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Kenya at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Kenya at the; 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Tokyo
Competitors	37 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Kip Keino
Medals; Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[2] Wilson Kiprugut won the nation's first ever Olympic medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Wilson Kiprugut	Athletics	Men's 800m	16 October

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

50 m pistol

Michael Horner

50 m rifle, prone

Nigel Vernon-Roberts

References

^ "Kip Keino". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Kenya at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

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[1] "Kip Keino". olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[SportsRef-2] "Kenya at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

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Kenya at the 1964 Summer Olympics