Kenya at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KEN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1964
Location:	Tokyo
Competitors:	37
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Kip Keino^[1]
Rank:	35
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

Kenya competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan for the first time as an independent country. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 21 events in 5 sports.^[2] Wilson Kiprugut won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

• Kenya national field hockey team finished 6th

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

• Peter Cooke Rank 24

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Four shooters represented Kenya in 1964.

25 m pistol

• Leonard Bull
• Alan Handford-Rice

50 m pistol

• Michael Horner

50 m rifle, prone

• Nigel Vernon-Roberts

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kip Keino . olympedia.org . 30 December 2023.
2. Web site: Kenya at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090441/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KEN/summer/1964/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 August 2015 . Sports Reference.