1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Kenya)
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Kenya took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital of Rome with a delegation of 27 male athletes in 13 competitions in four sports.
The youngest athlete was the hockey player Egbert Fernandes (19 years and 63 days), the oldest athlete was the sailor Anthony Bentley-Buckle (39 years and 17 days). It was the country's second summer Olympics participation .
Participants by sport
hockey
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Results
- Group stage: Group C, five points, 8-0 goals, first place, qualified for the quarter-finals
- Quarter finals
- 1: 2 loss to Great Britain
- Goal scorers: Avtar Singh Sohal
- 1: 2 loss to Great Britain
- Play for fifth to eighth
- Seventh place
- Squad
athletics
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Arere Anentia
- 10,000 meter run
- Final: 30: 03.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 30: 01.00 minutes (automatically stopped), 19th place
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Seraphino Antao
- 100 meter run
- Round one: qualified for the quarter-finals in run two (first place), 10.5 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.64 seconds (automatically stopped)
- Quarter-finals: qualified for the semifinals in run four (third place), 10.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.61 seconds (automatically stopped)
- Semi-finals: eliminated in run two (sixth place), 10.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.72 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 110 meter hurdles
- Round one: eliminated in run one (fifth place), 15.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 15.13 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 200 meter run
- Round one: qualified for the quarter-finals in run eleven (rank one), 21.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.44 seconds (automatically stopped)
- Quarter-finals: eliminated in run two (fourth place), 21.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.43 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Arap Sum Kanuti
- marathon
- Final: 2: 46: 55.2 hours, 59th place
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Nyandika Maiyoro
- 5,000 meter run
- Round one: qualified for the final in run one (third place), 14: 06.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 14: 06.29 minutes (automatically stopped)
- Final: 13: 52.8 minutes (hand-stopped), 13: 53.25 minutes (automatically stopped), sixth place
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Bartonjo Rotich
- 400 meter hurdles
- Round one: qualified for the semi-finals in run five (second place), 51.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 51.39 seconds (hand-stopped)
- Semi-finals: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 51.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 51.97 seconds (hand-stopped)
- 400 meter run
- Round one: qualified for the quarterfinals in run seven (third place), 47.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 47.89 seconds (hand-stopped)
- Quarterfinals: eliminated in run three (seventh place), 47.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 47.97 seconds (hand-stopped)
shoot
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Edward Penn
- Free target gun
- Qualification: Group two, 340 points, rank 20, overall rank 41, qualified for the final
- Round one: 88 points, ninth place
- Round two: 85 points, 19th place
- Round three: 78 points, 32nd place
- Round four: 89 points, sixth place
- Final: 521 points, rank 40
- Round one: 87 points, rank 37
- Round two: 87 points, 33rd place
- Round three: 83 points, rank 50
- Round four: 87 points, 36th place
- Round five: 90 points, rank 14
- Round six: 87 points, 29th place
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Charles Trotter
- Small caliber lying
- Qualification: Group two, 381 points, rank 23, overall rank 48, qualified for the final
- Round one: 95 points, rank 23
- Round two: 98 points, tenth place
- Round three: 94 points, rank 27
- Round four: 94 points, 33rd place
- Final: 574 points, rank 37
- Round one: 97 points, 19th place
- Round two: 94 points, 45th place
- Round three: 95 points, 43rd place
- Round four: 94 points, rank 37
- Round five: 97 points, 19th place
- Round six: 97 points, 23rd place
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Peter Visagie
- Small caliber lying
- Qualification: Group one, 383 points, rank 21, overall rank 37, qualified for the final
- Round one: 94 points, rank 25
- Round two: 96 points, 22nd place
- Round three: 96 points, 20th place
- Round four: 97 points, 17th place
- Final: 571 points, 43rd place
- Round one: 93 points, rank 50
- Round two: 94 points, 40th place
- Round three: 96 points, rank 37
- Round four: 98 points, 20th place
- Round five: 94 points, rank 47
- Round six: 96 points, 33rd place
sailing
Flying Dutchman
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Results
- Final: 2,680 points, 20th place
- Race one: 689 points, 2:33:22 hours, eighth place
- Race two: 446 points, 2:29:32 hours, 14th place
- Race three: 101 points, race not finished (DNF)
- Race four: 478 points, 2:47:48 hours, 13th place
- Race five: 416 points, 2:17:18 hours, 15th place
- Race six: 337 points, 2:20:24 hours, 18th place
- Race seven: 314 points, 2:18:31 hours, 19th place
- Final: 2,680 points, 20th place
- team
singles
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Daniel Mackenzie
- Finn dinghy
- Final: 1,686 points, rank 29
- Race one: 247 points, 1:54:02 hours, 25th place
- Race two: 323 points, 2:09:30 hours, 21st place
- Race three: 230 points, 1:50:30 hours, 26th place
- Race four: 198 points, 2:20:01 hours, 28th place
- Race five: 114 points, 2:00:11 hours, 34th place
- Race six: 441 points, 1:56:33 hours, 16th place
- Race seven: 247 points, 1:56:49 hours, 25th place
Web links
- Kenyan Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )