Kenya at the Olympics explained

Noc:KEN
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of Kenya
Games:Olympics
Rank:35
Gold:39
Silver:44
Bronze:41

Kenya first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 and 1980 Games. Kenya participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018. Kenyan athletes have won 124 medals in total, all from boxing and track and field events, making them the most successful African committee at the Olympics. In terms of total medals won, the most recent Summer Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016) have been Kenya's most successful, producing 42 medals between them.[1]

The number of Kenyan women winning Olympic medals has risen dramatically, from their first in 1996 to more than half the Kenyan medals in 2016 (seven).

Increasingly, Kenya-born athletes are immigrating to compete in the Olympics for other countries, most notably Bahrain. In the 2016 Olympics, there were ~20 such athletes, including multiple medal winners.

The National Olympic Committee for Kenya is the National Olympic Committee Kenya, founded in 1955.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 35
3 4 2 9 14
2 3 4 9 19
did not participate
1 0 2 3 23
5 2 2 9 13
2 4 2 8 21
1 4 3 8 38
2 3 2 7 29
1 4 2 7 41
6 4 6 16 13
2 4 7 13 28
6 6 1 13 15
4 4 2 10 19
4 2 5 11 17
Total 39 44 41 124 33

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
did not participate
0 0 0 0
did not participate
future event
Total 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by sport

List of medalists

MedalName(s)GamesSportEvent
Men's 800 m
Men's featherweight
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
Men's 1500 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's featherweight
Men's 400 m
Men's 800 m
Men's lightweight
Men's welterweight
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 10000 m
Men's flyweight
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 5000 m
Men's 800 m
Men's 1500 m
Men's welterweight
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's Marathon
Men's 10000 m
Men's middleweight
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 800 m
Men's 10000 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 5000 m
Men's 800 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 400 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 10000 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 5000 m
Women's 5000 m
Men's 1500 m
Men's 800 m
Men's Marathon
Men's 1500 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 10000 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's Marathon
Men's 1500 m
Women's Marathon
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 1500 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Women's 5000 m
Women's Marathon
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 5000 m
Men's 1500 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 800 m
Men's Marathon
Women's 800 m
Women's 800 m
Women's Marathon
Women's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 5000 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 10000 m
Men's 5000 m
Men's 800 m
Women's 5000 metres
Women's 10000 metres
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 800 m
Women's 10000 m
Women's Marathon
Women's 5000 m
Men's Marathon
Women's 10000 m
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Women's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 800 m
Men's 5000 m
Men's Marathon
Women's 800 m
David Rudisha AthleticsMen's 800 m
Conseslus Kipruto AthleticsMen's 3000 m steeplechase
Eliud Kipchoge AthleticsMen's Marathon
Faith Kipyegon AthleticsWomen's 1500 m
Jemimah Sumgong AthleticsWomen's Marathon
Vivian Cheruiyot AthleticsWomen's 5000 m
Hellen Obiri AthleticsWomen's 5000 m
Hyvin Jepkemoi Kiyeng AthleticsWomen's 3000 m steeplechase
Vivian Cheruiyot AthleticsWomen's 10000 m
Boniface Mucheru Tumuti AthleticsMen's 400m hurdles
Paul Tanui AthleticsMen's 10000 m
Julius Yego AthleticsMen's Javelin
Margaret Wambui AthleticsWomen's 800 m
Men's marathon
Women's 5000 metres
Men's 800 metres
Women's marathon
Men's 1500 metres
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
Women's 1500 metres
Women's 5000 metres
Men's 5000 metres
Women's 800 metres
Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Men's marathon
Women's marathon

Multiple medal winners

AthleteSexSportEventsYearsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
F 1500 m, 5000m2012–2024 3 1 0 4
M 1500 m, 5000 m, 3000 m st. 1964–1972 2 2 0 4
M 5000 m, marathon 2004–2020 2 1 1 4
M 3000 m st. 2004–2016 2 0 0 2
M 800 m2012–2016 2 0 0 2
F 5000 m, 10,000m2024 2 0 0 2
F 5000 m, 10,000 m2000–2016 1 2 1 4
M 1968–1976 1 1 0 2
M 1968–1972 1 1 0 2
M 3000 m st.2004–2016 1 1 0 2
M 400 m, 1968–1972 1 0 1 2
M 5000 m, 10,000 m1964–1972 1 0 1 2
F 800 m2008–2012 1 0 1 2
F 5000 m, Marathon2016–2024 0 2 1 3
M 5000 m1992–1996 0 2 0 2
M 10,000 m1996–2000 0 2 0 2
F Marathon2004–2008 0 2 0 2
M 800 m1964–1968 0 1 1 2
M Featherweight1968–1972 0 1 1 2
M Marathon1996–2000 0 1 1 2
M 1500 m2000–2004 0 1 1 2
F 3000 m st.2016–2020 0 1 1 2

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Kenyan athletics manager recalled after doping bribe report. OmRiyadat English. 2016-09-06. 2016-11-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20161102230036/http://en.omriyadat.com/african-athletics/kenyan-athletics-manager-doping-report. dead.