1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Kenya)

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Kenya participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of 25 athletes, 24 men and one woman, in ten competitions in four sports.

It was Kenya's first participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

The youngest athlete was the athlete Bartonjo Rotich at 18 years and 188 days , the oldest athlete was the marksman Roy Congreve (43 years and 234 days).

Participants by sport

hockey

Men's

• Results

  Main round: Group B, two points, 2-4 goals, third place, not qualified for the final

  0-2 loss to Australia

  1-1 draw against Great Britain

  Goals: Bill Plenderleith

  1: 1 draw against the Malaya Federation

  Goals: Bill Plenderleith

  Games for positions nine to twelve: four points, 14: 3 goals, second place

  3-0 win over the United States of America

  9-0 win against Afghanistan

  2: 3 defeat against the Malaya Federation

  Rank ten

• Squad

  Dudley Coulson

  Reynold D'Souza

  Rosario Dalgado

  Roland Frank

  Aloysius Mendonca

  Michael Pereira

  Bill Plenderleith

  Tejparkash Singh Brar

  Surjeet Singh Deol

  Hardev Singh Kular

  Tajinder Singh Rao

  Gursaran Singh Sehmi

  Balbir Singh Sidhu

  Anthony Vaz

athletics

Men's
4 × 400 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run three (fourth place), 3: 17.6 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 17.68 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Season

  Kibet Boit

  Arap Kiptalam Keter

  Bartonjo Rotich

  Kamau Wanyoke

singles

• Arere Anentia
  • 5,000 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (sixth place), 14: 37.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 14: 37.30 minutes (stopped automatically)

• Kibet Boit
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the quarterfinals in run four (third place), 49.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 49.48 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: eliminated in run three (sixth place), 49.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 49.18 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Arap Sum Kanuti
  • marathon

  Final: 2:58:42 hours, 31st place

• Arap Kiptalam Keter
  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run three (seventh place), 1: 56.13 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Joseph Leresae
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.92 meters, rank 13, qualified for the final

  1.70 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.78 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  1.82 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.88 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  1.92 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  Final round: 1.92 meters, 18th place

  1.80 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.86 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.92 meters: valid, a failed attempt

  1.96 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• Nyandika Maiyoro
  • 5,000 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the final in run three (second place), 14: 29.4 minutes (hand-stopped), 14: 29.59 minutes (automatically stopped)

  Final: 14: 19.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 14: 18.99 minutes (automatically stopped), seventh place

• Bartonjo Rotich
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (fourth place), 48.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 48.90 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Kamau Wanyoke
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run six (fourth place), 50.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 50.74 seconds (automatically stopped)

shoot

Men's

• Roy Congreve
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1,096 points, 39th place

  Kneeling: 364 points, rank 40

  Prone: 394 points, 16th place

  Standing: 338 points, 36th place

  • Small caliber lying

  Final: 587 points, rank 40

  Round one: 97 points, 43rd place

  Round two: 97 points, 41st place

  Round three: 99 points, 21st place

  Round four: 98 points, 29th place

  Round five: 99 points, 22nd place

  Round six: 97 points, 43rd place

• Charles Trotter
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1,030 points, 42nd place

  Kneeling: 340 points, rank 43

  Prone: 391 points, 39th place

  Standing: 299 points, 42nd place

  • Small caliber lying

  Final: 586 points, rank 41

  Round one: 98 points, rank 28

  Round two: 97 points, 40th place

  Round three: 98 points, 33rd place

  Round four: 97 points, 39th place

  Round five: 97 points, 42nd place

  Round six: 99 points, 22nd place

swim

Ladies

• Margaret Northrop
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round one (eighth place), 1: 12.8 minutes

Web links

• Kenyan Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).