Kenya at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Kenya participated in the Olympic Summer Games 1956 in Melbourne, Australia part of a delegation of 25 athletes (24 men and one woman ) to ten competitions in four sports. There were no medals to be won. The youngest athlete was the Athlete Bartonjo Rotich (18 years and 188 days), the oldest athlete was the marksman Roy Congreve (43 years and 234 days). It was the first participation of the country in the Olympic Summer Games.

Participants by sport

Hockey

Gentlemen

  • Results Main round: Group B, two points, 2:4 gates, rank three, not qualified for the finals 0:2 defeat against Australia 1:1 draw with Great Britain Goals: Bill Plenderleith 1:1 draw against Federation of Malaya Goals: Bill Plenderleith Games for places nine to twelve: four points, 14:3 gates, rank two 3-0 win against the United States of America 9-0 victory against Afghanistan 2:3 defeat against Federation of Malaya tenth
  • Squad Dudley Coulson Reynold D' Souza Rosario Dalgado Roland Frank Aloysius Mendonca Michael Pereira Bill Plenderleith Tejparkash Singh Brar Surjeet Singh Deol Hardev Singh Kular Tajinder Singh Rao Gursaran Singh Sehmi Balbir Singh Sidhu Anthony Vaz

Athletics

Gentlemen 4 x 400 meters relay

  • Results Round one: excreted in running three ( fourth place ), 3:17,6 minutes ( handgestoppt ), 3:17,68 minutes (stopped automatically )
  • Squadron Kibet Boit Kiptalam Keter Bartonjo Rotich Kamau Wanyoke

Singles

  • Arere Anentia 5,000 meter run
  • Kibet Boit 400 Meter Dash
  • Arap Sum Kanuti marathon
  • Kiptalam Keter 800 Meter Dash
  • Joseph Leresae high Jump
  • Nyandika Maiyoro 5,000 meter run
  • Bartonjo Rotich 400 Meter Dash
  • Kamau Wanyoke 400 Meter Dash

Gentlemen

  • Roy Congreve Small Bore Three Positions
  • Small caliber lying
  • Charles Trotter Small Bore Three Positions
  • Small caliber lying

Swimming

Ladies

  • Margaret Northrop 100 meter freestyle
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