Kenya at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KEN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	74 (70 men and 4 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Patrick Waweru
Rank:	13
Gold:	5
Silver:	2
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

Kenya participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Men's welterweight (–67 kg)
			Men's middleweight (–75 kg)

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	29	4	33
Boxing	12	–	12
Field hockey	16	0	16
Judo	4	–	4
Shooting	1	0	1
Weightlifting	4	–	4
Wrestling	4	–	4
Total	70	4	74

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kennedy Ondiek	align=left rowspan=2	100 metres	10.51	33 q	10.57	40	Did not advance
Peter Wekesa	10.50	32 Q	10.43	28	Did not advance
Kennedy Ondiek	200 metres	20.79	9 Q	20.79	17	Did not advance
Simeon Kipkemboi	align=left rowspan=3	400 metres	46.15	15 Q	45.44	19	Did not advance
Elkana Nyangau	46.25	18 q	46.09	27	Did not advance
Lucas Sang	46.85	26 Q	45.72	21	Did not advance
Paul Ereng	align=left rowspan=3	800 metres	1:46.14	1 Q	1:46.38	9 Q	1:44.55	1 Q	1:43.45
Nixon Kiprotich	1:48.68	22 Q	1:45.68	4 Q	1:44.71	2 Q	1:49.55	8
Juma Ndiwa	1:47.11	7 Q	1:47.27	23	Did not advance
Kip Cheruiyot	align=left rowspan=3	1500 metres	3:39.98	7 Q	3:38.09	1 Q	3:37.94	7
Joseph Chesire	3:41.72	17 Q	3:39.17	12 q	3:40.82	11
Peter Rono	3:37.65	1 Q	3:38.25	3 Q	3:35.96
Charles Cheruiyot	align=left rowspan=3	5000 metres	13:43.11	2 Q	13:38.44	21	Did not advance
John Ngugi	13:47.93	19 Q	13:24.43	9 Q	13:11.70
Yobes Ondieki	13:58.24	27 Q	13:22.85	5 Q	13:52.01	12
Kipkemboi Kimeli	align=left rowspan=3	10,000 metres	28:00.39	1 Q	27:25.16
Boniface Merande	28:21.84	12 q
Moses Tanui	28:20.98	11 Q	27:47.23	8
Ibrahim Hussein	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon
Joseph Kipsang
Douglas Wakiihuri	2:10:47
Simon Kitur	align=left rowspan=3	400 metres hurdles	49.88	11 Q	49.74	12	Did not advance
Joseph Maritim	49.64	7 Q	49.50	10	Did not advance
Gideon Yego	49.80	10 Q		Did not advance
Julius Kariuki	align=left rowspan=3	3000 metres steeplechase	8:33.42	7 Q	8:18.53	10 Q	8:05.51 OR
Peter Koech	8:31.66	4 Q	8:15.68	2 Q	8:06.79
Patrick Sang	8:36.11	11 Q	8:16.70	5 Q	8:15.22	7
Elkana Nyangau Kennedy Ondiek Simeon Kipkemboi Peter Wekesa	4 × 100 metres relay	40.30	16 q	39.47	13	Did not advance
Tito Sawe Lucas Sang Paul Ereng Simeon Kipkemboi	4 × 400 metres relay	3:05.21	5 Q	3:03.24	6 Q	3:04.69	8
William Sawe	50 kilometres walk	4:25:24	35

Field events

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Joyce Odhiambo	100 metres	11.90	46	Did not advance
200 metres	24.26	38	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Susan Sirma	1500 metres	4:10.13	19	Did not advance
3000 metres	9:06.90	27	Did not advance
Pascaline Wangui	Marathon	2:47:42	49
Rose Tata-Muya	400 metres hurdles	56.18	20	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maurice Maina	Light flyweight		W 4–1	L 0–5	Did not advance
Anthony Ikegu	Flyweight		L RSC R2	Did not advance
Steve Mwema	Bantamweight		W RSC R2	W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
John Wanjau	Featherweight	W 3–2	L 1–4	Did not advance
Patrick Waweru	Lightweight	L 0–5	Did not advance
David Kamau	Light welterweight	W RSC R1	W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Robert Wangila	Welterweight		W RSC R2	W Retired	W 5–0	W Walkover	W KO
Mohamad Orungi	Light middleweight		L RSC R2	Did not advance
Chris Sande	Middleweight		W KO	W 5–0	W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Joseph Akhasamba	Light heavyweight		W RSC R2	W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance
Harold Obunga	Heavyweight			W RSC R1	L 0–5	Did not advance
Crispine Odera	Super heavyweight			L RSC R2	Did not advance

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

Team roster

• (1.) Paul Sewe Omany

• (2.) Parminder Saini

• (3.) Roy Odhier

• (4.) Charles Oguk

• (5.) John Eliud Okoth

• (6.) Michael Omondi

• (7.) Sam Ngoyo

• (8.) Peter Akatsa

• (9.) Sanjiwan Goyal

• (10.) Christopher Otambo

• (11.) Lucas Alubaha

• (12.) Victor Owino

• (13.) Samson Oriso

• (14.) Inderjit Matharu

• (15.) Samson Muange

• (16.) Julius Mutua
• Head coach: Gursharam Singh Lall

Group play

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Classification match 9th-12th place----

11th place match

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Bogie	65 kg	L Hansoku-goshi	Did not advance
Nelson Ombito	71 kg		L Ippon	Did not advance
James Kihara	78 kg	L Ippon	Did not advance
Tiberius Nyachwaya	86 kg		L Ippon	Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Shuaib Adam	10 m air pistol	556	44	Did not advance
50 m pistol	532	42	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juma Abudu	60 kg	90.0	14	110.0	11	200.0	11
David Maina	75 kg	105.0	22
Suleman Juma	90 kg	120.0	23	145.0	22	265.0	22
Pius Ochieng	110 kg	125.0	17	170.0	14	295.0	15

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Lamachi Elimu	52 kg	L 2–18	L Fall	Did not advance					9	Did not advance
Kiptoo Salbei	68 kg	L 0–15	L 0–16	Did not advance			12	Did not advance
Maisiba Obwoge	100 kg	L Fall		L Fall	Did not advance				7	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Lamachi Elimu	52 kg	L Fall	L Fall	Did not advance					12	Did not advance
Waruingi Kimani	57 kg	L 0–18	L 0–15	Did not advance					12	Did not advance
Kiptoo Salbei	68 kg	L 3–19	L Fall	Did not advance					12	Did not advance
Maisiba Obwoge	100 kg	L Fall	L Fall	Did not advance					9	Did not advance

References

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/EGY/editions/22 Egypt at the 1988 Summer Olympics