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Ethiopia's participation in Olympic games and results

Olympic Games

Venue & year

No. of participants

No. Of medals (all in athletics)

Medal distribution by gender

Rank

Athletics

Cycling

Boxing

Total

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

M

F

Africa

World

16th

Melbourne

1956

7

6

-

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

17th

Rome 1960

6

6

-

12

1

-

-

1

1

-

2nd

35th

18th

Tokyo 1964

5

4

-

9

1

-

-

1

1

-

2nd

35th

19th

Mexico City 1968

11

4

5

20

1

1

-

2

2

-

2nd

32nd

20th

Munich 1972

25

3

6

34

-

-

2

2

2

-

3rd

34th

22nd

Moscow 1980

30

13

10

53

2

-

2

4

4

-

1st

19th

25th

Barcelona

1992

15

6

2

23

1

-

2

3

2

1

4th

33rd

26th

Atlanta 1996

16

-

3

19

2

-

1

3

1

2

4th

33rd

27th

Sydney 2000

26

-

3

29

4

1

3

8

5

3

1st

20th

28th

Athens 2004

29

-

2

31

2

3

2

7

3

4

1st

28th

Total

170

42

31

243

14

5

12

31

21

10

 

 

%

70

17.2

12.8

-

45.2

16.1

38.7

-

67.7

32.3

 

 

 The above figure indicates that Ethiopia has taken part in 10 out of the 28 Olympic games. 70% of the participants in all games  competed   in the athletics sports. In all here hitherto appearance in the Olympic Games Ethiopia won 31 medals of which 14are Gold. Of these medals Female athletes won 10 (32%).

Source: Sports Development Indicator and Nationwide Main Sports Stat

                                         
 

Section A. Fine Arts

                                          
     
Number of  Government Cultural Instututions    
 
 Table A.1                                       Table A.1    
No. Year 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02    
Region Theatre Hall Cinema Hall Library Museum Theatre Hall Cinema Hall Library Museum Theatre Hall Cinema Hall Library Museum Theatre Hall Cinema Hall Library Museum Theatre Hall Cinema Hall Library Museum    
1 National Institution (Federal) 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1    
2 Tigray - - 10 2 - - 10 2 - - 10