Kenya at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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| Kenya at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: KEN | ||||
| 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich | ||||
| Medals Rank: 19 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 4 |
Total 9 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
Kenya competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Contents |
[edit] Medals
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Gold
- Kipchoge Keino — Athletics, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
- Julius Sang, Charles Asati, Hezekiah Nyamau, and Robert Ouko — Athletics, Men's 4×400 metre relay
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Silver
- Ben Jipcho — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
- Kipchoge Keino — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
- Philip Waruinge — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
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Bronze
- Julius Sang — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
- Mike Boit — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Samuel Mbugua — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
- Richard Murungu — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:47.3
- Semifinals — 1:45.9
- Final — 1:46.0 (→ Bronze Medal)
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- Heat — 1:47.4
- Semifinals — 1:47.6
- Final — 1:46.5 (→ 5th place)
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- Heat — 1:48.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
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- Heat — 3:40.0
- Semifinals — 3:41.2
- Final — 3:36.8 (→ Silver Medal)
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- Heat — 3:42.2
- Semifinals — 3:41.3
- Final — 3:38.4 (→ 4th place)
- Cosmas Silei
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- Heat — 3:52.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- Evans Mogaka
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- Heat — 13:37.2 (→ did not advance)
- Paul Mose
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- Heat — 13:41.4 (→ did not advance)
- Benjamin Jipcho
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- Heat — 13:56.8 (→ did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Felix Maina
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Franco Udella (ITA), 0:5
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
- Richard Murungu → Bronze Medal
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Alfons Stawski (POL), 4:1
- Third Round — Defeated Vartex Parsanian (IRN), TKO-3
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Sergio Lozano (MEX), KO-1
- Semifinals — Lost to János Kajdi (HUN), 1:4
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- David Attan
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Mikko Saarinen (FIN), TKO-2
[edit] Hockey
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Lost to Poland (0-1)
- Lost to Australia (1-3)
- Lost to Netherlands (1-5)
- Lost to Great Britain (0-2)
- Lost to India (2-3)
- Drew with New Zealand (2-2)
- Defeated Mexico (2-1)
- Classification Match
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- 13th/14th place: Defeated Argentina (1-0) after extra time → 13th place
- Team Roster
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- Resham Bains
- Tarlochan Channa
- Brajinder Daved
- Davinder Deegan
- Phillip Desouza
- Leo Fernandes
- Jagjit Kular
- Ajmal Malik
- Amarjeet Marwa
- Harvinder Marwa
- Surjeet Panesar
- Pereira Reynolds
- Surjit Rihal
- Ranjit Sehmi
- Harvinderpal Sibia
- Avtar Sohal
[edit] References
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