Kenya at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Kenya competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 57 competitors, 55 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 4 sports.

Gold

 * Kipchoge Keino &mdash; Athletics, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
 * Julius Sang, Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, and Robert Ouko &mdash; Athletics, Men's 4×400 metre relay

Silver

 * Ben Jipcho &mdash; Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
 * Kipchoge Keino &mdash; Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
 * Philip Waruinge &mdash; Boxing, Men's Featherweight

Bronze

 * Julius Sang &mdash; Athletics, Men's 400 metres
 * Mike Boit &mdash; Athletics, Men's 800 metres
 * Samuel Mbugua &mdash; Boxing, Men's Lightweight
 * Richard Murunga &mdash; Boxing, Men's Welterweight

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * John Mwebi
 * First Heat &mdash; 10.60s (→ did not advance)


 * Dan Amuke
 * First Heat &mdash; 10.76s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * Mike Boit
 * Heat &mdash; 1:47.3
 * Semifinals &mdash; 1:45.9
 * Final &mdash; 1:46.0 (→ [[Image:Med 3.png]] Bronze Medal)


 * Robert Ouko
 * Heat &mdash; 1:47.4
 * Semifinals &mdash; 1:47.6
 * Final &mdash; 1:46.5 (→ 5th place)


 * Thomas Saisi
 * Heat &mdash; 1:48.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
 * Kipchoge Keino
 * Heat &mdash; 3:40.0
 * Semifinals &mdash; 3:41.2
 * Final &mdash; 3:36.8 (→ [[Image:Med 2.png]] Silver Medal)


 * Mike Boit
 * Heat &mdash; 3:42.2
 * Semifinals &mdash; 3:41.3
 * Final &mdash; 3:38.4 (→ 4th place)


 * Cosmas Silei
 * Heat &mdash; 3:52.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
 * Evans Mogaka
 * Heat &mdash; 13:37.2 (→ did not advance)


 * Paul Mose
 * Heat &mdash; 13:41.4 (→ did not advance)


 * Benjamin Jipcho
 * Heat &mdash; 13:56.8 (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * Felix Maina
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Franco Udella (ITA), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
 * Richard Murungu → [[Image:Med 3.png]] Bronze Medal
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Alfons Stawski (POL), 4:1
 * Third Round &mdash; Defeated Vartex Parsanian (IRN), TKO-3
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Sergio Lozano (MEX), KO-1
 * Semifinals &mdash; Lost to János Kajdi (HUN), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
 * David Attan
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Mikko Saarinen (FIN), TKO-2

Men's Team Competition

 * Preliminary Round (Group B)
 * Lost to Poland (0-1)
 * Lost to Australia (1-3)
 * Lost to Netherlands (1-5)
 * Lost to Great Britain (0-2)
 * Lost to India (2-3)
 * Drew with New Zealand (2-2)
 * Defeated Mexico (2-1)


 * Classification Match
 * 13th/14th place: Defeated Argentina (1-0) after extra time → 13th place


 * Team Roster
 * Resham Bains
 * Tarlochan Channa
 * Brajinder Daved
 * Davinder Deegan
 * Phillip Desouza
 * Leo Fernandes
 * Jagjit Kular
 * Ajmal Malik
 * Amarjeet Marwa
 * Harvinder Marwa
 * Surjeet Panesar
 * Pereira Reynolds
 * Surjit Rihal
 * Ranjit Sehmi
 * Harvinderpal Sibia
 * Avtar Sohal

Shooting
Nine male shooters represented Kenya in 1972.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Leonard Bull
 * Peter Laurence


 * 50 m pistol
 * John Harun
 * Abdul Rahman Omar


 * 300 m rifle, three positions
 * Dismus Onyiego
 * John Muhato


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Dismus Onyiego
 * Simon Ekeno


 * Trap
 * Michael Carr-Hartley
 * Brian Carr-Hartley