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Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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National Olympic Committee of Kenya

MedalsRanked 23rd
  
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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

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

  • David Kitur
  • Heat — 46.25
  • Quarterfinals — 45.78
  • Semifinals — 45.62 (→ did not advance)
  • John Anzarah
  • Heat — 46.12
  • Quarterfinals — 45.67 (→ did not advance)
  • James Atuti
  • Heat — 47.04 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 5,000 metres

  • Paul Kipkoech
  • Heat — 13:51.54
  • Semifinals — 13:29.08
  • Final — 13:14.40 (→ 5th place)
  • Charles Cheruiyot
  • Heat — 13:45.99
  • Heat — 13:28.56
  • Final — 13:18.41 (→ 6th place)
  • Wilson Waigwa
  • Heat — 13:48.84
  • Semifinals — 13:38.59
  • Final — 13:27.34 (→ 10th place)

    • 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)
  • Sostenes 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 20 km 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)

    • 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

    • Field hockey

    Men
  • 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 (hockey player)
  • Sunil Chhabra
  • Sarabjit Sehmi
  • Eric Otieno
  • Julius Mutinda

    • References

    Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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