Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Ethiopia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 31 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 3 sports.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Egzi Gabre-Gabre
 * First Heat &mdash; 10.89s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * Mulugetta Tadesse
 * Heat &mdash; 1:47.1
 * Semifinals &mdash; 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)
 * Shibrou Regassa
 * Heat &mdash; 1:53.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
 * Hailu Ebba
 * Heat &mdash; 3:41.6
 * Semifinals &mdash; 3:43.7 (→ did not advance)
 * Shibrou Regassa
 * Heat &mdash; 3:43.6
 * Semifinals &mdash; 3:41.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
 * Tolossa Kotu
 * Heat &mdash; 13:46.2 (→ did not advance)
 * Tekle Fitinsa
 * Heat &mdash; 13:50.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres
 * Tadesse Wolde-Medhin
 * Heat &mdash; 28:45.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
 * Sisay Feleke, Solomon Belay, Kebede Bedasso, and Egzi Gabre-Gabre
 * Heat &mdash; DNF (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Mohamed Ayele
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Koh Keun-Sang (KOR), KO-1

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
 * Fekadu Gabre Selassie
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Kyoji Shinohara (JPN), 0:5

Cycling

 * Individual road race
 * Tekeste Woldu &mdash; 53rd place
 * Fisihasion Ghebreyesus &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Rissom Gebre Meskei &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Suleman Abdul Rahman &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)


 * Team time trial
 * Mehari Okubamicael
 * Rissom Gebre Meskei
 * Fisihasion Ghebreyesus
 * Tekeste Woldu