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 10,000m
Kenenisa Bekele 1st (27:01), Sileshi Sihine 2nd (27:02), Haile Gebresilassie 6th (27:06)
Men's 3000m S/C
Yakob Jarso 4th (8:13)
Women's 3000m S/C
Zemzem Ahmed 7th (9:21)
Women's Marathon
Dire Tune 15th (2:31.16)
Women's 5,000m
Tirunesh 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)

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