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Ethiopia At The 1992 Summer Olympics
Transitional Government of Ethiopia, Ethiopia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after a 12 year absence, having boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Twenty competitors, fourteen men and six women, took part in eleven events in two sports. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics Men's 5.000 metres *Fita Bayissa ** Heat — 13:31.24 ** Final — 13:13.03 (→ Bronze Medal) *Worku Bikila ** Heat — 13:32.93 ** Final — 13:23.52 (→ 6th place) *Addis Abebe ** Heat — 13:40.76 (→ did not advance) Men's 10.000 metres *Addis Abebe ** Heat — 28:15.76 ** Final — 28:00.07 (→ Bronze Medal) *Fita Bayisa ** Heat — 28:23.55 ** Final — 28:27.68 (→ 9th place) Men's Marathon * Tena Megere — 2:17.07 (→ 23rd place) * Zerehune Gitaw & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Olympic Committee
Ethiopian Olympic Committee ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦሊምፒክ ኮሚቴ; IOC code: ETH) is the National Olympic Committee representing Ethiopia. It was created in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1954. Presidents *Ato Assefa Mamo *Dagmawit Girmay (–2009) *Birhane Kidanemariam (2009– ?) *Dr Ashebir Woldegiorgis ( - Present) See also * Ethiopia at the Olympics External links Ethiopia at Olympic.org Ethiopia Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... Ethiopia at the Olympics 1948 establishments in Ethiopia Sports organizations established in 1948 {{Ethiopia-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Gezahegu
Addis Gezahegn (born 1969) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References 1969 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female marathon runners Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luchia Yeshak
Luchia Yishak (born 8 April 1973 in Eritrea)Luchia Yishak Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-03-13. is a former Ethiopian . She ran for Ethiopia at the in 1992 and 1996. She came to prominence as a teenager, winning medals on the track at the African Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreda Tigist
Tigist Moreda (born 1968) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1968 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Ethiopian female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Place of birth missing (living people) African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derartu Tulu
Derartu Tulu NL COL ( om, Daraartuu Tulluu, Amharic: ደራርቱ ቱሉ; born 21 March 1972) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires endurance, stamina as well as mental strength. Within e ..., who competed in track running, track, cross country running, and road running up to the marathon distance. She won 10,000 metres titles at the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Barcelona and Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 2000 Sydney Olympics, and a bronze in the event at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Athens Olympics. At the World Athletics Championships, World Championships in Athletics, Derartu took silver in the 10,000 m in 1995 World Championships in Athletics, 1995, and a gold in 2001 World Championships in Athletics, 2001. She was a three-time IA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zewdie Hailemariam
Zewde Hailemariam (in some sources ''Zewdie, Haile Mariam''; born 22 September 1962) is a former Ethiopian middle distance runner who specialised in 800 meters, and 400 meters hurdles events. She won four medals in three different African Championships in Athletics from 1989 and 1992, including one gold in 800 metres at the 1992 edition in June of that year. Only a month later she competed for Ethiopia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the same event, but ran 2:11.60, more than five seconds slower than at the continental championships, and finished sixth in her qualifying heat, failing to progress to the semi-finals. As of 2016, Hailemariam still holds the Ethiopian national 400 m hurdles record (57.60) she ran at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shemisu Hasen
Shemsu Hassan (born 1968) is an Ethiopian former racewalker. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... Competition record References 1968 births Living people Ethiopian male racewalkers Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Ethiopian male athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ethiopian people Competitors at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abebe Mekonnen
Abebe Mekonnen (born 16 October 1964) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Mekkonen was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989. He also competed for Ethiopia in the 1992 Olympics and 1996 Olympics in the marathon. He did not finish in the 1992 games and finished 81st with a time of 2:29:45 in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Mekonnen has the most sub 2:15 marathons of anyone: 32 in all. When he ran his 28th sub-2:15 marathon he broke the record set by Bill Rodgers. His best time was 2:07:35 in the 1988 Beijing Marathon, which is still course record. Achievements See also *List of winners of the Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts since 1897. Until 2020, it was the oldest annual marathon in the world, a distinction now held by the Osaka-Lake ... References External links * * * 1964 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerehune Gitaw
Zerehune Gizaw (born 21 March 1965) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 61st place with a time of 2:28:25. He was the winner of the Amsterdam Marathon in 1990 and the Helsinki City Marathon The Garmin Helsinki City Marathon is an annual marathon held in Helsinki, Finland. It was established in 1981 and it used to be held in August but has now moved to May, on the day called ''Helsinki City Running Day''. The 2007 marathon drew mo ... in 1994. References External links * 1965 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tena Megere
Tena Negere (born 5 October 1972) is a retired long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1991 All-Africa Games in Cairo, Egypt. He also triumphed in the 1992 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:09:04 on 6 December 1992. The next year he finished in 34th place (2:29:46) at the 1993 World Championships. He also competed in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... Achievements References External links 1992 Year Ranking 1972 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |