List of Medalists

 

The table below indicates the number and type of medals that the Kenya boxing team has won at each Olympics. The rightmost column indicates the total number of fights won by the Kenyan team at each Olympics

 

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals Total Wins
1964 0 0 0 0 3
1968 0 0 1 1 6
1972 0 1 1 2 12
1984 0 0 1 1 9
1988 1 0 2 3 16
1992 0 0 0 1 1
1996 0 0 0 0 0
2000 0 0 0 0 1
2004 0 0 0 0 0
2008 0 0 0 0 0
2012 0 0 0 0 0
2016 0 0 0 0 2
2020 0 0 0 0 0

 

Kenya boycotted the Olympics in 1976 and 1980. In 1976 Kenya joined other African nations who boycotted the Olympics to protest New Zealand's sporting links with apartheid South Africa. In 1980, Kenya acquiesced to pressure from the United States and boycotted the Olympics to protest the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR

 

 

List of Kenyan Olympic Boxing Medalists

 

1968 : Philip Waruinge (bronze)

1972: Philip Waruinge (silver) Dick Tiger Murunga (bronze), Samuel Mbugua (bronze)

1984: Ibrahim Bilali (bronze)

1988: Robert Wangila (gold), Christopher Sande (bronze)

 

 

 

 

Graph of Kenya's performance at the Olympic Games