Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Kenya at the Olympic Games
Flag of Kenya IOC code  KEN NOC National Olympic Committee Kenya
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 3
Olympic history (summary)
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Kenya competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. After a twelve year absence, the nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1976 and 1980 Games.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Hockey 2.3.1 Men's Team Competition 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Julius Korir — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

[edit] Bronze

• Mike Musyoki — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres
• Ibrahim Bilali — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

• Michael Musyoki

• Qualifying Heat — 28:24.24
• Final — 28:06.46 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Joseph Nzau

• Qualifying Heat — 28:28.71
• Final — 28:32.57 (→ 14th place)

• Sosthenes Bitok

• Qualifying Heat — 28:12.17
• Final — 28:09.01 (→ 6th place)

Men's Marathon

• Joseph Nzau

• Final — 2:11:28 (→ 7th place)

• Joseph Otieno

• Final — 2:24:13 (→ 49th place)

• Kimurgor Ngeny

• Final — 2:37:19 (→ 68th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Moses Kiyai

• Qualification — 7.51m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

• Paul Emordi

• Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 20km Walk

• Pius Munyasia

• Final — 1:34:53 (→ 32nd place)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Justina Chepchirchir

• Heat — 4:21.97 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

• Helen Kimaiyo

• Heat — 8.57.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Mary Wagaki

• Final — 2:52:00 (→ 43rd place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Daniel Mwangi
  1. First Round – Defeated Sanpol Sang-Ano (THA), RSC-3
  2. Second Round – Lost to Carlos Motta (GUA), 4:1

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Sammy Mwangi
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Robert Shannon (USA), 5-0

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Augustus Oga
  1. First Round – Lost to Pedro van Raamsdonk (HOL), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• James Omondi
  1. First Round – Lost to Angelo Musone (ITA), 0:5

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Great Britain (1-2)
• Lost to Pakistan (0-3)
• Defeated Canada (3-2)
• Lost to New Zealand (1-4)
• Lost to Netherlands (0-3)

• Classification Matches

• 9th/12th place: Defeated United States (0-0) after penalty strokes (6-5)
• 9th/10th place: Defeated Canada (1-0) after extra time → 9th place

• Team Roster

• Emmanual Oduol
• Julius Akumu
• Lucas Alubaha
• Michael Omondi
• Parminder Saini
• Manjeet Panesar
• Jitender Panesar
• Peter Akatsa
• Harvinder Kular
• Chris Otambo
• Brajinder Daved
• Raphael Fernandes
• Sunil Chhabra
• Sarabjit Sehmi
• Eric Otieno
• Julius Mutinda

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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