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 113 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]
| Kenya at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | KEN |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Kenya |
| Medals Ranked 37th |
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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 edit
Medals by Summer Games edit
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Medals by sport edit
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Athletics | 34 | 41 | 31 | 106 |
 Boxing | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 35 | 42 | 36 | 113 |
List of medalists edit
Multiple medal winners edit
| Athlete | Sex | Sport | Events | Years | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipchoge Keino | M | Athletics |
1500 m, 5000 m, 3000 m st. | 1964–1972 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Eliud Kipchoge | M | Athletics |
5000 m, marathon | 2004–2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ezekiel Kemboi | M | Athletics |
3000 m st. | 2004–2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Rudisha | M | Athletics |
800 m | 2012–2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Faith Kipyegon | F | Athletics |
1500 m | 2012–2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vivian Cheruiyot | F | Athletics |
5000 m, 10,000 m | 2000–2016 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Charles Asati | M | Athletics |
4 × 400 m | 1968–1976 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Munyoro Nyamau | M | Athletics |
4 × 400 m | 1968–1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brimin Kipruto | M | Athletics |
3000 m st. | 2004–2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Julius Sang | M | Athletics |
400 m, 4 × 400 m | 1968–1972 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Naftali Temu | M | Athletics |
5000 m, 10,000 m | 1964–1972 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pamela Jelimo | F | Athletics |
800 m | 2008–2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Bitok | M | Athletics |
5000 m | 1992–1996 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Tergat | M | Athletics |
10,000 m | 1996–2000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Catherine Ndereba | F | Athletics |
Marathon | 2004–2008 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wilson Kiprugut | M | Athletics |
800 m | 1964–1968 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Philip Waruinge | M | Boxing |
Featherweight | 1968–1972 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Erick Wainaina | M | Athletics |
Marathon | 1996–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bernard Lagat | M | Athletics |
1500 m | 2000–2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Kenyan athletics manager recalled after doping bribe report". OmRiyadat English. Archived from the original on 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
External links edit
- "Kenya". International Olympic Committee. 4 August 2021.
- "Kenya". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/KEN". olympanalyt.com.