Kenya at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
inMunich
Competitors	57 (55 men, 2 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Kip Keino[1]
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Kenya competed at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich, West Germany. 57 competitors, 55 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 4 sports.^[2]

• Kipchoge Keino –Athletics, Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
• Julius Sang,Charles Asati,Munyoro Nyamau, andRobert Ouko –Athletics, Men's 4×400 metre relay

• Ben Jipcho –Athletics, Men's 3000 metre steeplechase
• Kipchoge Keino –Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Philip Waruinge –Boxing, Men's Featherweight

• Julius Sang –Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Mike Boit –Athletics, Men's 800 metres
• Samuel Mbugua –Boxing, Men's Lightweight
• Richard Murunga –Boxing, Men's Welterweight

Men's 100 metres

• John Mwebi

• First Heat – 10.60s (→ did not advance)

• Dan Amuke

• First Heat – 10.76s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Mike Boit

• Heat – 1:47.3
• Semifinals – 1:45.9
• Final – 1:46.0 (→Bronze Medal)

• Robert Ouko

• Heat – 1:47.4
• Semifinals – 1:47.6
• Final – 1:46.5 (→ 5th place)

• Thomas Saisi

• Heat – 1:48.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Kipchoge Keino

• Heat – 3:40.0
• Semifinals – 3:41.2
• Final – 3:36.8 (→Silver Medal)

• Mike Boit

• Heat – 3:42.2
• Semifinals – 3:41.3
• Final – 3:38.4 (→ 4th place)

• Cosmas Silei

• Heat – 3:52.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Evans Mogaka

• Heat – 13:37.2 (→ did not advance)

• Paul Mose

• Heat – 13:41.4 (→ did not advance)

• Benjamin Jipcho

• Heat – 13:56.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Felix Maina

• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Lost toFranco Udella (ITA), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Richard Murungu →Bronze Medal

• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – DefeatedAlfons Stawski (POL), 4:1
• Third Round – DefeatedVartex Parsanian (IRN), TKO-3
• Quarterfinals – DefeatedSergio Lozano (MEX), KO-1
• Semifinals – Lost toJános Kajdi (HUN), 1:4

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• David Attan

• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Lost toMikko Saarinen (FIN), TKO-2

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Poland (0-1)
• Lost to Australia (1-3)
• Lost to Netherlands (1-5)
• Lost to Great Britain (0-2)
• Lost to India (2-3)
• Drew with New Zealand (2-2)
• Defeated Mexico (2-1)

• Classification Match

• 13th/14th place: Defeated Argentina (1-0) after extra time →13th place

• Team Roster

• Resham Bains
• Tarlochan Channa
• Brajinder Daved
• Davinder Deegan
• Phillip Desouza
• Leo Fernandes
• Jagjit Kular
• Ajmal Malik
• Amarjeet Marwa
• Harvinder Marwa
• Surjeet Panesar
• Pereira Reynolds
• Surjit Rihal
• Ranjit Sehmi
• Harvinderpal Sibia
• Avtar Sohal

Nine male shooters represented Kenya in 1972.

25 m pistol

• Leonard Bull
• Peter Laurence

50 m pistol

• John Harun
• Abdul Rahman Omar

300 m rifle, three positions

• Dismus Onyiego
• John Muhato

50 m rifle, prone

• Dismus Onyiego
• Simon Ekeno

Trap

• Michael Carr-Hartley
• Brian Carr-Hartley

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

• Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Kenya at the Summer Olympics by year
• 1972 in Kenyan sport

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