Ethiopia competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Twelve competitors, all men, took part in ten events in two sports.[1]
Athletics
Men's 100m
- Abebe Hailou —
- Heat — 11.54 (→ did not advance)
- Beyene Legesse —
- Heat — 11.94 (→ did not advance)
- Roba Negousse —
- Heat — 12.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m
- Abebe Hailou —
- Heat — 23.25 (→ did not advance)
- Beyene Legesse —
- Heat — 23.63 (→ did not advance)
- Roba Negousse —
- Heat — 23.89 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m
- Ajanew Bayene —
- Heat — 51.53 (→ did not advance)
- Abebe Hailou —
- Heat — 49.18 (→ did not advance)
- Beyene Legesse —
- Heat — 50.83 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800m
- Ajanew Bayene —
- Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)
- Mamo Wolde
- Heat — 1:58.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500m
- Mamo Wolde —
- Heat — 3:51.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 x 100 Relay
- Bekele Haile
- Abebe Hailou
- Beyene Legesse
- Roba Negousse
- Heat — 44.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 x 400 Relay
- Ajanew Bayene
- Abebe Hailou
- Beyene Legesse
- Mamo Wolde
- Heat — 3:29.93 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Bashay Feleke — 2:53:37 (→ 29th place)
- Gebre Birkay — 2:58:49 (→ 32nd place)
Cycling
- Guremu Demboba
Mesfen Tesfaye
Zehaye Bahta — 99 points (→ 9th place)
- Guremu Demboba — 5:26:58 (→ 25th place)
- Mesfen Tesfaye — 5:34:25 (→ 36th place)
- Zehaye Bahta — 5:34:37 (→ 38th place)
- Negousse Mengistu — did not finish (→ no ranking)
References
- ^ "Ethiopia at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
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