Fita Bayisa

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Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for Ethiopia
Olympic Games
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	5000 metres
World Championships
Silver	1991 Tokyo	5000 m
Bronze	1993 Stuttgart	5000 m

Fita Bayisa (born December 15, 1972 in Ambo) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner most known for winning a bronze medal on the 5,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. A year before he had won a silver medal at the World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. Before the Olympic Games in Barcelona Bayisa had emerged as the favourite for 10000m as he had defeated a world-class field at the Bislett Games in Oslo in a time of 27:14.26 min. However, he failed to make an impact on the 10000m final which was won by Khalid Skah.

[edit] Personal bests

1500 metres - 3:35.35 (1999)
3000 metres - 7:35.32 (1996)
5000 metres - 13:05.40 (1993)
10,000 metres - 27:14.26 (1992)
8 kilometres - 22:22 (2000)
5 miles road - 22:29 (2000)

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	5,000 metres
	All-Africa Games	Cairo, Egypt	1st	5,000 metres
1992	World Cross Country Championships	Boston, United States	3rd
	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	5,000 metres
	IAAF World Cup	Havana, Cuba	1st	5,000 metres
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	5,000 metres
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	3rd	10,000 metres
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	10th	5,000 metres
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	4th	5,000 metres