Kenya at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Kenya at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Kenya at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
Website	https://teamkenya.or.ke/
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	75 in 6 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Trizah Atuka & Ferdinand Omanyala
Flag bearer (closing)	Eliud Kipchoge & Faith Kipyegon
Officials	Shadrack Maluki
Medals; Ranked 17th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976–1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Kenya competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024.

Medalists

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

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

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	26	19	45
Fencing	0	1	1
Judo	0	1	1
Rugby sevens	13	0	13
Swimming	1	1	2
Volleyball	0	13	13
Total	40	34	75

Athletics

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]

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
R = Qualified for the repechage round
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ferdinand Omanyala	100 m	10.08	1 Q	—		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	Bye		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	—				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	—						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	—				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	—						DNF
Benson Kipruto								2:07:00
Alexander Mutiso Munyao								2:10:31	21
Samuel Gathimba	20 km walk	—						1:21.26	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	—				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	—						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	—				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	—						2:26:51	15
Sharon Lokedi								2:23:14 PB	4
Hellen Obiri								2:23:10 PB

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Sanayek Kapirante Boniface Ontuga Mweresa Kelvin Sane Tauta Mercy Chebet Veronica Kamumbe Mutua Maureen Nyatichi Thomas	4 × 400 m relay	3:13.13	12	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Julius Yego	Men's javelin throw	85.97 SB	5 Q	87.72 SB	5

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Fencing

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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Judo

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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Rugby sevens

Summary

Team	Event	Pool round				Classification	Classification
Team	Event	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

Men's tournament

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

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	Nigel 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)
13	Denis Abukuse	(1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 25)

Group stage

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

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

24 July 2024
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)

24 July 2024
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)

25 July 2024
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)

9–12th place playoff semi-final

Kenya conversion against Uruguay

25 July 2024
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)

Ninth place match

27 July 2024
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)

Swimming

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ridhwan Abubakar	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:05.14	36	—		Did not advance
Maria Brunlehner	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.82	27	Did not advance

Volleyball

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kenya women's	Women's tournament	Brazil L 0–3	Poland L 0–3	Japan L 0–3	4	Did not advance			12

Women's tournament

Kenya's women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing as the top-ranked African nation in the June 2024 edition of the FIVB World Rankings.^[10]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 9 July 2024.^[11]

Head coach: Japheth Munala^[12]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	238	165	1.442	Quarter-finals
2	Poland	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	244	230	1.061	Quarter-finals
3	Japan	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	226	224	1.009
4	Kenya	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	136	225	0.604

Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 13:00	Brazil	3–0	Kenya	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,275 Referees: Wang Ziling (CHN), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(25–14, 25–13, 25–12) P2 Report

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 21:00	Poland	3–0	Kenya	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,447 Referees: Angela Grass (BRA), Wael Kandil (EGY)
	(25–14, 25–17, 25–15) P2 Report

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 13:00	Japan	3–0	Kenya	South Paris Arena 1, Paris Attendance: 9,439 Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Angela Grass (BRA)
	(25–17, 25–22, 25–12) P2 Report

References

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^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ Bhattacharya, Soumik. "Kenya's Athletics Team for Paris Olympics 2024: Full list of qualified athletes from Olympic Trials ft. Ferdinand Omanyala". MSN.
^ "Kenya win Africa Men's Sevens to earn Paris 2024 rugby place". Inside The Games. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ Mumbi, Wambui (3 July 2024). "Shujaa Squad Announced for the 2024 Paris Olympics". Kenya Rugby. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ worldrugby.org. "Kenya - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024 | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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[1] "Paris 2024: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet wins 5000 m gold as Kipyegon gets silver". BBC Sport. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[2] "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[3] Bhattacharya, Soumik. "Kenya's Athletics Team for Paris Olympics 2024: Full list of qualified athletes from Olympic Trials ft. Ferdinand Omanyala". MSN.

[4] "Kenya win Africa Men's Sevens to earn Paris 2024 rugby place". Inside The Games. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

[5] Mumbi, Wambui (3 July 2024). "Shujaa Squad Announced for the 2024 Paris Olympics". Kenya Rugby. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[6] worldrugby.org. "Kenya - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024 | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

[Le_Monde-2024-7] Martel, Clément (25 July 2024). "Paris 2024: A festive first day in rugby sevens, yet short of blue sparkles". Le Monde. Groupe Le Monde. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.

[world.rugby-2024-8] "Record crowd as rugby sevens gets Olympic Games Paris 2024 off to a flying start". world.rugby. World Rugby. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.

[Le_Figaro-2024-9] "JO Paris 2024 : énorme bronca à l'entrée des Argentins puis un stade de France en feu pour la qualification de l'équipe de France à 7" [Paris 2024 Olympics: a huge roar as the Argentinians enter the stadium, then a blaze at the Stade de France as the French 7-a-side team qualify]. Le Figaro (in French). Groupe Figaro. 25 July 2024. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024.

[10] "Paris 2024: Women's volleyball national teams qualified". volleyballworld.com. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[11] "Kenya Volleyball Olympic Games Paris 2024". Volleyball World. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[12] "Team roster: Kenya" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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