Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KEN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	61
Flagbearer:	James Omondi^[1]
Rank:	23
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

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

See main article: article and 1984 Summer Olympics medal table.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 400 metres

• Heat - 46.25

• Quarterfinals - 45.78

• Semifinals - 45.62 (→ did not advance)

• Heat - 46.12

• Quarterfinals - 45.67 (→ did not advance)

• Heat - 47.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Heat - 13:51.54

• Semifinals - 13:29.08

• Final - 13:14.40 (→ 5th place)

• Heat - 13:45.99

• Heat - 13:28.56

• Final - 13:18.41 (→ 6th place)

• 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

• Heat - 4:21.97 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

• Heat - 8.57.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Final - 2:52:00 (→ 43rd place)

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: James Omondi . olympedia.org . 30 December 2023.