Ethiopia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
# Ethiopia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Ethiopia competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August. A team of 38 athletes competed after achieving one of the competition's qualifying standards. The squad composed of middle and long distance specialists featured three reigning world champions: Meseret Defar (5000 m), Tirunesh Dibaba (10,000 m), and Kenenisa Bekele (10,000 m). Because a champion is given a bye into the championships, Ethiopia was permitted to enter an extra athlete in those events, and the Ethiopian Athletics Federation also picked a reserve athlete in these events.

## Team selection

| Event | Athletes | Athletes |
| - | - | - |
| Event | Men | Women |
| 1500 metres | Deresse Mekonnen Henok Legesse Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Gelete Burka Meskerem Assefa Kalkidan Gezhagne |
| 5000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele Imane Merga Ali Abdosh Bekana Daba | Tirunesh Dibaba Meselech Melkamu Meseret Defar Sentayehu Ejigu Genzebe Dibaba |
| 10,000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele Sileshi Sihine Gebregziabher Gebremariam Abebe Dinkesa | Meselech Melkamu Tirunesh Dibaba Meseret Defar Wude Ayalew Aberu Kebede |
| Marathon | Tsegaye Kebede Deriba Merga Yemane Tsegaye Deressa Chemdessa Dejene Berhanu Getachew Terfe | Teyba Erkesso Bezunesh Bekele Atsede Bayissa Asselefech Mergia Dire Tune |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Yacob Jarso Roba Gary Legesse Lemiso | Zemzem Ahmed Sofia Assefa Korahubesh Itaa |

## Results

### Men

| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 1500 m | Deresse Mekonnen | 3:37.04 | 1 | | | 3:36.86 | 4 | 3:36.01 | 2 |
| 1500 m | Henok Legesse | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Kenenisa Bekele | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Imane Merga | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Ali Abdosh | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Bekana Daba | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Kenenisa Bekele | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Sileshi Sihine | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Gebregziabher Gebremariam | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Abebe Dinkesa | | | | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Yacob Jarso | | | | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Roba Gary | | | | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Legesse Lemiso | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Tsegaye Kebede | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Deriba Merga | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Yemane Tsegaye | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Deressa Chemdessa | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Dejene Berhanu | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Getachew Terfe | | | | | | | | |

### Women

| Event | Athletes | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| 1500 m | Gelete Burka | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m | Meskerem Assefa | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m | Kalkidan Gezhagne | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Tirunesh Dibaba | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Meselech Melkamu | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Meseret Defar | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Sentayehu Ejigu | | | | | | | | |
| 5000 m | Genzebe Dibaba | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Meselech Melkamu | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Tirunesh Dibaba | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Meseret Defar | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Wude Ayalew | | | | | | | | |
| 10,000 m | Aberu Kebede | | | | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Zemzem Ahmed | 9:29.36 PB | 1 Q | | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Sofia Assefa | 9:22.63 | 3 Q | | | | | | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Korahubesh Itaa | 9:33.67 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marathon | Teyba Erkesso | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Bezunesh Bekele | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Atsede Bayissa | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Asselefech Mergia | | | | | | | | |
| Marathon | Dire Tune | | | | | | | | |
