Gold

• Paul Ereng
  Paul Ereng
  Paul Ereng is a former Kenyan athlete, and the surprise winner of the 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Born in Kitale, Trans-Nzoia, Kenya, Paul Ereng attended Starehe Boys Centre and School in Nairobi, Kenya. He was a promising 400 m runner until the end of 1987...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's 800 metres

• Peter Rono
  Peter Rono
  Peter Kipchumba Rono is a former Kenyan athlete, who won the 1,500 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's 1500 metres

• John Ngugi
  John Ngugi
  John Ngugi Kamau , is a former Kenyan athlete, often called one of the greatest cross country runners of all time and winner of the 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's 5000 metres

• Julius Kariuki
  Julius Kariuki
  Julius Kariuki was the winner of the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Born in Nyahururu, Kenya, Kariuki's athletic career started slowly...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

• Robert Wangila
  Robert Wangila
  Robert Napunyi Wangila was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games...
  
   — Boxing
  Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 441 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries...
  
  , Men's Welterweight

Silver

• Douglas Wakiihuri
  Douglas Wakiihuri
  Douglas Wakiihuri is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. No other male Kenyan runner had ever won the marathon at World Championships or Olympic Games until 2007, when Luke Kibet became a world champion...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's marathon

• Peter Koech
  Peter Koech
  Peter Koech is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won a silver medal in the 3,000 meters steeplechase event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He held the world record in this event for over three years, running 8:05.35 in 1989...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

Bronze

• Kipkemboi Kimeli
  Kipkemboi Kimeli
  Kipkemboi Kimeli was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics....
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's 10000 metres

• Chris Sande
  Chris Sande
  Christopher Joseph Sande is a boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
   — Boxing
  Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 441 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries...
  
  , Men's Middleweight

Athletics

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

• John Ngugi
  John Ngugi
  John Ngugi Kamau , is a former Kenyan athlete, often called one of the greatest cross country runners of all time and winner of the 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
  
  

1. First Round — 13:47.93
2. Semi Final — 13:24.43
3. Final — 13:11.70 (→ Gold Medal)

• Yobes Ondieki
  Yobes Ondieki
  Yobes Ondieki is a former Kenyan 5000 m runner, who won the World Championships' gold medal in Tokyo 1991. In the same year he set a temporary Kenyan 5000 m record of 13:01.82 in Zurich...
  
  

1. First Round — 13:58.24
2. Semi Final — 13:22.85
3. Final — 13:52.01 (→ 12th place)

• Charles Cheruiyot
  Charles Cheruiyot
  Charles Cheruiyot Keter is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Belgut Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.-References:...
  
  

1. First Round — 13:43.11
2. Semi Final — 13:38.44 (→ did not advance)

• Kipkemboi Kimeli
  Kipkemboi Kimeli
  Kipkemboi Kimeli was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics....
  
  

1. First Round — 28:00.39
2. Final — 27:25.16 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Moses Tanui
  Moses Tanui
  Moses Tanui is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who won the gold medal over 10000 m at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo....
  
  

1. First Round — 28:20.98
2. Final — 27:47.23 (→ 8th place)

• Boniface Merande
  Boniface Merande
  Boniface Merande is a retired Kenyan long-distance runner, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he finished in 14th position in the 1992 Olympic Marathon....
  
  

1. First Round — 28:21.84
2. Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

• Elkana Nyang'au, Kennedy Ondiek
  Kennedy Ondiek
  Kennedy Ondiek was a Kenyan runner, who specialised in sprinting. He competed at the Olympics and World Championships....
  
  , Simeon Kipkemboi
  Simeon Kipkemboi
  Simeon Kipkemboi is a former sprinter from Kenya, who represented his native East African country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1992...
  
  , and Peter Wekesa

1. Heat — 40.30
2. Semi Final — 39.47 (→ did not advance)

• Tito Sawe, Lucas Sang
  Lucas Sang
  Lucas Sang was a Kenyan athlete who participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul. He was a member of the Kenyan 4 x 400 metre relay team, reaching the final and finishing eighth...
  
  , Paul Ereng
  Paul Ereng
  Paul Ereng is a former Kenyan athlete, and the surprise winner of the 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Born in Kitale, Trans-Nzoia, Kenya, Paul Ereng attended Starehe Boys Centre and School in Nairobi, Kenya. He was a promising 400 m runner until the end of 1987...
  
  , and Simeon Kipkemboi
  Simeon Kipkemboi
  Simeon Kipkemboi is a former sprinter from Kenya, who represented his native East African country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1992...
  
  

1. Heat — 3:05.21
2. Semi Final — 3:03.24
3. Final — 3:04.69 (→ 8th place)

• Douglas Wakiihuri
  Douglas Wakiihuri
  Douglas Wakiihuri is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. No other male Kenyan runner had ever won the marathon at World Championships or Olympic Games until 2007, when Luke Kibet became a world champion...
  
  
• Final — 2"10:47 (→ Silver Medal)

• Julius Kariuki
  Julius Kariuki
  Julius Kariuki was the winner of the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Born in Nyahururu, Kenya, Kariuki's athletic career started slowly...
  
  

1. Heat — 8:33.42
2. Semi Final — 8:18.53
3. Final — 8:05.51 (→ Gold Medal)

• Peter Koech
  Peter Koech
  Peter Koech is a former long-distance runner from Kenya who won a silver medal in the 3,000 meters steeplechase event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He held the world record in this event for over three years, running 8:05.35 in 1989...
  
  

1. Heat — 8:31.66
2. Semi Final — 8:15.68
3. Final — 8:06.79 (→ Silver Medal)

• Patrick Sang
  Patrick Sang
  Patrick Sang is a retired Kenyan runner.Sang won three silver medals in major 3,000 m steeplechase competitions:*1991 World Championships in Athletics*1992 Summer Olympics...
  
  

1. Heat — 8:36.11
2. Semi Final — 8:16.70
3. Final — 8:15.22 (→ 7th place)

• William Sawe
• Final — 4'25:24 (→ 35th place)

• Joyce Odhiambo

• Joyce Odhiambo

• Susan Sirma
  Susan Sirma
  Susan Sirma is a retired Kenyan middle distance runner best known for winning a bronze medal over 3000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, becoming the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at World Championship or Olympic level.Sirma also won two gold medals over this...
  
  

• Susan Sirma
  Susan Sirma
  Susan Sirma is a retired Kenyan middle distance runner best known for winning a bronze medal over 3000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, becoming the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at World Championship or Olympic level.Sirma also won two gold medals over this...
  
  

• Pascaline Wangui
  Pascaline Wangui
  Pascaline Wangui is a retired female long-distance runner from Kenya, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics in the women's marathon. She set her personal best in the classic distance on January 20, 1991, finishing fourth in the Houston...
  
  
• Final — 2"47.42 (→ 49th place)

• Rose Tata-Muya
  Rose Tata-Muya
  Rose Tata-Muya is a retired runner from Kenya who specialised mainly in 400m hurdles. She won medals at continental level and competed at the Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.- Career :...
  
  

Boxing

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 441 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries...

• Maurice Maina
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Haddad (Syria), 4:1
• Third Round — Lost to Chatchai Sasakul
  Chatchai Sasakul
  Chatchai Sasakul is a former boxing champion in the flyweight division. Aside of being a professional boxer, Sasakul is also a practitioner in snooker.- Amateur career :Sasakul was an amateur boxing star in Thailand...
  
   (Thailand), 0:5

• Anthony Ikegu
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Philippe Desavoye (France), RSC

• Steve Mwema
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Rambahadur Giri (Nepal), RSC
• Third Round — Defeated Alberto Machaze (Mozambiue), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Kennedy McKinney
  Kennedy McKinney
  Kennedy McKinney is a former professional boxer, who won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics...
  
   (USA), 0:5

• John Wanjau
• First Round — Defeated Laszlo Szöke
  László Szoke
  László Szőke is a former Hungarian football player.Szőke was born in Budapest. In 1949 he moved to Italy under contract to Fanfulla before becoming a well-known name in Italian football by being transferred to first division Udinese who went on to place themselves in second position, behind the...
  
   (Hungary) on points
• Second Round — Lost to Regilio Tuur
  Regilio Tuur
  Regilio Benito Tuur is a former boxer from The Netherlands, who made his fame by knocking out reigning world champion Kelcie Banks in the first round at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-Amateur career:...
  
   (Netherlands) on points

• Patrick Waweru
• First Round — Lost to Andreas Zülow
  Andreas Zülow
  Andreas Zülow was a boxer from East Germany who won a Lightweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games...
  
   (East Germany), 0:5

• David Kamau
  David Kamau
  David Nganga Kamau is a Kenyan professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and has only had four losses.-WBC Light Welterweight Championship:...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Abidnasir Shahab (Jordan), RSC
• Second Round — Defeated Martin Ndongo-Ebanga (Cameroon), 5:0
• Third Round — Lost to Sodnom Altansukh (Mongolia), 0:5

• Robert Wangila
  Robert Wangila
  Robert Napunyi Wangila was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games...
  
   → Gold Medal
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Đorđe Petronijević (Yugoslavia), RSC-2
• Third Round — Defeated Khaidan Gantulga (Mongolia), AB-2
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Khristo Furnigov (Bulgaria), 5:0
• Semifinals — Defeated Jan Dydak
  Jan Dydak
  Jan Dydak is a former Polish amateur boxer, who won the Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye*Defeated José García 4-1...
  
   (Poland), walk-over
• Final — Defeated Laurent Boudouani
  Laurent Boudouani
  Laurent Boudouani is retired professional boxer. He is a former WBA world light middleweight champion and a welterweight silver medal winner at the 1988 Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye...
  
   (France), KO-2

• Mohamad Orungi
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Apolinario Silveira (Angola), RSC-2

• Chris Sande
  Chris Sande
  Christopher Joseph Sande is a boxer from Kenya, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
  
   → Bronze Medal
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Juan Montiel
  Juan Montiel
  Juan Carlos Montiel is a retired male boxer from Uruguay. He competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games during his career as an amateur. Nicknamed "Tito" he made his professional debut on October 15,...
  
   (Uruguay), KO-3
• Third Round — Defeated Paul Kamela (Cameroon), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Francis Wanyama (Uganda), 5:0
• Semifinals — Lost to Henry Maske
  Henry Maske
  Henry Maske is a German boxer, one of Germany's most popular sports figures.-Amateur career:Maske was an Olympic Gold Medalist 1988 in Seoul for East Germany...
  
   (East Germany), 0:5

• Joseph Akhasamba
  Joseph Akhasamba
  Joseph Akhasamba is a retired boxer from Kenya, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won the gold medal in the men's light heavyweight division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Jeffrey Nedd (Aruba), RSC-2
• Second Round — Defeated Sione Vaveni Talia'uli
  Sione Vaveni Talia'uli
  Sione Vaveni Talia'uli is a Tongan boxer. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Talia'uli is a Latter-day Saint.-Sources:*2009 Deseret News Church Almanac p. 327....
  
   (Tonga), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Damir Škaro
  Damir Škaro
  Damir Škaro is a former Croatian amateur boxer who won the Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul with Yugoslavia, as well as a Croatian politician....
  
   (Yugoslavia), 0:5

• Harold Obunga
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Tualau Fale (Tonga), RSC-1
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Andrzej Golota
  Andrzej Golota
  Andrew Golota is a Polish boxer. Nicknamed "Foul Pole," he won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and is a four-time world heavyweight title challenger.-Amateur career:...
  
   (Poland), 0:5

• Chris Odera
  Chris Odera
  Crispine Odera is a retired boxer from Kenya, who is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's super heavyweight division at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi, Kenya...
  
  
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Lennox Lewis
  Lennox Lewis
  Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship...
  
   (Canada), referee stopped contest

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Kenya — Australia 1-7
• Kenya — Pakistan 0-8
• Kenya — Spain 2-4
• Kenya — Netherlands 1-2
• Kenya — Argentina 1-5
• Classification Matches
• 9th-12th place: Kenya — South Korea 2-5
• 11th-12th place: Kenya — Canada 1-3 (→ 12th place)
• Team Roster
• ( 1.) Paul Sewe Omany
• ( 2.) Parminder Saini
• ( 3.) Roy Odhier
• ( 4.) Charles Oguk
• ( 5.) John Eliud Okoth
• ( 6.) Michael Omondi
  Michael Omondi
  Michael Omondi Jakoyo was a field hockey midfielder and Olympic competitor from Kenya.He died in Nairobi.-Hockey career:He played High School hockey for Kisumu Boys' School...
  
  
• ( 7.) Sam Ngoyo
• ( 8.) Peter Akatsa
• ( 9.) Sanjiwan Goyal
• (10.) Christopher Otambo
• (11.) Lucas Alubaha
• (12.) Victor Owino
• (13.) Samson Oriso
• (14.) Inderjit Matharu
• (15.) Samson Muange
• (16.) Julius Mutua
• Head Coach: Gursharam Singh Lall