Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

• Egzi Gabre-Gabre
• * First Heat — 10.89s

• Mulugetta Tadesse
• * Heat — 1:47.1
• * Semifinals — 1:48.9
• Shibrou Regassa
• * Heat — 1:53.3

• Hailu Ebba
• * Heat — 3:41.6
• * Semifinals — 3:43.7
• Shibrou Regassa
• * Heat — 3:43.6
• * Semifinals — 3:41.9

• Tolossa Kotu
• * Heat — 13:46.2
• Tekle Fitinsa
• * Heat — 13:50.4

• Tadesse Wolde-Medhin
• * Heat — 28:45.4

• Sisay Feleke, Solomon Belay, Kebede Bedasso, and Egzi Gabre-Gabre
• * Heat — DNF

  Boxing

• Mohamed Ayele
• * First Round — Lost to Koh Keun-Sang, KO-1

• Fekadu Gabre Selassie
• * First Round — Lost to Kyoji Shinohara, 0:5

  Cycling

• Tekeste Woldu — 53rd place
• Fisihasion Ghebreyesus — did not finish
• Rissom Gebre Meskei — did not finish
• Suleman Abdul Rahman — did not finish

• Mehari Okubamicael
• Rissom Gebre Meskei
• Fisihasion Ghebreyesus
• Tekeste Woldu