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Ethiopia was represented by 60 athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Interestingly, 58 of them participated in athletics events, mainly the country's specialty of long distance running. Two athletes competed in boxing.

The country competed in 10 Summer Olympics prior to 2004 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1992, 1996, and 2000). The 2000 Summer Olympics were the most successful for Ethiopia, as the country claimed four gold medals and eight overall.

1 Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ethiopia	2	3	2	7

Gold:

Athletics - Men's 10,000 m Kenenisa Bekele
Athletics - Women's 5000 m Meseret Defar

Silver:

Athletics - Men's 10,000 m Sileshi Sihine
Athletics - Women's 10,000 m Ejegayehu Dibaba

Bronze:

Athletics - Women's 5000 m Tirunesh Dibaba
Athletics - Women's 10,000 m Derartu Tulu

2 Results by event

2.1 Athletics

Men's 800 metres:

Berhanu Alemu - Semifinal, 1:47.4 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres:

Mulugeta Wendimu - Final, 3:38.33 (10th place)

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

Tewodros Shiferaw - Round 1, 8:33.15 (did not advance)
Luleseged Wale - Round 1, 8:50.73 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres:

Kenenisa Bekele - Final, 13:14.59 (silver medal)
Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam - Final, 13:15.35 (4th place)
Dejene Berhanu - Final, 13:16.92 (5th place)

Men's 10000 metres:

Kenenisa Bekele - Final, 27:05.10 (gold medal)
Sileshi Sihine - Final, 27:09.39 (silver medal)
Haile Gebrselassie - Final, 27:27.70 (5th place)

Men's marathon:

Ambesse Tolosa - 2:15:39 (15th place)
Tereje Wodajo - 2:21:53 (46th place)
Hailu Negussie - DNF

3 Officials

President: Mr. Assefa Mamo
Secretary General: Dr. Mulalem Bessie

National Olympic Committee s at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece

Nations at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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