Kenya at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Kenya at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
Kenya at the; 2014 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	KEN
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Kenya
in Glasgow, Scotland
Flag bearer	Mercy Obiero
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 10 Silver 10 Bronze 5 Total 25
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	; ; ; ; ; ; 1962; ; ; ; ; ; 1986; ; ; ; ; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Kenya competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July – 3 August 2014.^[2]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Flomena Cheyech Daniel	Athletics	Women's marathon	July 27
Gold	Caleb Ndiku	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	July 27
Gold	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	July 29
Gold	Joyce Chepkirui	Athletics	Women's 10,000 metres	July 29
Gold	Purity Cherotich Kirui	Athletics	Women's 3000 metres steeplechase	July 30
Gold	Eunice Jepkoech Sum	Athletics	Women's 800 metres	August 1
Gold	Jonathan Ndiku	Athletics	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	August 1
Gold	James Kiplagat Magut	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	August 2
Gold	Julius Kiplagat Yego	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	August 2
Gold	Mercy Cherono	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres	August 2
Silver	Caroline Kilel	Athletics	Women's marathon	July 27
Silver	Stephen Kwelio Chemlany	Athletics	Men's marathon	July 27
Silver	Isiah Kiplangat Koech	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	July 27
Silver	Florence Kiplagat	Athletics	Women's 10,000 metres	July 29
Silver	Milcah Chemos Cheywa	Athletics	Women's 3000 metres steeplechase	July 30
Silver	David Rudisha	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	July 31
Silver	Josphat Kipkoech Bett	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	August 1
Silver	Jairus Birech	Athletics	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	August 1
Silver	Janet Kisa	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres	August 2
Silver	Ronald Kwemoi	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	August 2
Bronze	Emily Chebet	Athletics	Women's 10,000 metres	July 29
Bronze	Joan Kipkemoi	Athletics	Women's 3000 metres steeplechase	July 30
Bronze	Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi	Athletics	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	August 1
Bronze	Benson Gicharu Njangiru	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight	August 1
Bronze	Joyce Wambui Njuguna	Weightlifting	Women's +61 kg	August 2

Athletics[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	100 m	10.81	7	Did not advance
		10.85	7	Did not advance
		10.84	7	Did not advance
	100 m (T37)	13.39	5	N/A		Did not advance
	200 m	21.90	7	Did not advance
Carvin Nkanata	200 m	20.65	2 Q	20.65	3	Did not advance
	400 m	DQ
Boniface Mucheru		DNS
Mark Mutai		47.60	4	Did not advance
	800 m	1:50.88	3 Q	1:47.35	4 q	1:46.09	4
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich		1:48.70	2 Q	1:46.88	2 Q	1:47.34	9
David Rudisha		1:46.89	1 Q	1:46.61	1 Q	1:45.48
Ronald Kwemoi	1500 m	3:39.90	1 Q	N/A		3:39.53
James Kiplagat Magut		3:40.79	3 Q	N/A		3:39.31
Elijah Motonei Manangoi		3:41.63	6 q	N/A		3:45.47	12
	1500 m (T54)	3:42.53 PB	5 q	N/A		3:49.79	10
	1500 m (T54)	3:58.51 PB	7	N/A		Did not advance
Joseph Kiplimo Kitur	5000 m	N/A				13:17.49	4
Isiah Kiplangat Koech		N/A				13:14.06
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku		N/A				13:12.07
Josphat Bett Kipkoech	10,000 m	N/A				27:56.14
		N/A				27:59.91	5
Peter Kirui		N/A				27:58.24	4
Nicholas Bett	400 metres hurdles	51.21	5	N/A		Did not advance
Boniface Mucheru	400 metres hurdles	49.67	1 Q	N/A		49.99	6
Jairus Birech	3,000 metres steeplechase	N/A				8:12.68
Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi		N/A				8:19.73
Jonathan Ndiku		N/A				8:10.44
Carvin Nkanata	4 x 100 metres relay	40.32	4	N/A		Did not advance
Mark Muttai Boniface Mucheru	4 x 400 metres relay	Disqualified		N/A		Did not advance
Stephen Kwelio Chemlany	Marathon	N/A				2:11:58
John Eriku Kelai		N/A				2:12:41	5
		N/A				2:13:44	6

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
	Long jump	No Mark		Did not advance
	Long jump	7.61	12 q	7.45	11
	Triple jump	15.84	12 q	15.45	9
	Triple jump	No Mark		Did not advance
Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe	High jump	2.11	18	Did not advance
Alexander Kiprotich	Javelin throw	68.91 SB	17	Did not advance
Julius Yego	Javelin throw	82.83	2 Q	83.87

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	100 m	12.53	7	Did not advance
Milcent Ndoro	100 m	12.18 PB	7	Did not advance
	100 m (T12)	15.10	2	N/A		Did not advance
Maureen Jelagat Maiyo	400 m	53.21	3 Q	52.97	5	Did not advance
Jacinter Shikanda	400 m	54.81	6	Did not advance
Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	800 m	2.05.37	3 Q	02:04.60	7	Did not advance
		2.04.64	5	Did not advance
Eunice Jepkoech Sum		2.02.36	1 Q	02:01.38	1 Q	2:00.31
Selah Busienei	1500 metres	4:08.85 =PB	4 Q	N/A		4:17.88	12
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon		4:05.77	1 Q	N/A		4:08.94
Hellen Onsando Obiri		4:04.43 GR	1 Q	N/A		4:10.84	6
	1500 m (T54)	4:53.93 PB	7	N/A		Did not advance
		4:53.65 PB	6	N/A		Did not advance
		5:01.89 PB	7	N/A		Did not advance
Mercy Cherono	5000 metres	N/A				15:07.21
Janet Kisa		N/A				15:08.90
Margaret Muriuki		N/A				15:10.38 SB	4
Emily Chebet	10,000 metres	N/A				32:10.82 PB
Joyce Chepkirui		N/A				32:09.35 PB
Florence Kiplagat		N/A				32:09.48
	400 metres hurdles	59.29	7	N/A		Did not advance
Milcah Chemos Cheywa	3000 metres steeplechase	N/A				9:31.30 SB
Joan Kipkemoi		N/A				9:33.34
Purity Cherotich Kirui		N/A				9:30.96
Milicent Ndoro Koki Manunga	4 x 100 metres relay	46.00	5	N/A		Did not advance
Jacinter Shakanda Koki Manunga	4 x 400 metres relay	3:37.45	5	N/A		Did not advance
Flomena Cheyech Daniel	Marathon	N/A				2:26:45
Caroline Kilel		N/A				2:27:10
Philes Ongori		N/A				Did not finish

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gladys Musyoki	Long jump	6.04	20	Did not advance
	Hammer throw	47.70	17	Did not advance
	Hammer throw	58.82 PB	11 q	52.75	12

Badminton[]

Mixed team

Pool B

Team v t	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	GD	PW	PL	PD
India	3	3	0	30	0	+30	630	195	+435
Ghana	3	2	1	12	19	−7	457	586	−129
Uganda	3	1	2	11	21	−10	473	593	−120
Kenya	3	0	3	9	22	−13	414	600	−186

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Kenya
2

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
24 July

Uganda
3

		1	2	3
1	Lavina Sabastian Martins / Joseph Matheri Githitu / Margaret Nankabirwa	21 19	14 21	13 21
2	Edwin Ekiring	17 21	7 21
3	Mercy Mwethya Joseph Daisy Nakalyango	21 14	21 15
4	Patrick Kinyua Mbogo / Joseph Matheri Githitu Edwin Ekiring /	17 21	13 21
5	Mercy Mwethya Joseph / Lavina Sabastian Martins Daisy Nakalyango / Margaret Nankabirwa	21 19	21 17

Kenya
2

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
24 July

Ghana
3

		1	2
1	/ Lavina Sabastian Martins Daniel Sam /	17 21	15 21
2	Joseph Matheri Githitu Emmanuel Donkor	12 21	14 21
3	Mercy Mwethya Joseph	21 11	21 10
4	Patrick Kinyua Mbogo / Daniel Sam / Emmanuel Donkor	14 21	15 21
5	Mercy Mwethya Joseph / Lavina Sabastian Martins /	21 17	21 16

India
5

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
25 July

Kenya
0

		1	2
1	Srikanth Kidambi / Jwala Gutta Patrick Kinyua Mbogo / Mercy Mwethya Joseph	21 8	21 8
2	Parupalli Kashyap	21 7	21 8
3	P. C. Thulasi Lavina Sabastian Martins	21 4	21 2
4	R.M.V. Gurusaidutt / Pranaav Jerry Chopra Joseph Matheri Githitu / Patrick Kinyua Mbogo	21 5	21 6
5	P. V. Sindhu / Jwala Gutta Lavina Sabastian Martins / Mercy Mwethya Joseph	21 4	21 5

Cycling[]

Mountain biking[]

Event	Time	Rank
Men's cross-country	LAP	24
	LAP	32
	LAP	29
Women's cross-country	DNF
	DNF
	DNF

Road[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race	DNF
	Road race	DNF
	Road race	DNF
	Road race	DNF

Judo[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−66 kg	(BAR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
	−73 kg	(PNG) L 010-010	Did not advance
	−73 kg	Bye	(PNG) W 0023–0002	Bensted (AUS) L 0001–1000	Did not advance	(NIR) L 0002-1000	Did not advance	7
	−81 kg	Bye	Livesey (ENG) L 0002–1001	Did not advance
	−81 kg	Bye	(CYP) L 0000–1100	Did not advance
	−90 kg	Hall (ENG) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
	−100 kg	Burton (SCO) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−78 kg	N/A	(CMR) L 0001-1010	Did not advance	(SEY) L 000-100	Did not advance	7
Esther Ratugi	+78 kg	N/A	Widanalage (SRI) W 1011-0000	Adlington (SCO) L 0004-1002	Bye	R Kaur (IND) L 0003-0000	5

Rugby sevens[]

Kenya has qualified a rugby sevens team.

Team v t	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	106	0	106	9
Kenya	3	2	1	63	25	38	7
Cook Islands	3	1	2	33	88	-55	5
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	15	104	-89	3

	Qualified for medal competition
	Qualified for bowl competition

26 July 2014
11:16

Kenya	28–0	Cook Islands
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
19:52

Kenya	35–5	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

26 July 2014
22:10

South Africa	20–0	Kenya
	Report

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Shooting[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 metre air pistol	331	27	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m freestyle	26.08	52	Did not advance
Issa Mohamed		24.34	31	Did not advance
Tory Pragassa		25.10	39	Did not advance
Jason Dunford	100 m freestyle	50.60	11 Q	50.78	16	Did not advance
		55.41	43	Did not advance
Issa Mohamed		53.96	32	Did not advance
Hamdan Bayusuf	50 m backstroke	27.53	19	Did not advance
Hamdan Bayusuf	100 m backstroke	1:00.07	23	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:14.90	17	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	30.08	21	Did not advance
Tory Pragassa	50 m breaststroke	30.73	26	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.09	23	Did not advance
Tory Pragassa	100 m breaststroke	1:09.26	26	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.15	16	N/A		Did not advance
Jason Dunford	50 m butterfly	23.76	5 Q	24.03	9	Did not advance
Issa Mohamed	50 m butterfly	26.00	26	Did not advance
Jason Dunford	100 m butterfly	53.27	5 Q	52.94	7 Q	52.71	7
Issa Mohamed	100 m butterfly	58.05	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sylvia Brunlehner	50 m freestyle	26.86	18	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle	29.25	=48	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:02.90	34	Did not advance
Sylvia Brunlehner		58.78	22	Did not advance
		1:04.89	38	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle S8	2:17.11	6 Q	N/A		2:04.03	6
	50 m backstroke	32.41	23	Did not advance
		32.86	27	Did not advance
Talisa Lanoe		31.92	19	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:08.63	22	Did not advance
		1:11.08	24	Did not advance
Talisa Lanoe		1:07.18	=16^[a]	Did not advance
Talisa Lanoe	200 m backstroke	2:26.12	13	N/A		Did not advance
Rebecca Kamau	50 m breaststroke	33.83	19	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	36.81	32	Did not advance
Rebecca Kamau	100 m breaststroke	1:14.92	23	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:23.64	37	Did not advance
Sylvia Brunlehner	50 m butterfly	28.79	24	Did not advance
		31.84	43	Did not advance
		31.31	40	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:12.81	30	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:10.21	28	Did not advance
Rebecca Kamau	200 m individual medley	2:26.66	20	N/A		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:38.18	24	N/A		Did not advance

^a Talisa Lanoe finished in equal 16th position in the heats alongside Northern Ireland's Danielle Hill. A swim-off was held between the two competitors which Hill won and was awarded with the 16th and last qualification place in to the semifinal.

Triathlon[]

Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)
Men's	22:36	Lapped
Men's	Did not finish
Women's	27:37	Lapped
Women's	Did not finish

Weightlifting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Webstar Lukose	77 kg	110	132	242	21
Stephen Opondo	85 kg	106	147	253	17
James Adede	105 kg	115	145	260	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Mercy Obiero	69 kg	80	107	187	8

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
	Men's 72 kg	175.6	5
	Men's 72 kg	130.5	12
	Women's 61 kg	Did not start
Joyce Wambui Njuguna	Women's +61 kg	68.6

Wrestling[]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−61 kg	N/A	(CMR) L 2-14	Did not advance
	−65 kg	N/A	(RSA) 0-10	Did not advance
	−86 kg	N/A	Bye	Dick (NGR) L 0-10	Did not advance	N/A	(RSA) L 0-10	5
	−125 kg	N/A	Bye	Jarvis (CAN) L 1-11	Did not advance	N/A	Xxx (ENG) L 1-12	5

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−63 kg	Bye	(ENG) L 0-10	Did not advance
	−69 kg	N/A	(RSA) L 0-4	Did not advance

References[]

^ Butler, Nick; Osborne, Paul (23 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park". Insidethegames. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
^ "The Commonwealth Games Associations". glasgow2014.com/. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

[flag-1] Butler, Nick; Osborne, Paul (23 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park". Insidethegames. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

[2] "The Commonwealth Games Associations". glasgow2014.com/. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

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v t Associations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu