Kenya competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan for the first time as an independent country. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 21 events in 5 sports. Wilson Kiprugut won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medalists

Athletics

Boxing

Hockey

  • Kenya national field hockey team finished 6th

Sailing

  • Peter Cooke Rank 24

Shooting

Four shooters represented Kenya in 1964.

25 m pistol
  • Leonard Bull
  • Alan Handford-Rice
50 m pistol
  • Michael Horner
50 m rifle, prone
  • Nigel Vernon-Roberts

References

External links

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database



1964 Olympics

Majesty in Tokyo The 1964 Olympics LIFE

Celebrating the legacy of the Tokyo 1964 Olympics

Kenya at the Olympics 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1988

1964 Summer Olympics Venues, Tokyo. Old TokyoOld Tokyo