Kenya at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Kenya at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Kenya at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Seoul
Competitors	74 (70 men and 4 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Patrick Waweru
Medals; Ranked 13th	Gold 5 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Kenya participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Paul Ereng	Athletics	Men's 800 m	26 September
Gold	Julius Kariuki	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	30 September
Gold	John Ngugi	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	1 October
Gold	Peter Rono	Athletics	Men's 1500 m	1 October
Gold	Robert Wangila	Boxing	Men's welterweight (–67 kg)	1 October
Silver	Peter Koech	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	30 September
Silver	Douglas Wakiihuri	Athletics	Men's marathon	2 October
Bronze	Kipkemboi Kimeli	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	26 September
Bronze	Chris Sande	Boxing	Men's middleweight (–75 kg)	29 September

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	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

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kennedy Ondiek	100 metres	10.51	33 q	10.57	40	Did not advance
Peter Wekesa	100 metres	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	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	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	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	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	10,000 metres	28:00.39	1 Q	—	27:25.16
Boniface Merande		28:21.84	12 q	—	DNF
Moses Tanui		28:20.98	11 Q	—	27:47.23	8
Ibrahim Hussein	Marathon	—	DNF
Joseph Kipsang		—	DNF
Douglas Wakiihuri		—	2:10:47
Simon Kitur	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	—	DQ		Did not advance
Julius Kariuki	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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
David Lamai	Long jump	NM		Did not advance

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joyce Odhiambo	100 metres	11.90	46	Did not advance
Joyce Odhiambo	200 metres	24.26	38	Did not advance
Susan Sirma	1500 metres	4:10.13	19	—	Did not advance
Susan Sirma	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

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maurice Maina	Light flyweight	Bye	Haddad (SYR) W 4–1	Sasakul (THA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Anthony Ikegu	Flyweight	Bye	Desavoye (FRA) L RSC R2	Did not advance
Steve Mwema	Bantamweight	Bye	Giri (NEP) W RSC R2	Machaze (MOZ) W 5–0	McKinney (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance
John Wanjau	Featherweight	Szőke (HUN) W 3–2	Tuur (NED) L 1–4	Did not advance
Patrick Waweru	Lightweight	Zülow (GDR) L 0–5	Did not advance
David Kamau	Light welterweight	Shabab (JOR) W RSC R1	N'Dongo Ebanga (CMR) W 5–0	Altansükh (MGL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Robert Wangila	Welterweight	Bye	Petronijević (YUG) W RSC R2	Gantulga (MGL) W Retired	Furnigov (BUL) W 5–0	Dydak (POL) W Walkover	Boudouani (FRA) W KO
Mohamad Orungi	Light middleweight	Bye	de Silveira (ANG) L RSC R2	Did not advance
Chris Sande	Middleweight	Bye	Montiel (URU) W KO	Kamela (CMR) W 5–0	Wanyama (UGA) W 5–0	Maske (GDR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Joseph Akhasamba	Light heavyweight	—	Nedd (ARU) W RSC R2	Talia'uli (TGA) W 5–0	Škaro (YUG) L 0–5	Did not advance
Harold Obunga	Heavyweight	—	Bye	Fale (TGA) W RSC R1	Gołota (POL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Crispine Odera	Super heavyweight	—	Bye	Lewis (CAN) L RSC R2	Did not advance

Field hockey

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kenya men's	Men's tournament	Australia L 1–7	Pakistan L 0–8	Spain L 2–4	Netherlands L 1–2	Argentina L 1–5	6	South Korea L 2–5	Canada L 1–3	12

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Gursharam Singh Lall

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	19	3	+16	10	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	12	6	+6	7	Semi-finals
3	Pakistan	5	3	0	2	15	8	+7	6	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Argentina	5	2	0	3	8	12	−4	4	5–8th place semi-finals
5	Spain	5	1	1	3	6	10	−4	3	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Kenya	5	0	0	5	5	26	−21	0	9–12th place semi-finals

Source: FIH

18 September 1988
15:15

Australia	7–1	Kenya
Birmingham 12', 25' Wansbrough 34' Hager 39', 56', 65' Batch 61'	Report	Goyal 58'

Umpires:
Claude Seidler (FRG)
Adriano de Vecchi (ITA)

20 September 1988
15:15

Pakistan	8–0	Kenya
Tariq 8', 9', 47', 52' Qazi 16' Zahid 33' Shahbaz 64', 66'	Report

Umpires:
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)
Louismichel Gillet (FRA)

22 September 1988
13:30

Kenya	2–4	Spain
Okoth 34' Matharu 40'	Report	Oliva 17' Jv. Escudé 20' De Paz 24' I. Escudé 45'

Umpires:
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)
Richard Kentwell (USA)

24 September 1988
10:45

Netherlands	2–1	Kenya
Bovelander 29' Van den Honert 39'	Report	Matharu 70'

Umpires:
Graham Nash (ENG)
Amarjit Bawa (IND)

26 September 1988
13:30

Argentina	5–1	Kenya
Mascheroni 8' Pailos 42' Ferrara 44' Verga 47' Minadeo 63'	Report	Alubaha 32'

Umpires:
Claude Seidler (FRG)
Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

Classification match 9th-12th place

28 September 1988
09:00

South Korea	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Kenya
Han Jin-soo 10', 71' Yoo Seung-jin 15', 76'	Report	Alubaha 13' Matharu 49'

Umpires:
Graham Nash (ENG)
Iwo Sakaida (JPN)

11th place match

29 September 1988
15:15

Canada	3–1	Kenya
Sandhu 17' Porritt 24' Rutledge 31'	Report	Akatsa 44'

Umpires:
Nikolai Stepanov (URS)
Richard Kentwell (USA)

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Bogie	65 kg	Céspedes (PAR) L Hansoku-goshi	Did not advance
Nelson Ombito	71 kg	Bye	Swain (USA) L Ippon	Did not advance
James Kihara	78 kg	González (ESP) L Ippon	Did not advance
Tiberius Nyachwaya	86 kg	Bye	Kim (KOR) L Ippon	Did not advance

Shooting

Men

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

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Juma Abudu	60 kg	90.0	14	110.0	11	200.0	11
David Maina	75 kg	105.0	22	NM		DNF
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

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Lamachi Elimu	52 kg	Hu (CHN) L 2–18	Vadász (HUN) L Fall	Did not advance				—	9	Did not advance
Kiptoo Salbei	68 kg	Karamanliev (BUL) L 0–15	Julfalakyan (URS) L 0–16	Did not advance			—	12	Did not advance
Maisiba Obwoge	100 kg	Sy (MTN) L Fall	Bye	Yu (KOR) L Fall	Did not advance			—	7	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Lamachi Elimu	52 kg	Muñoz (COL) L Fall	Enkhbayar (MGL) L Fall	Did not advance					12	Did not advance
Waruingi Kimani	57 kg	Zelfani (TUN) L 0–18	Mohammadian (IRI) L 0–15	Did not advance				—	12	Did not advance
Kiptoo Salbei	68 kg	Hidalgo (PAN) L 3–19	Athanasiadis (GRE) L Fall	Did not advance					12	Did not advance
Maisiba Obwoge	100 kg	Pușcașu (ROU) L Fall	Sar (MTN) L Fall	Did not advance				—	9	Did not advance

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