Ethiopia at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Ethiopia
IOC code	ETH
NOC	Ethiopian Olympic Committee

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome

Competitors

Medals
Rank: 21

Gold
1

Silver
0

Bronze
0

Total
1

Olympic history (summary)

Summer Games

1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Winter Games

2006

Ethiopia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. The Flag of Ethiopia was adopted on February 6, 1996. The 3 traditional colors- green yellow and red- date back to the Emperor Menelik (1889-1913 The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) uses Three letter acronym country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Ethiopia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then except for The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International Ethiopia competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Ethiopia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Ethiopia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Ethiopia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Ethiopia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. Ethiopia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Ethiopia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Ethiopia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Ethiopia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Ethiopia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years Ethiopia competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, sending NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event held in Rome, Italy Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Abebe Bikila won the country's first ever Olympic medal by winning the men's marathon. Abebe Bikila ( August 7, 1932 &ndash October 25, 1973) was a two-time Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia.

Medals

Gold

Abebe Bikila — Athletics, Men's Marathon

References

Abebe Bikila ( August 7, 1932 &ndash October 25, 1973) was a two-time Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested 24 by men and 10 by women

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