Kenya at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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Kenya at the
1984 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Kenya.svg
IPC code KEN
NPC Kenya National Paralympic Committee
in Stoke Mandeville/New York
Competitors13
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Paralympics appearances

Kenya competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States.

Kenya Republic in East Africa

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with 47 semiautonomous counties governed by elected governors. At 580,367 square kilometres (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 52.2 million people, Kenya is the 27th most populous country. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi while its oldest city and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria. Other important urban centres include Nakuru and Eldoret.

1984 Summer Paralympics

The 1984 International Games for the Disabled, canonically the 1984 Summer Paralympics were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. They were in fact two separate competitions – one in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom for wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries and the other at the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, United States of America for wheelchair and ambulatory athletes with cerebral palsy, amputees, and les autres [the others]. Stoke Mandeville had been the location of the Stoke Mandeville Games from 1948 onwards, seen as the precursors to the Paralympic Games. As with the 1984 Summer Olympics, the Soviet Union and other communist countries except China, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Yugoslavia boycotted the Paralympic Games.

Stoke Mandeville farm village in the United Kingdom

Stoke Mandeville is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 3 miles (4.9km) from Aylesbury and 3.4 miles (5.5km) from the market town of Wendover. Although a separate civil parish, the village falls within the Aylesbury Urban Area. According to the Census Report the area of this parish is 1,460 acres (5.9 km2).

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Team

Kenya made their third Paralympic Games appearance in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. [1] Their delegation included 13 sportspeople, 11 men and 2 women. [2] [3]

Great Britain island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe

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New York City Largest city in the United States

The City of New York, usually called either New York City (NYC) or simply New York (NY), is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 19,979,477 people in its 2018 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 22,679,948 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. A global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The city's fast pace has inspired the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy.

United States Federal republic in North America

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City. Most of the country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.

Medalists

13 competitors from Kenya won 3 medals, one of each colour, and finished 34th in the medal table. [2] [1] [4]

The 1984 Summer Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 1984 Summer Paralympics, held in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom from July 22 to August 1, 1984, and New York City, United States, from June 17 to 30, 1984.

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Japheth Musyoki Athletics Men's shot put 3
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Japheth Musyoki Athletics Men's discus throw 3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lucy Wanjiru Athletics Women's javelin throw 3

See also

Kenya at the Paralympics

Kenya made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics. It was absent in 1976, but returned to the 1980 Summer Games and has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. It has never competed at the Winter Paralympics.

Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.

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Hong Kong at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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Austria at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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Belgium at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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Denmark at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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Finland at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Finland competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 57 competitors from Finland won 59 medals including 18 gold, 14 silver and 27 bronze and finished 15th in the medal table.

France at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

France competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 115 competitors from France won 186 medals including 71 gold, 69 silver and 46 bronze and finished 6th in the medal table.

Hungary at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Hungary competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 26 competitors from Hungary won 29 medals including 13 gold, 11 silver and 5 bronze and finished 18th in the medal table.

Iceland at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Icelands performance at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Iceland competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 13 competitors from Iceland won 10 medals, 2 silver and 8 bronze, and finished 36th in the medal table.

Liechtenstein at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Liechtenstein competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 1 competitor from Liechtenstein won no medals and so did not place in the medal table. The athlete, Iris Schaelder, competed in the Women's 100m B1 and the Women's Long Jump B1.

Norway at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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Sweden at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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Switzerland at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Switzerland competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 43 competitors from Switzerland won 43 medals including 18 gold, 13 silver and 12 bronze and finished 16th in the medal table.

Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Yugoslavia parcitipcating during the 1984 Olympic Summer Games

Yugoslavia competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and New York City, United States. 30 competitors from Yugoslavia won 32 medals including 11 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze and finished 20th in the medal table.

References

  1. 1 2 "Kenya Paralympics - Rio 2016 Medals, Athletes & News". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  2. 1 2 "Kenya - National Paralympic Committee". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  3. ↑ Committee, Alexander Picolin, International Paralympic. "IPC Historical Results Archive - Country Web". db.ipc-services.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  4. ↑ "Kenya". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
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