| Kenya at the Commonwealth Games | |
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| CGF code | KEN |
| CGA | National Olympic Committee of Kenya |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Kenya has attended seventeen Commonwealth Games, beginning in 1954 and missing only the 1986 Games. Kenya has won 258 Commonwealth Games medals, mostly in athletics and boxing, with thirty-four coming from a single event, the 3000 metre steeplechase, an event in which no athlete but a Kenyan has won a medal since 1994. [1]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1954 Vancouver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 Cardiff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1962 Perth | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1966 Kingston | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1970 Edinburgh | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 1974 Christchurch | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 1978 Edmonton | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 1982 Brisbane | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 1986 Edinburgh | did not attend | |||
| 1990 Auckland | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 1994 Victoria | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 2002 Manchester | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 2006 Melbourne | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 2010 Delhi | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 |
| 2014 Glasgow | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| 2018 Gold Coast | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 2022 Birmingham | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| Total | 91 | 81 | 87 | 258 |
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