Kenya at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Los Angeles
Competitors61
Flag bearer James Omondi[1]
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Main article: 1984 Summer Olympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Julius Korir Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase 10 August
 Bronze Mike Musyoki Athletics Men's 10,000 m 6 August
 Bronze Ibrahim Bilali Boxing Flyweight 9 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat — 46.25
  • Quarterfinals — 45.78
  • Semifinals — 45.62 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 46.12
  • Quarterfinals — 45.67 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 47.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat — 13:51.54
  • Semifinals — 13:29.08
  • Final — 13:14.40 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 13:45.99
  • Heat — 13:28.56
  • Final — 13:18.41 (→ 6th place)
  • Heat — 13:48.84
  • Semifinals — 13:38.59
  • Final — 13:27.34 (→ 10th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Qualifying Heat — 28:24.24
  • Final — 28:06.46 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:28.71
  • Final — 28:32.57 (→ 14th place)
  • Qualifying Heat — 28:12.17
  • 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 — 7.51m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:34:53 (→ 32nd place)


Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:21.97 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat — 8.57.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:52:00 (→ 43rd place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men
Manjeet Panesar and brother Jitender at the 1984 Summer Olympics, representing the Kenya men's national field hockey team
  • 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

References

  1. ^ "James Omondi". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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