Eritrea at the Olympics

Eritrea at the Olympics
IOC code	ERI
NOC	Eritrean National Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 149th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer appearances
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2018 2022
Other related appearances
Ethiopia (1956–1992)

Eritrea made its debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where it sent three athletes to compete in track and field events. At the 2004 Games in Athens, Zersenay Tadese won Eritrea's first ever medal when he finished third in the men's 10,000 meters.

Eritrea made its winter debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, where Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda competed for Eritrea in the alpine skiing events.

The Eritrean National Olympic Committee was formed in 1996 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1999.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1956–1992	as part of  Ethiopia (ETH)
1996 Atlanta	did not participate
2000 Sydney	3	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	4	0	0	1	1	71
2008 Beijing	11	0	0	0	0	–
2012 London	12	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	12	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	13	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	14	0	0	0	0	–
2028 Los Angeles	Future event
2032 Brisbane
Total		0	0	1	1	151

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2018 Pyeongchang	1	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	1	0	0	0	0	–
2026 Milano Cortina	Future event
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Totals (1 entries)	0	0	1	1

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Zersenay Tadese	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres

See also

• List of flag bearers for Eritrea at the Olympics

External links

• "Eritrea". International Olympic Committee.
• "Eritrea". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/ERI". olympanalyt.com.