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Kenya at the Olympic Games

Flag of Kenya
IOC code KEN
NOCNational 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)
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 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The flag of Kenya was officially adopted on December 12, 1963. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) uses Three letter acronym country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Kenya first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then except for The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International Kenya competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Kenya competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Kenya competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Wilson Kiprugut won the nation's first ever Olympic medal Kenya competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Kenya competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Medalists Gold Paul Ereng &mdash Athletics, Men's 800 metres Peter Rono &mdash Athletics Kenya competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Kenya competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Kenya competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Kenya competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Kenya competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years Kenya competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Kenya competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Kenya sent 1 competitor to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the After a twelve year absence, the nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1976 and 1980 Games. The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

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Medals

Image:Med_1.png Gold

Image:Med_3.png Bronze

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualifying Heat — 28:24. Julius Korir (born April 21, 1960) is a former Kenyan athlete, who won the 3 At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested 24 events by men and 17 by women Michael Musyoki (born May 28, 1956) (aka Mike Musyoki) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won the bronze medal in At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested 24 events by men and 17 by women Ibrahim Bilali (born July 21, 1965) is a retired Flyweight boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles California. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested 24 events by men and 17 by women Michael Musyoki (born May 28, 1956) (aka Mike Musyoki) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won the bronze medal in 24
  • Final — 28:06. 46 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:28. Joseph Nzau (born April 14, 1950) is a former Long-distance runner from Kenya, who represented his native country in the men's marathon 71
  • Final — 28:32. 57 (→ 14th place)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:12. Sosthenes Bitok (born March 23, 1957) is a retired Long-distance runner from Kenya, who represented his native country in the men's 17
  • Final — 28:09. 01 (→ 6th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:11:28 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 2:24:13 (→ 49th place)
  • Final — 2:37:19 (→ 68th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7. These are the official results of the men's Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California, held on Sunday August Joseph Nzau (born April 14, 1950) is a former Long-distance runner from Kenya, who represented his native country in the men's marathon 51m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 20km Walk

  • Final — 1:34:53 (→ 32nd place)


Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:21. Paul Emordi (born 25 December 1965) is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed in the Long jump and Triple jump. 97 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat — 8. Hellen Kimaiyo-Kipkoskei (born September 8, 1968 in Moiben) is a runner from Kenya. 57. 21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:52:00 (→ 43rd place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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

References

Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles California. Pedro Johannes van Raamsdonk (born October 2, 1960 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a retired boxer from the Netherlands Angelo Musone (born September 19, 1963 in Naples) was an Italian boxer, who won the the Heavyweight bronze medal at the Final results for the Hockey Competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics: Men's Medal Winners
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