Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

• * Heat – 28:45.4

• Sisaye Feleke, Solomon Belay, Kebede Bedasso, and Egzi Gabre-Gabre
• * Heat – DNF

Boxing

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

• Lema Yemane
• * First Round - Lost to Angelos Theotokatos, 0:5

• Girmaye Gabre
• * First Round - Bye
• * Second Round - Lost to Samuel Mbugua, 0:5

• 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