Kenya at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Kenya at the Olympic Games
Flag of Kenya IOC code  KEN NOC National Olympic Committee Kenya
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals Rank: 38	Gold 1	Silver 4	Bronze 3	Total 8
Olympic history (summary)
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Kenya competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results and competitors by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Joseph Keter — Athletics, Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

[edit] Silver

• Paul Bitok — Athletics, Men's 5,000 m

• Paul Tergat — Athletics, Men's 10,000 m

• Moses Kiptanui — Athletics, Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Pauline Konga — Athletics, Women's 5,000 m

[edit] Bronze

• Fred Onyancha — Athletics, Men's 800 m

• Stephen Kipkorir — Athletics, Men's 1,500 m

• Erick Wainaina — Athletics, Men's Marathon

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] Archery

In its debut Olympic archery competition, Kenya was represented by one man and one woman. Both lost their first matches.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Jennifer Mbuta - Round of 64, 62nd place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Dominic Rebelo - Round of 64, 61st place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

• Paul Bitok

• Qualification — 13:54.45
• Semifinal — 13:27.61
• Final — 13:08.37 (→ Silver Medal)

• Tom Nyariki

• Qualification — 13:51.47
• Semifinal — 14:03.21
• Final — 13:12.29 (→ 5th place)

• Shem Kororia

• Qualification — 14:02.75
• Semifinal — 13:27.50
• Final — 13:14.63 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Samson Kitur, Samson Yego, Simon Kemboi, and Julius Chepkwony

• Heat — 3:02.52
• Semi Final — 3:01.73
• Final — did not start (→ 8th place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Barnabas Kinyor

• Heat — 49.82 s (→ did not advance)

• Gideon Biwott

• Heat — 49.74 s (→ did not advance)

• Erick Keter

• Heat — 49.03 s (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Remmy Limo

• Qualification — 7.46 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Erick Wainaina — 2:12.44 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Lameck Aguta — 2:22.04 (→ 52nd place)

• Ezequiel Bitok — 2:23.03 (→ 56th place)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Tegla Loroupe

• Qualification — 32:28.73
• Final — 31:23.22 (→ 6th place)

• Sally Barsosio

• Qualification — 31:36.00
• Final — 31:53.38 (→ 10th place)

Women's Marathon

• Angelina Kanana — 2:34.19 (→ 15th place)

• Joyce Chepchumba — did not finish (→ no ranking)

• Salina Chirchir — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• George Maina
  1. First Round — Lost to Soo-Yung Shin (South Korea), referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Peter Bulinga
  1. First Round — Lost to Mohamed Alalou (Algeria), 3-17

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Ashira Evans
  1. First Round — Lost to Nariman Atayev (Uzbekistan), 10-15

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Peter Odhlembo
  1. First Round — Lost to Paul Mbongo (Cameroon), 6-15

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Ahmed Omar
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to David Defiagbon (Canada), 4-15

[edit] References

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