Kenya at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KEN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1960
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	27
Sports:	4
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 27 competitors, all men, took part in 13 events in 4 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

MenTrack & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Seraphino Antao	100 m	10.64	1 Q	10.61	3 Q	10.72	6	did not advance
200 m	21.44	1 Q	21.43	4	did not advance
110 m hurdles	15.13	5	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Bartonjo Rotich	400 m	47.89	3 Q	47.97	7	did not advance
400 m hurdles	51.39	2 Q	51.97	5	did not advance
Nyandika Maiyoro	5000 m	14:06.29	3 Q	13:53.25	6
Arere Anentia	10,000 m	30:01.00	19
Kanuti Sum	Marathon	2:46:55.2	59

Hockey

See main article: article and Hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Roster

• Saude George
• Anthony Vaz
• Avtar Singh Sohal
• Nil Jagnandan Singh
• Surjeet Singh Deol
• Silvester Fernandes
• Edgar Fernandes
• Hilary Fernandes
• Surjeet Singh Panesar
• Pritam Singh Sandhu
• Alu Mendonca
• John Simonian
• Kirpal Singh Bhardwaj
• Gursaran Singh Sehmi
• Egbert Fernandes
• Krishnan Kumar Aggarwal

Preliminary round

Group C

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Group standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
align=left		3	2	1	0	8	0	5
align=left		3	2	0	1	10	1	4
align=left		3	1	1	1	2	5	3
align=left		3	0	0	3	0	14	0

Play-offs

Quarter-final

Winning goal scored in sixth period of extra time.

Classification matches

Fifth to eighth place

The match was suspended due to darkness after 40 minutes of extra time, ending in a 1–1 draw; Australia was initially awarded the match by a coin toss, but after an appeal by Kenya, the match was declared a draw and a replay was ordered.

----Due to unforeseen circumstances, Germany was unable to play in the match against Kenya, so the match was scratched and both teams were awarded seventh place.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Three Kenyan sailors competed in two different disciplines in the Olympic Regatta in Naples.

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Daniel MacKenzie	Finn	25	21	26	28	34	16	25	1,686	29
Anthony Bentley-Buckle Ronald Blaker	Flying Dutchman	8	14	DNF	13	15	18	19	2,680	20

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Three shooters represented Kenya in 1960.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Edward Penn	50m pistol	340	41 Q	521	40
Charles Trotter	align=left rowspan=2	50m rifle, prone	381	48 Q	574	37
Petrus Visagie	383	37 Q	571	43

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenya at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093156/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KEN/summer/1960/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 June 2015 . Sports Reference.