Kenya at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Beatrice Chebet	Athletics	Women's 5000 m	5 August
Gold	Beatrice Chebet	Athletics	Women's 10000 m	9 August
Gold	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Athletics	Men's 800 m	10 August
Gold	Faith Kipyegon	Athletics	Women's 1500 m	10 August
Silver	Faith Kipyegon	Athletics	Women's 5000 m	5 August
Silver	Ronald Kwemoi	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	10 August
Bronze	Mary Moraa	Athletics	Women's 800 m	5 August
Bronze	Faith Cherotich	Athletics	Women's 3000 m steeplechase	6 August
Bronze	Abraham Kibiwot	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	7 August
Bronze	Benson Kipruto	Athletics	Men's marathon	10 August
Bronze	Hellen Obiri	Athletics	Women's marathon	11 August

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Kipyegon was initially disqualified from the Women's 5000 m but got reinstated after an appeal.^[1]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Kenyan track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[2]

Track and road events

Men

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ferdinand Omanyala	100 m	10.08	1 Q	—N/a		10.08	8	Did not advance
Zablon Ekwam	400 m	Did not finish		Did not advance
Emmanuel Wanyonyi	800 m	1:44.64	1 Q	Bye		1:43.32	1 Q	1:41.19 PB
Wycliffe Kinyamal		1:45.86	3 Q			1:45.29	3	Did not advance
Koitatoi Kidali		1:45.84	5 R	1:46.37	6	Did not advance
Reynold Cheruiyot	1500 m	3:37.12	4 Q	Bye		3:35.32	10	Did not advance
Brian Komen		3:36.31	2 Q			3:32.57	4 Q	3:35.59	12
Timothy Cheruiyot		3:35.39	5 Q			3:32.30	5 Q	3:31.35	11
Jacob Krop	5000 m	14:08.73	4 Q	—N/a				13:18.68 SB	10
Edwin Kurgat		14:08.76	5 Q					13:17.18	7
Ronald Kwemoi		13:52.51	6 Q					13:15.04
Daniel Mateiko	10000 m	—N/a						26:50.83	11
Nicholas Kipkorir								27:23.97	14
Bernard Kibet								26:43.98	5
Wiseman Mukhobe	400 m hurdles	48.58	5 q	Bye		49.22	5	Did not advance
Amos Serem	3000 m steeplechase	8:18.41	6 qR	—N/a				8:19.74	14
Simon Koech		8:24.95 (.942)	3 Q					8:09.87	7
Abraham Kibiwott		8:12.02	3 Q					8:06.47
Eliud Kipchoge	Marathon	—N/a						DNF
Benson Kipruto								2:07:00
Alexander Mutiso Munyao								2:10:31	21
Samuel Gathimba	20 km walk	—N/a						1:21.26	22

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Women

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mary Moraa	800 m	1:57.95	2 Q	Bye		1:57.86	1 Q	1:57.42
Vivian Chebet Kiprotich		1:59.90	5 R	1:59.31	2 q	1:59.64	8	Did not advance
Lilian Odira		1:58.83 PB	3 Q	Bye		1:58.53	4	Did not advance
Faith Kipyegon	1500 m	4:00.74	4 Q	Bye		3:58.64	1 Q	3:51.29 OR
Nelly Chepchirchir		4:02.67	1 Q			4:03.24	11	Did not advance
Susan Ejore		3:59.01	3 Q			3:56.57 PB	5 Q	3.56.07 PB	6
Faith Kipyegon	5000 m	14:57.56	1 Q	—N/a				14:29.60
Beatrice Chebet		15:00.73	1 Q					14:28.56
Margaret Kipkemboi		14:57.70	4 Q					14:32.23	5
Lilian Kisait	10000 m	—N/a						30:45.04	5
Margaret Kipkemboi								30:44.58	4
Beatrice Chebet								30:43.25
Faith Cherotich	3000 m steeplechase	9:10.57	2 Q	—N/a				8:55.15 PB
Beatrice Chepkoech		9:13.56	1 Q					9:04.24	6
Jackline Chepkoech		9:35.56	12					Did not advance
Peres Jepchirchir	Marathon	—N/a						2:26:51	15
Sharon Lokedi								2:23:14 PB	4
Hellen Obiri								2:23:10 PB

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Mixed

Field events

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Kenya entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, marking the country's debut in the sport. Alexandra Ndolo secured her quota places in women's épée events, after nominated as the highest ranked individual fencer, eligible for African zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexandra Ndolo	Women's épée	Bye	Kryvytska (UKR) L 12–13	Did not advance

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Kenya qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Zeddy Cherotich (women's heavyweight, 78 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zeddy Cherotich	Women's –78 kg	Sampaio (POR) L 00–10	Did not advance

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Summary

More information Team, Event ...

Team	Event	Pool round				Classification	Classification
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kenya men's	Men's tournament	Argentina L 12–31	Australia L 7–21	Samoa L 0–26	4	Uruguay W 19–14	Samoa W 10–5	9

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Men's tournament

Main articles: Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Kenya national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and secured the only available spots through the 2023 Africa Men's Sevens in Harare, Zimbabwe.^[4]

Team roster

Kenya's squad of 12 players was named on 2 July 2024. Additionally, Festus Shiasi and Denis Abukuse were named as traveling reserves.^[5][6]

Head coach: Kevin Wambua

More information No., Player ...

No.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1	John Okoth	(2000-04-28)28 April 2000 (aged 24)
2	Lamec Ambetsa	(2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 24)
3	George Ooro	(2000-03-03)3 March 2000 (aged 24)
4	Vincent Onyala	(1996-12-10)10 December 1996 (aged 27)
5	Brian Tanga	(1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 28)
6	Kevin Wekesa	(2000-08-07)7 August 2000 (aged 23)
7	Tony Omondi (c)	(1995-03-26)26 March 1995 (aged 29)
8	Herman Humwa	(1995-11-08)8 November 1995 (aged 28)
9	Samuel Asati	(1999-03-14)14 March 1999 (aged 25)
10	Nygel Amaitsa	(2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 22)
11	Patrick Odongo	(2002-03-20)20 March 2002 (aged 22)
12	Chrisant Ojwang	(1998-12-15)15 December 1998 (aged 25)

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Group stage

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	64	35	+29	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	73	46	+27	7
3	Samoa	3	1	0	2	52	49	+3	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	19	78	−59	3

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Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) 16:00

Argentina	31–12	Kenya
Try: Fraga (2) 7' m, 8' c Elizalde 10' c González 14' c Moneta 15' m Con: Pellandini (2/3) 8', 12' Mare (1/1) 14'	World Rugby	Try: Ojwang 4' c Wekesa 9' m Con: Mboya (1/2) 5'

Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 69,000[7][8] Referee: AJ Jacobs (South Africa)

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24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) 19:00

Australia	21–7	Kenya
Try: Turner 1' c Lawson 6' c Toole 13' c Con: Roache (3/3) 1', 7', 13'	World Rugby	Try: Mboya 3' c Con: Mboya (1/1) 3'

Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 69,000[7][8] Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

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25 July 2024 (2024-07-25) 14:00

Samoa	26–0	Kenya
Try: Opetai 3' m Scanlan 8' c Apelu Maliko 14' c Onosai 16' c Con: Falaniko (1/2) 9' Maiava (1/1) 14' Leitufia (1/1) 17'	World Rugby

Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 70,000[9] Referee: Reuben Keane (Australia)

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9–12th place playoff semi-final

25 July 2024 (2024-07-25) 20:30

Uruguay	14–19	Kenya
Try: Tafernaberry 1' c Amaya 16' c Con: Tafernaberry (1/1) 1' Lijtenstein (1/1) 16'	World Rugby	Try: Okoth 10' c Asati 12' c Okong'o 18' Con: Mboya (2/2) 11', 12'

Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 70,000[9] Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

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Ninth place match

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 17:00

Samoa	5–10	Kenya
Try: Opetai 11' m	World Rugby	Try: Okeyo (2) 3' m, 8' m

Stade de France, Paris Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Kenya sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.