Ethiopia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 26 athletes from Ethiopia participated. These Games were the most successful for Ethiopia, as the country claimed four gold medals and eight overall.
Medalists
| width="100%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEvent Date Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 25 September Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 30 September Athletics Men's 5000 metres 30 September Athletics Men's marathon 1 October Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 30 September Athletics Women's 5000 metres 25 September Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 25 September Athletics Men's marathon 1 October
| width="30%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics413 8 Total413 8
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Ethiopia at the 2000 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 13 11 24Boxing 2 – 2 Total 15 11 26
Athletics
Men Track and road events AthletesEventsHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBerhanu Alemu1500 metres3:38.797 Qcolspan=23:41.0918Did not advanceHailu Mekonnen3:39.0912 Qcolspan=23:40.9216Did not advanceDaniel Zegeye3:40.9123 Qcolspan=23:38.083 Q3:36.786Dagne Alemu5000 metres13:29.9312 Qcolspan=413:37.176Fita Bayissa13:22.923 Qcolspan=413:37.034Million Wolde13:22.752 Qcolspan=413:35.49Haile Gebrselassie10,000 metres27:50.018 Qcolspan=427:18.20Assefa Mezgebu27:50.6412 Qcolspan=427:19.75Girma Tolla27:44.011 Qcolspan=427:49.7511Gezahegne AberaMarathoncolspan=62:10:11Simretu Alemayehucolspan=62:17:2122Tesfaye Tolacolspan=62:11:10Maru Daba3000 metres steeplechase8:35.3425colspan=4Did not advance
Women Track and road events AthletesEventsHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKutre Dulecha1500 metres4:09.8810 Qcolspan=24:06.788 Q4:05.334Abebech Negussie4:15.5233colspan=2Did not advanceHareg Sidelil4:14.0532colspan=2Did not advanceWerknesh Kidane5000 metres15:08.623 Qcolspan=414:47.407Gete Wami15:08.925 Qcolspan=414:42.23Ayelech Worku15:13.2613 Qcolspan=414:42.674Berhane Adere10,000 metres32:34.6211 Qcolspan=431:40.5212Derartu Tulu32:06.191 Qcolspan=430:17.49 ORGete Wami32:34.6312 Qcolspan=430:22.48Elfenesh AlemuMarathoncolspan=62:26:546Gadissie Edatocolspan=62:42:2936Fatuma Robacolspan=62:27:389
Boxing
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJohnny SheferawFeatherweightL RSC-R4Did not advanceAdisu TebebuLightweightL 3-15Did not advanceTsegasellase AregawiWelterweightDid not start
References
Further reading
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site