Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
# Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 3 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Miruts Yifter | Athletics | Men's 10,000 metres | 3 September |
| Bronze | Mamo Wolde | 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

* Tadesse Wolde-Medhin
   * Heat — 28:45.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

* Sisay 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 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
