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	Silver	Bronze	Total
5	2	2	9

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Kenya participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Ereng, PaulPaul Ereng	Athletics	Men's 800 m	000000002016-09-26-000026 September
01 ! Gold	Kariuki, JuliusJulius Kariuki	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	000000002016-09-30-000030 September
01 ! Gold	Ngugi, JohnJohn Ngugi	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	000000002016-10-01-00001 October
01 ! Gold	Rono, PeterPeter Rono	Athletics	Men's 1500 m	000000002016-10-01-00001 October
01 ! Gold	Wangila, RobertRobert Wangila	Boxing	Men's welterweight (–67 kg)	000000002016-10-01-00001 October
02 ! Silver	Koech, PeterPeter Koech	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	000000002016-09-30-000030 September
02 ! Silver	Wakiihuri, DouglasDouglas Wakiihuri	Athletics	Men's marathon	000000002016-10-02-00002 October
03 ! Bronze	Kimeli, KipkemboiKipkemboi Kimeli	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	000000002016-09-26-000026 September
03 ! Bronze	Sande, ChrisChris Sande	Boxing	Men's middleweight (–75 kg)	000000002016-09-29-000029 September

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

John Ngugi

First Round — 13:47.93
Semi Final — 13:24.43
Final — 13:11.70 (→ Gold Medal)

Yobes Ondieki

First Round — 13:58.24
Semi Final — 13:22.85
Final — 13:52.01 (→ 12th place)

Charles Cheruiyot

First Round — 13:43.11
Semi Final — 13:38.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

Kipkemboi Kimeli

First Round — 28:00.39
Final — 27:25.16 (→ Bronze Medal)

Moses Tanui

First Round — 28:20.98
Final — 27:47.23 (→ 8th place)

Boniface Merande

First Round — 28:21.84
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Elkana Nyang'au, Kennedy Ondiek, Simeon Kipkemboi, and Peter Wekesa

Heat — 40.30
Semi Final — 39.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Tito Sawe, Lucas Sang, Paul Ereng, and Simeon Kipkemboi

Heat — 3:05.21
Semi Final — 3:03.24
Final — 3:04.69 (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

Douglas Wakiihuri

Final — 2"10:47 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

Julius Kariuki

Heat — 8:33.42
Semi Final — 8:18.53
Final — 8:05.51 (→ Gold Medal)

Peter Koech

Heat — 8:31.66
Semi Final — 8:15.68
Final — 8:06.79 (→ Silver Medal)

Patrick Sang

Heat — 8:36.11
Semi Final — 8:16.70
Final — 8:15.22 (→ 7th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

William Sawe

Final — 4'25:24 (→ 35th place)

Women's 100 metres

Joyce Odhiambo

Women's 200 metres

Joyce Odhiambo

Women's 1,500 metres

Susan Sirma

Women's 3,000 metres

Susan Sirma

Women's Marathon

Pascaline Wangui

Final — 2"47.42 (→ 49th place)

Women's 400 metres Hurdles

Rose Tata-Muya

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Maurice Maina

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Haddad (Syria), 4:1
Third Round — Lost to Chatchai Sasakul (Thailand), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Anthony Ikegu

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Philippe Desavoye (France), RSC

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Steve Mwema

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Rambahadur Giri (Nepal), RSC
Third Round — Defeated Alberto Machaze (Mozambique), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Lost to Kennedy McKinney (USA), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

John Wanjau

First Round — Defeated Laszlo Szöke (Hungary) on points
Second Round — Lost to Regilio Tuur (Netherlands) on points

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Patrick Waweru

First Round — Lost to Andreas Zülow (East Germany), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

David Kamau

First Round — Defeated Abidnasir Shahab (Jordan), RSC
Second Round — Defeated Martin Ndongo-Ebanga (Cameroon), 5:0
Third Round — Lost to Sodnom Altansukh (Mongolia), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Robert Wangila → Gold Medal

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Đorđe Petronijević (Yugoslavia), RSC-2
Third Round — Defeated Khaidan Gantulga (Mongolia), AB-2
Quarterfinals — Defeated Khristo Furnigov (Bulgaria), 5:0
Semifinals — Defeated Jan Dydak (Poland), walk-over
Final — Defeated Laurent Boudouani (France), KO-2

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Mohamad Orungi

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Apolinario Silveira (Angola), RSC-2

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Chris Sande → Bronze Medal

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Juan Montiel (Uruguay), KO-3
Third Round — Defeated Paul Kamela (Cameroon), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Defeated Francis Wanyama (Uganda), 5:0
Semifinals — Lost to Henry Maske (East Germany), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Joseph Akhasamba

First Round — Defeated Jeffrey Nedd (Aruba), RSC-2
Second Round — Defeated Sione Vaveni Talia'uli (Tonga), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Lost to Damir Škaro (Yugoslavia), 0:5

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Harold Obunga

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Tualau Fale (Tonga), RSC-1
Quarterfinals — Lost to Andrzej Golota (Poland), 0:5

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Chris Odera

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Lennox Lewis (Canada), referee stopped contest

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)

Kenya — Australia 1-7
Kenya — Pakistan 0-8
Kenya — Spain 2-4
Kenya — Netherlands 1-2
Kenya — Argentina 1-5

Classification Matches

9th-12th place: Kenya — South Korea 2-5
11th-12th place: Kenya — Canada 1-3 (→ 12th place)

Team Roster

( 1.) Paul Sewe Omany
( 2.) Parminder Saini
( 3.) Roy Odhier
( 4.) Charles Oguk
( 5.) John Eliud Okoth
( 6.) Michael Omondi
( 7.) Sam Ngoyo
( 8.) Peter Akatsa
( 9.) Sanjiwan Goyal
(10.) Christopher Otambo
(11.) Lucas Alubaha
(12.) Victor Owino
(13.) Samson Oriso
(14.) Inderjit Matharu
(15.) Samson Muange
(16.) Julius Mutua

Head Coach: Gursharam Singh Lall

Wrestling

4 wrestlers from Kenya participated for the first time in country's history in Olympics Wrestling event.

References

Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe

America	Antigua-Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Vincent-Grenadines Suriname Trinidad-Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan South Korea Kuwait Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam North Yemen South Yemen

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Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam New Zealand Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu Western Samoa

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