Kenya at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Kenya
games=1988 Summer
competitors=74 (70 men and 4 women)
sports=7
flagbearer=
officials=
gold=5
silver=2
bronze=2
total=9
rank=13

Medalists

Gold

* Paul Ereng — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

* Peter Rono — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres

* John Ngugi — Athletics, Men's 5000 metres

* Julius Kariuki — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

* Robert Wangila — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

Silver

* Douglas Wakiihuri — Athletics, Men's marathon

* Peter Koech — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

Bronze

* Kipkemboi Kimeli — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres

* Chris Sande — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 5.000 metres
* John Ngugi:# First Round — 13:47.93:# Semi Final — 13:24.43:# Final — 13:11.70 (→ Gold Medal)

* Yobes Ondieki:# First Round — 13:58.24 :# Semi Final — 13:22.85 :# Final — 13:52.01 (→ 12th place)

* Charles Cheruiyot:# First Round — 13:43.11 :# Semi Final — 13:38.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres
* Kipkemboi Kimeli:# First Round — 28:00.39 :# Final — 27:25.16 (→ Bronze Medal)

* Moses Tanui:# First Round — 28:20.98:# Final — 27:47.23 (→ 8th place)

* Boniface Merande:# First Round — 28:21.84 :# Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100m Relay
* Elkana Nyang'au, Kennedy Ondiek, Simon Kipkemboi, and Peter Wekesa:# Heat — 40.30:# Semi Final — 39.47 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m Relay
* Tito Sawe, Lucas Sang, Paul Ereng, and Simon Kipkemboi:# Heat — 3:05.21:# Semi Final — 3:03.24:# Final — 3:04.69 (→ 8th place)

Men's Marathon
* Douglas Wakiihuri :* Final — 2"10:47 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
* Julius Kariuki:# Heat — 8:33.42:# Semi Final — 8:18.53:# Final — 8:05.51 (→ Gold Medal)

* Peter Koech:# Heat — 8:31.66:# Semi Final — 8:15.68:# Final — 8:06.79 (→ Silver Medal)

* Patrick Sang:# Heat — 8:36.11:# Semi Final — 8:16.70:# Final — 8:15.22 (→ 7th place)

Men's 50km Walk
* William Sawe:* Final — 4'25:24 (→ 35th place)
Women's Marathon
* Pascaline Wangui :* Final — 2"47.42 (→ 49th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
* Maurice Maina:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Haddad (Syria), 4:1:* Third Round — Lost to Chatchai Sasakul (Thailand), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
* John Wanjau :* First Round – Defeated Laszlo Szöke (Hungary) on points:* Second Round – Lost to Regilio Tuur (Netherlands) on points

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Kenya — Australia 1-7:* Kenya — Pakistan 0-8:* Kenya — Spain 2-4:* Kenya — Netherlands 1-2:* Kenya — Argentina 1-5
*Classification Matches:* 9th-12th place: Kenya — South Korea 2-5:* 11th-12th place: Kenya — Canada 1-3 (→ 12th place)
*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

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]