Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Los Angeles
Competitors	61
Flag bearer	James Omondi[1]
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

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

Men's 400 metres

• David Kitur

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

• John Anzrah

• Heat — 46.12
• Quarterfinals — 45.67 (→ did not advance)

• James Atuti

• Heat — 47.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Paul Kipkoech

• Heat — 13:51.54
• Semifinals — 13:29.08
• Final — 13:14.40 (→ 5th place)

• Charles Cheruiyot

• Heat — 13:45.99
• Heat — 13:28.56
• Final — 13:18.41 (→ 6th place)

• Wilson Waigwa

• Heat — 13:48.84
• Semifinals — 13:38.59
• Final — 13:27.34 (→ 10th place)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Michael Musyoki

• Qualifying Heat — 28:24.24
• Final — 28:06.46 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Joseph Nzau

• Qualifying Heat — 28:28.71
• Final — 28:32.57 (→ 14th place)

• Sostenes Bitok

• Qualifying Heat — 28:12.17
• Final — 28:09.01 (→ 6th place)

Men's Marathon

• Joseph Nzau

• Final — 2:11:28 (→ 7th place)

• Joseph Otieno

• Final — 2:24:13 (→ 49th place)

• Kimurgor Ngeny

• Final — 2:37:19 (→ 68th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Moses Kiyai

• Qualification — 7.51m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

• Paul Emordi

• Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Pius Munyasia

• Final — 1:34:53 (→ 32nd place)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Justina Chepchirchir

• Heat — 4:21.97 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

• Hellen Kimaiyo

• Heat — 8.57.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Mary Wagaki

• Final — 2:52:00 (→ 43rd place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Daniel Mwangi
  1. First Round – Defeated Sanpol Sang-Ano (THA), RSC-3
  2. Second Round – Lost to Carlos Motta (GUA), 4:1

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Sammy Mwangi
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Robert Shannon (USA), 5-0

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Augustus Oga
  1. First Round – Lost to Pedro van Raamsdonk (HOL), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• James Omondi
  1. First Round – Lost to Angelo Musone (ITA), 0:5

Field hockey

Men

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• 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)

• Classification Matches

• 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

• Team Roster

• Emmanual Oduol
• Julius Akumu
• Lucas Alubaha
• Michael Omondi
• Parminder Saini
• Manjeet Panesar
• Jitender Panesar
• Peter Akatsa
• Harvinder Kular
• Chris Otambo
• Brajinder Daved
• Raphael Fernandes (hockey player)
• Sunil Chhabra
• Sarabjit Sehmi
• Eric Otieno
• Julius Mutinda

References