Kenya at the Paralympics

Kenya made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics. It was absent in 1976, but returned to the 1980 Summer Games and has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. It has never competed at the Winter Paralympics.

Kenya at the Paralympics
IPC code	KEN
NPC	Kenya National Paralympic Committee
Medals	Gold 19 Silver 17 Bronze 14 Total 50
Summer appearances
1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Kenyans have won a total of thirty-six Paralympic medals: fourteen gold, thirteen silver and nine bronze. All but one of these medals have been in track and field. This puts Kenya in 49th place on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1972 Heidelberg	1	0	0	1
1980 Arnhem	1	2	0	3
1984 Stoke Mandeville	1	1	1	3
1988 Seoul	0	4	1	5
1992 Barcelona	1	0	1	2
1996 Atlanta	1	1	0	2
2000 Sydney	1	1	2	4
2004 Athens	3	1	3	7
2008 Beijing	5	3	1	9
2012 London	2	2	2	6
2016 Rio de Janeiro	3	1	2	6
2020 Tokyo	0	0	1	1
2024 Paris	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 entries)	19	17	14	50

Medals by Summer Sport

Source:^[1]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	18	15	13	46
Swimming	1	0	0	1
Lawn Bowls	0	1	0	1
Total	19	16	13	48

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	John Britton	1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Men's 25m freestyle 2
Gold	Lucy Wanjiru	1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 3
Silver	Japheth Musyoki	1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Men's discus throw 3
Silver	Japheth Musyoki	1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Men's shot put 3
Gold	Japheth Musyoki	/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York	Athletics	Men's shot put 3
Silver	Japheth Musyoki	/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York	Athletics	Men's discus throw 3
Bronze	Lucy Wanjiru	/ 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 3
Silver	Samson Mosoti	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 5
Silver	Grace Muteti	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 2
Silver	Lucy Wanjiru Njorogg	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 3
Silver	Patricia Kihungi	1988 Seoul	Lawn bowls	Women's singles 2-6
Bronze	Lucy Wanjiru Njorogg	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Women's shot put 3
Gold	Mary Nakhumicha	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's javelin throw THW7
Bronze	Rose Atieno Olang	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Women's javelin throw THW7
Gold	Christopher Moori	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F41
Silver	Mary Nakhumicha	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F55-57
Gold	Henry Wanyoike	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11
Silver	Mary Nakhumicha	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F58
Bronze	Evelyne Khatsembula	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 100m T37
Bronze	Mary Nakhumicha	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's shot put F57
Gold	Henry Wanyoike	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11
Gold	Joseph Ngorialuk	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 5000m T13
Gold	Henry Wanyoike	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 10000m T11
Silver	Julia Longorkaye	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's 1500m T12
Bronze	Emanuel Asinikal	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 1500m T13
Bronze	Frangs Karanja	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11
Bronze	Emanuel Asinikal	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's 5000m T12
Gold	Henry Kiprono Kirwa	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 1500m T13
Gold	Abraham Tarbei	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 1500m T46
Gold	Henry Kirwa	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 5000m T13
Gold	Abraham Tarbei	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 5000m T46
Gold	Henry Kirwa	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 10000m T12
Silver	Samwel Kimani	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 1500m T11
Silver	Francis Thuo Karanja	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11
Silver	Mary Nakhumicha	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F57-58
Bronze	Henry Wanyoike	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11
Gold	Samwel Kimani	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 1500m T11
Gold	Abraham Tarbei	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 1500m T46
Silver	David Korir	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 800m T13
Silver	David Korir	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 1500m T13
Bronze	Abraham Tarbei	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 800m T46
Bronze	Henry Kirwa	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 5000m T12
Gold	Samwel Kimani	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 1500m T11
Gold	Samwel Kimani	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11
Gold	Henry Kirwa	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 5000m T13
Silver	Nancy Koech	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 1500m T11
Bronze	Henry Kirwa	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 1500m T13
Bronze	Wilson Bii	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 5000m T11

See also

• Kenya at the Olympics