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
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

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

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100m metres

• Kennedy Ondieki

• Heat — 10.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• David Kitur, Samson Kitur, Simeon Kipkemboi, and Simon Kemboi

• Heat — 2:59.63

• Samson Kitur, Abednego Matilu, Simeon Kipkemboi, and Simon Kemboi

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 5.000 metres

• Paul Bitok

• Heat — 13:36.81
• Final — 13:12.71 (→ Silver Medal)

• Yobes Ondieki

• Heat — 13:31.88
• Final — 13:17.50 (→ 5th place)

• Dominic Kirui

• Heat — 13:24.21
• Final — 13:45.16 (→ 14th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Richard Chelimo

• Heat — 28:16.39
• Final — 27:47.72 (→ Silver Medal)

• William Koech

• Heat — 28:06.86
• Final — 28:25.18 (→ 7th place)

• Moses Tanui

• Heat — 28:24.07
• Final — 28:27.11 (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

• Boniface Merande — 2:15.46 (→ 14th place)
• Douglas Wakiihuri — 2:19.38 (→ 36th place)
• Ibrahim Hussein — 2:19.49 (→ 37th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Erick Keter

• Heat — 48.28
• Semifinal — 49.01 (→ did not advance)

• Barnabas Agui Kinyor

• Heat — 48.90
• Semifinal — 49.52 (→ did not advance)

• Gideon Yego

• Heat — 49.23 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• James Sabulei

• Qualification — 7.50 m (→ did not advance)

• Benjamin Koech

• Qualification — 7.44 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Gladys Wamuyu

• Heat — 2:03.01 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Tegla Loroupe

• Heat — 32:34.07
• Final — 32:53.09 (→ 17th place)

• Lydia Cheromei

• Heat — 33:34.05 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Pascaline Wangui — 2:56.46 (→ 28th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• James Wanene

• First Round — Lost to Roel Velasco (PHI), 1:16

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Benjamin Ngaruiya

• First Round — Lost to Javier Calderón (MEX), 4:16

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Nick Odore

• First Round — Defeated José Guzman (VEN), RSCH-2
• Second Round — Lost to Arkhom Chenglai (THA), 10:13

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Joseph Akhasamba

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Kirk Johnson (CAN), RSC-2

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• David Anyim

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Gytis Juškevičius (LTU), RSCI-2 (01:38)

References

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