Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Kenya at the Olympic Games
Flag of Kenya IOC code  KEN NOC National Olympic Committee Kenya
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors	61
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 3
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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.

Medalists

Gold

• Julius Korir — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

Bronze

• Mike Musyoki — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres
• Ibrahim Bilali — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

Results by event

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

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Manjeet Panesar and brother Jitender at 1984 LA Olympics, representing the Kenya Hockey Team

• 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

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• sports-reference