Kenya at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Kenya at the Olympic Games

Flag of Kenya
IOC code  KEN
NOC National Olympic Committee Kenya
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 19		 Gold
2		 Silver
3		 Bronze
4		 Total
9
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1998 • 2002 • 2006

Kenya competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • John Mwebi
  • First Heat — 10.60s (→ did not advance)
  • Dan Amuke
  • First Heat — 10.76s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:47.3
  • Semifinals — 1:45.9
  • Final — 1:46.0 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 1:47.4
  • Semifinals — 1:47.6
  • Final — 1:46.5 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 1:48.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:40.0
  • Semifinals — 3:41.2
  • Final — 3:36.8 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 3:42.2
  • Semifinals — 3:41.3
  • Final — 3:38.4 (→ 4th place)
  • Cosmas Silei
  • Heat — 3:52.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Evans Mogaka
  • Heat — 13:37.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Paul Mose
  • Heat — 13:41.4 (→ did not advance)
  • Benjamin Jipcho
  • Heat — 13:56.8 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Felix Maina
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Franco Udella (ITA), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Richard Murungu → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal
  • 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
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Mikko Saarinen (FIN), TKO-2

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • 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
  • 13th/14th place: Defeated Argentina (1-0) after extra time → 13th place
  • Team Roster
  • 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