Kenya at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Kenya at the Olympic Games
Flag of Kenya
IOC code:   KEN
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Medals Rank: 23	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 3
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1998 • 2002 • 2006

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.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Hockey 2.3.1 Men's Team Competition 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Julius Korir — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

[edit] Bronze

• Mike Musyoki — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres
• Ibrahim Bilali — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Joseph Nzau — 2:11:28 (→ 7th place)
• Joseph Otieno — 2:24:13 (→ 49th place)
• Kimurgor Ngeny — 2:37:19 (→ 68th place)

[edit] Boxing

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

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

• 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
• Sunil Chhabra
• Sarabjit Sehmi
• Eric Otieno
• Julius Mutinda

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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