# Kenya at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

## 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.
| 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
### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kennedy Ondiek | 100 metres | 10.51 | 33 q | 10.57 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Wekesa | 100 metres | 10.50 | 32 Q | 10.43 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kennedy Ondiek | 200 metres | 20.79 | 9 Q | 20.79 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simeon Kipkemboi | 400 metres | 46.15 | 15 Q | 45.44 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elkana Nyangau | 400 metres | 46.25 | 18 q | 46.09 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucas Sang | 400 metres | 46.85 | 26 Q | 45.72 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | 800 metres | 1:48.68 | 22 Q | 1:45.68 | 4 Q | 1:44.71 | 2 Q | 1:49.55 | 8 |
| Juma Ndiwa | 800 metres | 1:47.11 | 7 Q | 1:47.27 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kip Cheruiyot | 1500 metres | 3:39.98 | 7 Q | — | 3:38.09 | 1 Q | 3:37.94 | 7 |
| Joseph Chesire | 1500 metres | 3:41.72 | 17 Q | — | 3:39.17 | 12 q | 3:40.82 | 11 |
| Peter Rono | 1500 metres | 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 | Did not advance |
| John Ngugi | 5000 metres | 13:47.93 | 19 Q | — | 13:24.43 | 9 Q | 13:11.70 | |
| Yobes Ondieki | 5000 metres | 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 | 10,000 metres | 28:21.84 | 12 q | — | DNF | DNF |
| Moses Tanui | 10,000 metres | 28:20.98 | 11 Q | — | 27:47.23 | 8 |
| Ibrahim Hussein | Marathon | — | DNF | DNF |
| Joseph Kipsang | Marathon | — | DNF | DNF |
| Douglas Wakiihuri | Marathon | — | 2:10:47 | |
| Simon Kitur | 400 metres hurdles | 49.88 | 11 Q | — | 49.74 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joseph Maritim | 400 metres hurdles | 49.64 | 7 Q | — | 49.50 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gideon Yego | 400 metres hurdles | 49.80 | 10 Q | — | DQ | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Julius Kariuki | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:33.42 | 7 Q | — | 8:18.53 | 10 Q | 8:05.51 OR | |
| Peter Koech | 3000 metres steeplechase | 8:31.66 | 4 Q | — | 8:15.68 | 2 Q | 8:06.79 | |
| Patrick Sang | 3000 metres steeplechase | 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 | 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 | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| David Lamai | Long jump | NM | NM | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 1 | Heat Round 2 | Heat Round 2 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Joyce Odhiambo | 100 metres | 11.90 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joyce Odhiambo | 200 metres | 24.26 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susan Sirma | 1500 metres | 4:10.13 | 19 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susan Sirma | 3000 metres | 9:06.90 | 27 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pascaline Wangui | Marathon | — | 2:47:42 | 49 |
| Rose Tata-Muya | 400 metres hurdles | 56.18 | 20 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anthony Ikegu | Flyweight | Bye | Desavoye (FRA) L RSC R2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| John Wanjau | Featherweight | Szőke (HUN) W 3–2 | Tuur (NED) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patrick Waweru | Lightweight | Zülow (GDR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Harold Obunga | Heavyweight | — | Bye | Fale (TGA) W RSC R1 | Gołota (POL) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Crispine Odera | Super heavyweight | — | Bye | Lewis (CAN) L RSC R2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Field hockey
### Summary

Key:
* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | 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 | Semi-finals |
| 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 | 5–8th place semi-finals |
| 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 | 9–12th place semi-finals |
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)

#### 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)

#### 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

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nelson Ombito | 71 kg | Bye | Swain (USA) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| James Kihara | 78 kg | González (ESP) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tiberius Nyachwaya | 86 kg | Bye | Kim (KOR) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting
### Men

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

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Juma Abudu | 60 kg | 90.0 | 14 | 110.0 | 11 | 200.0 | 11 |
| David Maina | 75 kg | 105.0 | 22 | NM | NM | DNF | 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
### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kiptoo Salbei | 68 kg | Karamanliev (BUL) L 0–15 | Julfalakyan (URS) L 0–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maisiba Obwoge | 100 kg | Sy (MTN) L Fall | Bye | Yu (KOR) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Waruingi Kimani | 57 kg | Zelfani (TUN) L 0–18 | Mohammadian (IRI) L 0–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kiptoo Salbei | 68 kg | Hidalgo (PAN) L 3–19 | Athanasiadis (GRE) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maisiba Obwoge | 100 kg | Pușcașu (ROU) L Fall | Sar (MTN) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |