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| Olympic history (summary) | ||||||||||
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| 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 | ||||||||||
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Ethiopia will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics which will be held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. 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 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 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 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. 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 Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Boxing
Ethiopia qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Getachew qualified in the flyweight class at the first African qualifying tournament. [1]
- Flyweight: Molla Getachew
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