Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

competed at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

from August 27 to September 4 in

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Team selection

A provisional list of 36 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The participation of

Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele ( om, Qananiisaa baqqalaa; am, ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) unti ...

and

Tirunesh Dibaba Tirunesh Dibaba ( om, Xirunesh Dibaabaa, Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1 June 1985) is an Ethiopian athlete who competed in long-distance track events and international road races. She has won three Olympic track gold medals, ...

is said to be uncertain. The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 42 athletes. The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in total number of 34 competitors:

Medalists

The following competitors from Ethiopia won medals at the Championships

Results

Men

Ibrahim Jeilan Ibrahim Jeilan Gashu ( Amharic: ዕብራህም ጅእላን ጋሹ; born 12 June 1989) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres on the track, as well as cross country running. He i ...

won the gold medal in a dramatic sprint finish in the men's 10,000m final.

Women

References

External links

Official local organising committee website
{{Nations at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics Nations at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

Ethiopia at the World Athletics Championships