Kenya at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

John Ngugi

1. First Round — 13:47.93
2. Semi Final — 13:24.43
3. Final — 13:11.70 (→ Gold Medal)

Yobes Ondieki

1. First Round — 13:58.24
2. Semi Final — 13:22.85
3. Final — 13:52.01 (→ 12th place)

Charles Cheruiyot

1. First Round — 13:43.11
2. Semi Final — 13:38.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

Kipkemboi Kimeli

1. First Round — 28:00.39
2. Final — 27:25.16 (→ Bronze Medal)

Moses Tanui

1. First Round — 28:20.98
2. Final — 27:47.23 (→ 8th place)

Boniface Merande

1. First Round — 28:21.84
2. Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Elkana Nyang'au, Kennedy Ondiek, Simeon Kipkemboi, and Peter Wekesa

1. Heat — 40.30
2. Semi Final — 39.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Tito Sawe, Lucas Sang, Paul Ereng, and Simeon Kipkemboi

1. Heat — 3:05.21
2. Semi Final — 3:03.24
3. Final — 3:04.69 (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

Douglas Wakiihuri

Final — 2"10:47 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

Julius Kariuki

1. Heat — 8:33.42
2. Semi Final — 8:18.53
3. Final — 8:05.51 (→ Gold Medal)

Peter Koech

1. Heat — 8:31.66
2. Semi Final — 8:15.68
3. Final — 8:06.79 (→ Silver Medal)

Patrick Sang

1. Heat — 8:36.11
2. Semi Final — 8:16.70
3. Final — 8:15.22 (→ 7th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

William Sawe

Final — 4'25:24 (→ 35th place)

Women's 100 metres

Joyce Odhiambo

Women's 200 metres

Joyce Odhiambo

Women's 1,500 metres

Susan Sirma

Women's 3,000 metres

Susan Sirma

Women's Marathon

Pascaline Wangui

Final — 2"47.42 (→ 49th place)

Women's 400 metres Hurdles

Rose Tata-Muya

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Maurice Maina

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Haddad (Syria), 4:1

Third Round — Lost to Chatchai Sasakul (Thailand), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Anthony Ikegu

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Lost to Philippe Desavoye (France), RSC

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Steve Mwema

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Rambahadur Giri (Nepal), RSC

Third Round — Defeated Alberto Machaze (Mozambique), 5:0

Quarterfinals — Lost to Kennedy McKinney (USA), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

John Wanjau

First Round — Defeated Laszlo Szöke (Hungary) on points

Second Round — Lost to Regilio Tuur (Netherlands) on points

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Patrick Waweru

First Round — Lost to Andreas Zülow (East Germany), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

David Kamau

First Round — Defeated Abidnasir Shahab (Jordan), RSC

Second Round — Defeated Martin Ndongo-Ebanga (Cameroon), 5:0

Third Round — Lost to Sodnom Altansukh (Mongolia), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Robert Wangila → Gold Medal

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Đorđe Petronijević (Yugoslavia), RSC-2

Third Round — Defeated Khaidan Gantulga (Mongolia), AB-2

Quarterfinals — Defeated Khristo Furnigov (Bulgaria), 5:0

Semifinals — Defeated Jan Dydak (Poland), walk-over

Final — Defeated Laurent Boudouani (France), KO-2

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Mohamad Orungi

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Lost to Apolinario Silveira (Angola), RSC-2

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Chris Sande → Bronze Medal

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Juan Montiel (Uruguay), KO-3

Third Round — Defeated Paul Kamela (Cameroon), 5:0

Quarterfinals — Defeated Francis Wanyama (Uganda), 5:0

Semifinals — Lost to Henry Maske (East Germany), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Joseph Akhasamba

First Round — Defeated Jeffrey Nedd (Aruba), RSC-2

Second Round — Defeated Sione Vaveni Talia'uli (Tonga), 5:0

Quarterfinals — Lost to Damir Škaro (Yugoslavia), 0:5

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Harold Obunga

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Tualau Fale (Tonga), RSC-1

Quarterfinals — Lost to Andrzej Golota (Poland), 0:5

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Chris Odera

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Lost to Lennox Lewis (Canada), referee stopped contest

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Kenya — Australia 1-7

Kenya — Pakistan 0-8

Kenya — Spain 2-4

Kenya — Netherlands 1-2

Kenya — Argentina 1-5

Classification Matches

9th-12th place: Kenya — South Korea 2-5

11th-12th place: Kenya — Canada 1-3 (→ 12th place)

Team Roster

( 1.) Paul Sewe Omany

( 2.) Parminder Saini

( 3.) Roy Odhier

( 4.) Charles Oguk

( 5.) John Eliud Okoth

( 6.) Michael Omondi

( 7.) Sam Ngoyo

( 8.) Peter Akatsa

( 9.) Sanjiwan Goyal

(10.) Christopher Otambo

(11.) Lucas Alubaha

(12.) Victor Owino

(13.) Samson Oriso

(14.) Inderjit Matharu

(15.) Samson Muange

(16.) Julius Mutua

Head Coach: Gursharam Singh Lall

Wrestling

4 wrestlers from Kenya participated for the first time in country's history in Olympics Wrestling event.