Kenya at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

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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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

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kennedy Ondiek	100 metres	10.51	33 q	10.57	40	Did not advance
Peter Wekesa		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
		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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joyce Odhiambo	100 metres	11.90	46	Did not advance
	200 metres	24.26	38	Did not advance
Susan Sirma	1500 metres	4:10.13	19	—	Did not advance
	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

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

• ( 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

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
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	Spain	5	1	1	3	6	10	−4	3	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Kenya	5	0	0	5	5	26	−21	0

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		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

Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage								Final
		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
		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