Kenya at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Kenya at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Barcelona
Competitors	49 (40 men and 9 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Patrick Sang [1]
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 8
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Kenya competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	William Tanui	Athletics	Men's 800 m	5 August
Gold	Matthew Birir	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	7 August
Silver	Richard Chelimo	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	3 August
Silver	Nixon Kiprotich	Athletics	Men's 800 m	5 August
Silver	Patrick Sang	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	7 August
Silver	Paul Bitok	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	8 August
Bronze	Samson Kitur	Athletics	Men's 400 m	5 August
Bronze	William Mutwol	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	29	9	38
Boxing	5	–	5
Judo	3	0	3
Shooting	2	0	2
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	40	9	49

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kennedy Ondiek	100 metres	10.60	35	Did not advance
Simeon Kipkemboi	200 metres	21.57	46	Did not advance
Kennedy Ondiek		21.04	22 Q	20.86	24	Did not advance
Simon Kemboi	400 metres	45.84	14 Q	45.40	14 Q	45.93	14	Did not advance
David Kitur		46.22	28 Q	46.15	23	Did not advance
Samson Kitur		45.41	7 Q	44.66	2 Q	44.18	2 Q	44.24
Paul Ereng	800 metres	1:46.65	7 q	—	1:49.90	21	Did not advance
Nixon Kiprotich		1:47.45	16 Q	—	1:46.02	5 q	1:43.70
William Tanui		1:47.02	12 Q	—	1:46.59	7 Q	1:43.66
Jonah Birir	1500 metres	3:38.29	12 Q	—	3:35.41	3 Q	3:41.27	5
Joseph Chesire		3:44.06	20 Q	—	3:39.43	10 Q	3:41.12	4
David Kibet		3:36.32	1 Q	—	3:35.82	5 Q	3:42.62	10
Paul Bitok	5000 metres	13:36.81	14 Q	—	13:12.71
Dominic Kirui		13:24.21	4 q	—	13:45.16	14
Yobes Ondieki		13:31.88	9 q	—	13:17.50	5
Richard Chelimo	10,000 metres	28:16.39	5 Q	—	27:47.72
William Koech		28:06.86	1 Q	—	28:25.18	7
Moses Tanui		28:24.07	12 Q	—	28:27.11	8
Ibrahim Hussein	Marathon	—	2:19:49	37
Boniface Merande		—	2:15:46	14
Douglas Wakiihuri		—	2:19:38	36
Erick Keter	400 metres hurdles	48.28	1 Q	—	49.01	10	Did not advance
Barnabas Kinyor		48.90	7 q	—	49.52	12	Did not advance
Gideon Yego		49.23	20	—	Did not advance
Matthew Birir	3000 metres steeplechase	8:23.22	1 Q	—	8:25.55	5 Q	8:08.84
William Mutwol		8:26.23	2 Q	—	8:19.83	1 Q	8:10.74
Patrick Sang		8:27.01	4 Q	—	8:26.46	8 Q	8:09.55
Samson Kitur Abednego Matilu Simeon Kipkemboi Simon Kemboi David Kitur (heats)	4 × 400 metres relay	2:59.63	3 q	—	DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Benjamin Koech	Long jump	7.44	36	Did not advance
James Sabulei		7.50	33	Did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gladys Wamuyu	800 metres	2:03.01	26	—	Did not advance
Susan Sirma	1500 metres	4:17.73	27	—	Did not advance
Esther Kiplagat	3000 metres	8:44.97	13	—	Did not advance
Pauline Konga		9:02.79	24	—	Did not advance
Jane Ngotho		9:00.96	23	—	Did not advance
Lydia Cheromei	10,000 metres	33:34.05	30	—	Did not advance
Hellen Kimaiyo		31:58.63	2 Q	—	31:38.91	9
Tegla Loroupe		32:34.07	16 Q	—	32:53.09	17
Pascaline Wangui	Marathon	—	2:56:46	28

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
James Wanene	Light flyweight	Velasco  (PHI) L 1–16	Did not advance
Benjamin Ngaruiya	Bantamweight	Calderón  (MEX) L 4–16	Did not advance
Nick Odore	Welterweight	Guzmán  (VEN) W RSC R2	Chenglai  (THA) L 10–13	Did not advance
Joseph Akhasamba	Heavyweight	Bye	Johnson  (CAN) L RSC R2	Did not advance
David Anyim	Super heavyweight	Bye	Juškevičius  (LTU) L RSC R2	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joseph Momanyi	65 kg	Jean  (HAI) L	Did not advance
Michael Oduor	86 kg	Bye	Legień  (POL) L	Did not advance			Filipov  (BUL) L	Did not advance
Donald Obwoge	+95 kg	—	Bye	Ogawa  (JPN) L	Did not advance		Bye	Van Barneveld  (BEL) L	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Shuaib Adam	10 metre air pistol	531	45	Did not advance
	50 metre pistol	484	44	Did not advance
Satiender Sehmi	50 metre rifle prone	579	52	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdallah Juma	60 kg	100.0	29	115.0	28	215.0	28

References

1. "Patrick Sang". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
2. Kenya at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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