Kitatacolspan=4 Sisay Lemmacolspan=4
Women AthleteEventHeat Semifinal FinalResultRankResultRankResultRankHabitam Alemu800 m2:01.202 Q1:58.402 Q1:57.566Netsanet Desta2:01.984Did not advanceFreweyni Hailu1500 m4:04.125 Q3:57.542 Q3:57.604Lemlem Hailu4:05.495 Q4:03.769Did not advanceDiribe Welteji4:10.2512Did not advanceEjgayehu Taye5000 m14:48.524 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=3 14:41.245Senbere Teferi14:48.313 Q14:45.116Gudaf Tsegay14:55.741 Q14:38.87Tsigie Gebreselama10000 mcolspan=4 rowspan=3 Tsehay GemechuLetesenbet Gidey30:01.72Mekides Abebe3000 m steeplechase9:23.953 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=3 9:06.164Lomi Muleta9:45.8110Did not advanceZerfe Wondemagegn9:20.014 q9:16.418Roza DerejeMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=3 2:28:384Birhane DibabaZeineba YimerYehualeye Beletew20 km walkcolspan=4
Cycling
Road Ethiopia entered one rider to compete in the women's Olympic road race, by securing an outright berth, as the highest-ranked cyclist, not yet qualified, at the 2019 African Championships in Addis Ababa.
AthleteEventTimeRankSelam AmhaWomen's road raceDid not finish
Swimming
Ethiopia received a universality invitation from FINA to send a top-ranked male swimmer in his respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAbdelmalik MuktarMen's 50 m freestyle26.6562Did not advance
Taekwondo
Ethiopia entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time. Solomon Demse secured a spot in the men's flyweight category (58 kg) with a top two finish at the 2020 African Qualification Tournament in Rabat, Morocco.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSolomon DemseMen's −58 kgW 22–2L 9–32 Did not advanceL 5–27 Did not advance7
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