Ethiopia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Introduction '''Ethiopia''' competed at the '''2009 World Championships in Athletics''' from 15 to 23 August. A team of 38 athletes competed after achieving one of the competition's qualifying standards. The squad composed of middle and long distance specialists featured three reigning world champions: Meseret Defar (5000 m), Tirunesh Dibaba (10,000 m), and Kenenisa Bekele (10,000 m). Because a champion is given a bye into the championships, Ethiopia was permitted to enter an extra athlete in those events, and the Ethiopian Athletics Federation also picked a reserve athlete in these events.
Team selection EventAthletesMenWomen1500 metresDeresse MekonnenHenok LegesseMekonnen GebremedhinGelete BurkaMeskerem AssefaKalkidan Gezhagne5000 metresKenenisa BekeleImane MergaAli AbdoshBekana DabaTirunesh DibabaMeselech MelkamuMeseret DefarSentayehu EjiguGenzebe Dibaba10,000 metresKenenisa BekeleSileshi SihineGebregziabher GebremariamAbebe DinkesaMeselech MelkamuTirunesh DibabaMeseret DefarWude AyalewAberu KebedeMarathonTsegaye KebedeDeriba MergaYemane TsegayeDeressa ChemdessaDejene BerhanuGetachew TerfeTeyba ErkessoBezunesh BekeleAtsede BayissaAsselefech MergiaDire Tune3000 m steeplechaseYacob JarsoRoba GaryLegesse LemisoZemzem AhmedSofia AssefaKorahubesh Itaa
Results ===Men===EventAthletesHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank1500 mDeresse Mekonnen3:37.0413:36.8643:36.012Henok LegesseMekonnen Gebremedhin5000 mKenenisa BekeleImane MergaAli AbdoshBekana Daba10,000 mKenenisa BekeleSileshi SihineGebregziabher GebremariamAbebe Dinkesa3000 m steeplechaseYacob JarsoRoba GaryLegesse LemisoMarathonTsegaye KebedeDeriba MergaYemane TsegayeDeressa ChemdessaDejene BerhanuGetachew Terfe===Women===EventAthletesHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank1500 mGelete BurkaMeskerem AssefaKalkidan Gezhagne5000 mTirunesh DibabaMeselech MelkamuMeseret DefarSentayehu EjiguGenzebe Dibaba10,000 mMeselech MelkamuTirunesh DibabaMeseret DefarWude AyalewAberu Kebede3000 m steeplechaseZemzem Ahmed9:29.36 '''PB'''1 '''Q''' Sofia Assefa9:22.633 '''Q'''Korahubesh Itaa9:33.677did not advanceMarathonTeyba ErkessoBezunesh BekeleAtsede BayissaAsselefech MergiaDire Tune
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