Kenya at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Kenya competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Kenya at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Barcelona
Competitors	49 (40 men and 9 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Patrick Sang
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	William Tanui	Athletics	Men's 800 m	5 August
Gold	Matthew Birir	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	7 August
Silver	Richard Chelimo	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	3 August
Silver	Nixon Kiprotich	Athletics	Men's 800 m	5 August
Silver	Patrick Sang	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	7 August
Silver	Paul Bitok	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	8 August
Bronze	Samson Kitur	Athletics	Men's 400 m	5 August
Bronze	William Mutwol	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	29	9	38
Boxing	5	–	5
Judo	3	0	3
Shooting	2	0	2
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Total	40	9	49

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100m metres

• Kennedy Ondieki

• Heat — 10.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• David Kitur, Samson Kitur, Simeon Kipkemboi, and Simon Kemboi

• Heat — 2:59.63

• Samson Kitur, Abednego Matilu, Simeon Kipkemboi, and Simon Kemboi

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 5.000 metres

• Paul Bitok

• Heat — 13:36.81
• Final — 13:12.71 (→ Silver Medal)

• Yobes Ondieki

• Heat — 13:31.88
• Final — 13:17.50 (→ 5th place)

• Dominic Kirui

• Heat — 13:24.21
• Final — 13:45.16 (→ 14th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Richard Chelimo

• Heat — 28:16.39
• Final — 27:47.72 (→ Silver Medal)

• William Koech

• Heat — 28:06.86
• Final — 28:25.18 (→ 7th place)

• Moses Tanui

• Heat — 28:24.07
• Final — 28:27.11 (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

• Boniface Merande — 2:15.46 (→ 14th place)
• Douglas Wakiihuri — 2:19.38 (→ 36th place)
• Ibrahim Hussein — 2:19.49 (→ 37th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Erick Keter

• Heat — 48.28
• Semifinal — 49.01 (→ did not advance)

• Barnabas Agui Kinyor

• Heat — 48.90
• Semifinal — 49.52 (→ did not advance)

• Gideon Yego

• Heat — 49.23 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• James Sabulei

• Qualification — 7.50 m (→ did not advance)

• Benjamin Koech

• Qualification — 7.44 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Gladys Wamuyu

• Heat — 2:03.01 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Tegla Loroupe

• Heat — 32:34.07
• Final — 32:53.09 (→ 17th place)

• Lydia Cheromei

• Heat — 33:34.05 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Pascaline Wangui — 2:56.46 (→ 28th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• James Wanene

• First Round — Lost to Roel Velasco (PHI), 1:16

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Benjamin Ngaruiya

• First Round — Lost to Javier Calderón (MEX), 4:16

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Nick Odore

• First Round — Defeated José Guzman (VEN), RSCH-2
• Second Round — Lost to Arkhom Chenglai (THA), 10:13

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Joseph Akhasamba

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Kirk Johnson (CAN), RSC-2

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• David Anyim

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Gytis Juškevičius (LTU), RSCI-2 (01:38)

References

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