Kenya at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Kenya at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  KEN
NOC National Olympic Committee Kenya
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 13		 Gold
5		 Silver
2		 Bronze
2		 Total
9
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1998 • 2002 • 2006

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

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

  1. First Round — 28:00.39
  2. Final — 27:25.16 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  1. First Round — 28:20.98
  2. Final — 27:47.23 (→ 8th place)
  1. First Round — 28:21.84
  2. Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Elkana Nyang'au, Kennedy Ondiek, Simon Kipkemboi, and Peter Wekesa
  1. Heat — 40.30
  2. Semi Final — 39.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay

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

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2"10:47 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

  1. Heat — 8:33.42
  2. Semi Final — 8:18.53
  3. Final — 8:05.51 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  1. Heat — 8:31.66
  2. Semi Final — 8:15.68
  3. Final — 8:06.79 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  1. Heat — 8:36.11
  2. Semi Final — 8:16.70
  3. Final — 8:15.22 (→ 7th place)

Men's 50km Walk

  • William Sawe
  • Final — 4'25:24 (→ 35th place)


Women's Marathon

  • Pascaline Wangui
  • Final — 2"47.42 (→ 49th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

  • Maurice Maina
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Haddad (Syria), 4:1
  • Third Round — Lost to Chatchai Sasakul (Thailand), 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

[edit] Hockey

[edit] 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

[edit] References

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