Ethiopia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Twelve competitors, all men, took part in ten events in two sports.

Athletics
Men's 100m Men's 200m Men's 400m Men's 800m Men's 1500m Men's 4 x 100 Relay Men's 4 x 400 Relay Men's Marathon
 * Abebe Hailou —
 * Heat — 11.54 (→ did not advance)
 * Beyene Legesse —
 * Heat — 11.94 (→ did not advance)
 * Roba Negousse —
 * Heat — 12.07 (→ did not advance)
 * Abebe Hailou —
 * Heat — 23.25 (→ did not advance)
 * Beyene Legesse —
 * Heat — 23.63 (→ did not advance)
 * Roba Negousse —
 * Heat — 23.89 (→ did not advance)
 * Ajanew Bayene —
 * Heat — 51.53 (→ did not advance)
 * Abebe Hailou —
 * Heat — 49.18 (→ did not advance)
 * Beyene Legesse —
 * Heat — 50.83 (→ did not advance)
 * Ajanew Bayene —
 * Heat — DNF (→ did not advance)
 * Mamo Wolde
 * Heat — 1:58.0 (→ did not advance)
 * Mamo Wolde —
 * Heat — 3:51.0 (→ did not advance)
 * Bekele Haile
 * Abebe Hailou
 * Beyene Legesse
 * Roba Negousse
 * Heat — 44.47 (→ did not advance)
 * Ajanew Bayene
 * Abebe Hailou
 * Beyene Legesse
 * Mamo Wolde
 * Heat — 3:29.93 (→ did not advance)
 * Bashay Feleke &mdash; 2:53:37 (→ 29th place)
 * Gebre Birkay &mdash; 2:58:49 (→ 32nd place)

Cycling

 * Team road race
 * Guremu Demboba Mesfen Tesfaye Zehaye Bahta &mdash; 99 points (→ 9th place)


 * Individual road race
 * Guremu Demboba &mdash; 5:26:58 (→ 25th place)
 * Mesfen Tesfaye &mdash; 5:34:25 (→ 36th place)
 * Zehaye Bahta &mdash; 5:34:37 (→ 38th place)
 * Negousse Mengistu &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)