Ethiopia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

• Egzi Gabre-Gabre
  • First Heat – 10.89s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Mulugetta Tadesse
  • Heat – 1:47.1
  • Semifinals – 1:48.9 (→ did not advance)
• Shibrou Regassa
  • Heat – 1:53.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Hailu Ebba
  • Heat – 3:41.6
  • Semifinals – 3:43.7 (→ did not advance)
• Shibrou Regassa
  • Heat – 3:43.6
  • Semifinals – 3:41.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Tolossa Kotu
  • Heat – 13:46.2 (→ did not advance)
• Tekle Fitinsa
  • Heat – 13:50.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Tadesse Wolde-Medhin [ru]
  • Heat – 28:45.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Sisaye Feleke, Solomon Belay, Kebede Bedasso, and Egzi Gabre-Gabre
  • Heat – DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Mohamed Ayele
  • First Round – Lost to Koh Keun-Sang (KOR), KO-1

Men's Featherweight

• Lema Yemane
  • First Round - Lost to Angelos Theotokatos (GRE), 0:5

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

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

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Fekadu Gabre Selassie
  • First Round – Lost to Kyoji Shinohara (JPN), 0:5

Individual road race

• Tekeste Woldu – 53rd place
• Fisihasion Ghebreyesus – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Rissom Gebre Meskei – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Suleman Abdul Rahman – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

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