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Kenya at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Kenya at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Barcelona
Competitors49 (40 men and 9 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Patrick Sang[1]
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
2
Total
8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Medalists

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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

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

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

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Men's 100m metres

  • Heat — 10.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 2:59.63
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Heat — 13:36.81
  • Final — 13:12.71 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 13:31.88
  • Final — 13:17.50 (→ 5th place)
  • Heat — 13:24.21
  • Final — 13:45.16 (→ 14th place)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 28:16.39
  • Final — 27:47.72 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 28:06.86
  • Final — 28:25.18 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 28:24.07
  • Final — 28:27.11 (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 48.28
  • Semifinal — 49.01 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 48.90
  • Semifinal — 49.52 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 49.23 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.50 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 7.44 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 2:03.01 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Heat — 32:34.07
  • Final — 32:53.09 (→ 17th place)
  • Heat — 33:34.05 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

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

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

References

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  1. ^ "Patrick Sang". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ Kenya at the 1992 Summer Olympics