Kenya at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Tokyo
Competitors37 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Kip Keino[1]
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Kenya competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan for the first time as an independent country. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 21 events in 5 sports.[2] Wilson Kiprugut won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Wilson Kiprugut Athletics Men's 800m 16 October

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Hockey

Main article: Hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Four shooters represented Kenya in 1964.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone

References

  1. ^ "Kip Keino". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Kenya at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

External links


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