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Ethiopia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
Total Number of Medals: 7 ( 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Olympic Champions
Men's 10,000m: Kenenisa Bekele Women's 10,000m: Tirunesh Dibaba Men's 5,000m: Kenenisa Bekele Women
's 5,000m: Tirunesh Dibaba
Olympic Records
Men's 10,000m: 27:01.17, Kenenisa Bekele Women's 10,000m: 29:54.66, Tirunesh Dibaba Men's 5,000m: 12:57.82, Kenenisa Bekele
Leading Results:Women's 10,000m
Tirunesh Dibaba 1st (29:54), Ejigayehu Dibaba 14th (31:22)Men's 10,000mKenenisa Bekele 1st (27:01), Sileshi Sihine 2nd (27:02), Haile Gebresilassie 6th (27:06)
Men's 3000m S/CYakob Jarso 4th (8:13)
Women's 3000m S/CZemzem Ahmed 7th (9:21)
Women's MarathonDire Tune 15th (2:31.16)
Women's 5,000mTirunesh Dibaba 1st (15:41), Meseret Defar 3rd (15:44), Meselech Melkamu 8th (15:49)Men's 5,000m
Kenenisa Bekele 1st (12:57), Abreham Cherkose 5th (13:16), Tariku Bekele (13:09)
Men's Marathon
Tsegaye Kebede 3rd (2:10:00), Deriba Merga 4th (2:10:21), Gashaw Melese 7th (2:10:52)
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Below is a summary of the medals won by Ethiopian runners at previous Olympics:
2000, Sydney
Gold: Haile Gebrselassie, Derartu Tulu, Million Wolde, Gezahegn Abera
Silver: Gete Wami
Bronze: Assefa Mezgebu, Gete Wami, Tesfaye Tola
2004, Athens
Gold: Kenenisa Bekele, Meseret Defar
Silver: Kenenisa Bekele, Sileshi Sihine, Ejegayehu Dibaba
Bronze: Tirunesh Dibaba, Derartu Tulu
Atlanta 1996
Gold: Haile Gebrselassie, Fatuma Roba
Bronze: Gete Wami
1992, Barcelona
Gold: Derartu Tulu
Bronze: Fita Bayisa, Addis Abebe
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