Major General James G. Blunt

Eritrea made its debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where it sent three athletes to compete in track and field events. At the 2004 Games in Athens, Zersenay Tadese won Eritrea's first ever medal when he finished third in the men's 10,000 meters.

Eritrea made its winter debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, where Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda competed for Eritrea in the alpine skiing events.^[1]

The Eritrean National Olympic Committee was formed in 1996 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1999.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1956–1992 as part of  Ethiopia (ETH) 1996 Atlanta did not participate 2000 Sydney 3 0 0 0 0 – 2004 Athens 4 0 0 1 1 71 2008 Beijing 11 0 0 0 0 – 2012 London 12 0 0 0 0 – 2016 Rio de Janeiro 12 0 0 0 0 – 2020 Tokyo 13 0 0 0 0 – 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 0 0 1 1 147

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0 – 2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 – 2026 Milan–Cortina Future event Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Totals (1 entries)	0	0	1	1

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Zersenay Tadese	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres

See also

• List of flag bearers for Eritrea at the Olympics

External links

• "Eritrea". International Olympic Committee.
• "Eritrea". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/ERI". olympanalyt.com.

References