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- Abebe Hailou β
- * Heat β 11.54
- Beyene Legesse β
- * Heat β 11.94
- Roba Negousse β
- * Heat β 12.07
- Abebe Hailou β
- * Heat β 23.25
- Beyene Legesse β
- * Heat β 23.63
- Roba Negousse β
- * Heat β 23.89
- Ajanew Bayene β
- * Heat β 51.53
- Abebe Hailou β
- * Heat β 49.18
- Beyene Legesse β
- * Heat β 50.83
- Ajanew Bayene β
- * Heat β DNF
- Mamo Wolde
- * Heat β 1:58.0
- Mamo Wolde β
- * Heat β 3:51.0
- Bekele Haile
- Abebe Hailou
- Beyene Legesse
- Roba Negousse
- * Heat β 44.47
- Ajanew Bayene
- Abebe Hailou
- Beyene Legesse
- Mamo Wolde
- * Heat β 3:29.93
- Bashay Feleke β 2:53:37
- Gebre Birkay β 2:58:49
Cycling
;Team road raceMesfen Tesfaye
Zehaye Bahta β 99 points
;Individual road race
- Guremu Demboba β 5:26:58
- Mesfen Tesfaye β 5:34:25
- Zehaye Bahta β 5:34:37
- Negousse Mengistu β did not finish