Ethiopia has a long tradition of an excellent and winning athletics program that has produced the finest and most remarkable middle and long distance runners the world has ever seen. The following are some of the finest athletes who represent Ethiopia in different disciplines with their selected achievements in major events and race schedule in Athens Olympic 2004.
5,000m – Men
| Name |
Rank |
Mark |
Medal |
| 1. Kenenisa Bekele |
2nd |
13:14:59 |
Silver |
| 2. Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam |
4th |
13:15:35 |
—— |
| 3. Dejene Birhanu |
5th |
13:16:92 |
—— |
5,000m – Women
| Name |
Rank |
Mark |
Medal |
| 1. Meseret Defar |
1st |
14:45:65 |
Gold |
| 2. Tirunesh Dibaba |
3rd |
14:51:83 |
Bronze |
| 3. Sentayehu Ejigu |
10th |
15:09:55 |
—— |
10,000m – Men
| Name |
Rank |
Mark |
Medal |
| 1. Kenenisa Bekele |
1st |
27:05:10 |
Gold
(Olympic Record) * |
| 2. Sileshi Sihine |
2nd |
27:09:39 |
Silver |
| 3. Haile Gebreselassie |
5th |
27:27:10 |
—— |
10,000m – Women
| Name |
Rank |
Mark |
Medal |
| 1. Giegayehu Dibaba |
2nd |
30:24:98 |
Silver |
| 2. Derartu Tulu |
3rd |
30:26:42 |
Bronze |
| 3. Worknesh Kidane |
4th |
30:28:30 |
—— |
Marathon – Men
| Name |
Rank |
Mark |
Medal |
| 1. Ambesse Tolossa |
15th |
2:15:39 |
—— |
| 2. Dereje Wodojo |
46th |
2:21:53 |
—— |
* Kenenisa Bekele got one Gold medal in Men’s 10,000m with the Olympic Record and Silver medal in Men’s 5,000m.
