1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Kenya)
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Kenya took part in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City with a delegation of 39 athletes (36 men and 3 women) in 22 competitions in four sports.
The Kenyan athletes won three gold, four silver and two bronze medals. Olympic champions were the athletes Kipchoge Keino over 1500 meters, Naftali Temu over 10,000 meters and Amos Biwott over 3000 meters.
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Samuel Mbugua
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Philip Waruinge
- Featherweight: bronze
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John Olulu
- Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Steven Thega
- Light middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
hockey
- 8th place
athletics
- Men
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Charles Asati
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Julius Sang
- 100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Munyoro Nyamau
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Daniel Rudisha
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Naftali Bon
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 4 x 400 meter relay: silver
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Wilson Kiprugut
- 800 m: silver
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Thomas Saisi
- 800 m: 7th place
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Robert Ouko
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Kipchoge Keino
- 1500 m: gold
- 5000 m: silver
- 10,000 m: race not finished
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Ben Jipcho
- 1500 m: 10th place
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Naftali Temu
- 5000 m: bronze
- 10,000 m: gold
- Marathon: 19th place
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Paul Mose
- Marathon: 48th place
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Kimaru Songok
- 110 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Amos Biwott
- 3000 m obstacle: gold
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Benjamin Kogo
- 3000 m obstacle: silver
- Women
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Lydia Stephens
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Tekla Chemabwai
- 400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Elizabeth Chesire
- 800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
shoot
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Leonard Bull
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 35th place
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Dism Onyiego
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 68th place
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John Harun
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 76th place
Web links
- Kenyan Olympic team from 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )