page_title: Kenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Kenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: The men's marathon of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK took place on an Olympic marathon street course on Sunday 12th August 2012 at 11:00. This was the final day of the 30th Olympic Games. The London 2012 marathon course is the standard Olympic distance of 26 miles 385 yards and consists of one short lap of approx 2.2 miles followed by three longer laps of 8 miles. The course began on The Mall and travelled past several of the most famous London landmarks. The start/finish line was near the Victoria Memorial. These photographs were taken at the Victoria Embankment. This featured several times on the looped course. The approximate location from the photographs is shown in the Google StreetView Link below. maps.google.com/maps?q=embankment+london&amp;hl=en&amp;ll... Stephen Kiprotich won in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 1 second as he pulled away from the Kenyan duo of Abel Kirui and Wilson Kiprotich Kipsang. These photographs are unofficial photographs. They are not endorsed by London 2012. There are not commercially available. They are available for use under a Creative Commons License. Please link back to the photograph on my Flickr account if you use the image.
context_page_description: Kenya competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, they did not participate in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and United States boycott.
  National Olympic Committee Kenya sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, surpassing the record set in Beijing by a single athlete. A total of 47 athletes, 27 men and 20 women, competed in athletics, boxing, swimming and weightlifting. The Kenyan team featured four past Olympic champions: middle-distance runners Pamela Jelimo and Asbel Kiprop and steeplechase runners Brimin Kipruto and Ezekiel Kemboi. Among these champions, only Kemboi managed to recapture his gold medal from Athens, after winning the men's steeplechase event. Kenya's top swimmer Jason Dunford, who specialized in the butterfly and freestyle events, became the nation's first male flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 2000.
  Kenya left London with a total of 11 medals, being the most successful African country in these Olympic games based on the overall medal standings.
context_section_description: Kenyan athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):
  Key
  Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  Q = Qualified for the next round
  q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  NR = National record
  N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  Men
  Track & road events
  Field events
  Women
  Track & road events
caption: Abel Kirui won the silver medal in men's marathon.
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