2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Kenya)

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Kenya participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with a delegation of 56 athletes (34 men and 22 women) in six sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the sprinter Kennedy Ochieng .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Reuben Kosgei	athletics	Men, 3000 meter obstacle
Noah Ngeny	athletics	Men, 1500 meters

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Paul Tergat	athletics	Men, 10,000 meters
Wilson Boit Kipketer	athletics	Men, 3000 meter obstacle
Erick Wainaina	athletics	Men, marathon

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Joyce Chepchumba	athletics	Women, marathon
Bernard Lagat	athletics	Men, 1500 meters

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• Dominic Rebelo

  Individual: 63rd place

Boxing

Men

• Suleiman Bilali

  Light Flyweight: Quarter Finals

• Fred Kinuthia

  Light welterweight: 1st round

• Peter Kariuki Ngumi

  Middleweight: 1st round

• George Olwande Odindo

  Light Heavyweight: 1st round

athletics

Men Bernard Barmasai 3000 meter obstacle: 4th place David Chelule 5000 meters: 5th place Julius Chepkwony 4 × 400 meters: disqualified in the semi-finals Kenneth Cheruiyot Marathon: DNF William Chirchir 1500 meters: heats Julius Gitahi 5000 meters: 9th place Patrick Ivuti 10,000 meters: 4th place Erick Keter 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals David Kimutai Rotich 20 kilometers of walking: 39th place Japheth Kimutai 800 meters: semi-finals Wilson Boit Kipketer 3000 meter obstacle: silver David Kipkorir Kirui 400 meters: quarter-finals John Korir 10,000 meters: 5th place Reuben Kosgei 3000 meter obstacle: gold Bernard Lagat 1500 meters: bronze Elijah Lagat Marathon: DNF Richard Limo 5000 meters: 10th place Hillary Maritime 400 meter hurdles: prelims Joseph Mutua 800 meters: heats 4 × 400 meters: disqualified in the semi-finals Noah Ngeny 1500 meters: gold Kennedy Ochieng 400 meters: DNF Ezra Sambu 200 meters: heats 4 × 400 meters: disqualified in the semi-finals Julius Sawe 20 kilometers of walking: 42nd place Paul Tergat 10,000 meters: silver Erick Wainaina Marathon: silver Samson Yego 4 × 400 meters: disqualified in the semi-finals William Yiampoy 800 meters: semi-finals

Women Sally Barsosio 10,000 meters: 17th place Joyce Chepchumba Marathon: bronze Lydia Cheromei 5000 meters: 6th place Rose Cheruiyot 5000 meters: 11th place Vivian Cheruiyot 5000 meters: 14th place Tegla Loroupe 10,000 meters: 5th place Marathon: 13th place Naomi Mugo 1500 meters: heats Alice Timbilil 10,000 meters: 14th place Esther Wanjiru Maina Marathon: 4th place

Cycling

Men

• Ken Muhindi

  Mountain bike: 39th place

swim

Men Jin-Woo Kim 100 meter butterfly: 60th place

Women Maria Awori 100 meters freestyle: 49th place

volleyball

Women

• Group stage

• Squad

  Violet Barasa

  Edna Chepngeno

  Margaret Indakala

  Maria Kochwa

  Jacqueline Makokha

  Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba

  Gladys Nasikanda

  Roselidah Obunaga

  Judith Serenge

  Doris Wanjala

  Nancy Waswa

  Emily Wesutila

Web links

• Kenyan Olympic team from 2000 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )