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)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

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
Stephen Wafula Barasa	100 m	10.81	7	did not advance
Tony Chirchir		10.85	7	did not advance
Walter Moenga		10.84	7	did not advance
Jonathan Kipchumba Sum	100 m (T37)	13.39	5	—		did not advance
Collins Omae Gichana	200 m	21.90	7	did not advance
Carvin Nkanata	200 m	20.65	2 Q	20.65	3	did not advance
Solomon Odongo Buoga	400 m	DQ
Boniface Mucheru		DNS
Mark Mutai		47.60	4	did not advance
Evans Kipkorir	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	—		3:39.53
James Kiplagat Magut		3:40.79	3 Q	—		3:39.31
Elijah Motonei Manangoi		3:41.63	6 q	—		3:45.47	12
Samuel Kuria Ngige	1500 m (T54)	3:42.53 PB	5 q	—		3:49.79	10
Henry Caleb Otieno Odiyo	1500 m (T54)	3:58.51 PB	7	—		did not advance
Joseph Kitur Kiplimo	5000 m	—				13:17.49	4
Isiah Kiplangat Koech		—				13:14.06
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku		—				13:12.07
Josphat Bett Kipkoech	10,000 m	—				27:56.14
Charles Cheruiyot		—				27:59.91	5
Peter Kirui		—				27:58.24	4
Nicholas Bett	400 metres hurdles	51.21	5	—		did not advance
Boniface Mucheru	400 metres hurdles	49.67	1 Q	—		49.99	6
Jairus Birech	3,000 metres steeplechase	—				8:12.68
Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi		—				8:19.73
Jonathan Ndiku		—				8:10.44
Walter Moenga Carvin Nkanata Tony Chirchir Collins Omae Gichana	4 x 100 metres relay	40.32	4	—		did not advance
Mark Muttai Solomon Odongo Buoga Nicholas Brett Boniface Mucheru	4 x 400 metres relay	Disqualified		—		did not advance
Stephen Kwelio Chemlany	Marathon	—				2:11:58
John Eriku Kelai		—				2:12:41	5
Eric Ndiema		—				2:13:44	6

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Elijah Kimitei	Long jump	No Mark		did not advance
Tera Kiplangat	Long jump	7.61	12 q	7.45	11
Elijah Kiplagat Kimitei	Triple jump	15.84	12 q	15.45	9
Isaac Yego	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
Sabina Mukoswa	100 m	12.53	7	did not advance
Milcent Ndoro	100 m	12.18 PB	7	did not advance
Nelly Nasimiyu Munialo	100 m (T12)	15.10	2	—		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
Agatha Kimaswai		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	—		4:17.88	12
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon		4:05.77	1 Q	—		4:08.94
Hellen Onsando Obiri		4:04.43 GR	1 Q	—		4:10.84	6
Rahel Akoth Alar	1500 m (T54)	4:53.93 PB	7	—		did not advance
Eunice Adhiambo Otieno		4:53.65 PB	6	—		did not advance
Caroline Wanjira		5:01.89 PB	7	—		did not advance
Mercy Cherono	5000 metres	—				15:07.21
Janet Kisa		—				15:08.90
Margaret Muriuki		—				15:10.38 SB	4
Emily Chebet	10,000 metres	—				32:10.82 PB
Joyce Chepkirui		—				32:09.35 PB
Florence Kiplagat		—				32:09.48
Florence Wasike	400 metres hurdles	59.29	7	—		did not advance
Milcah Chemos Cheywa	3000 metres steeplechase	—				9:31.30 SB
Joan Kipkemoi		—				9:33.34
Purity Cherotich Kirui		—				9:30.96
Milicent Ndoro Sabina Mukoswa Koki Manunga Maureen Thomas	4 x 100 metres relay	46.00	5	—		did not advance
Jacinter Shakanda Koki Manunga Florence Wasike Maureen Jelaghat Maiyo	4 x 400 metres relay	3:37.45	5	—		did not advance
Flomena Cheyech Daniel	Marathon	—				2:26:45
Caroline Kilel		—				2:27:10
Philes Ongori		—				did not finish

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

Badminton

Mixed team

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	30	0	+30	630	195	+435	3	Quarterfinals
2	Ghana	3	2	1	12	19	−7	457	586	−129	2
3	Uganda	3	1	2	11	21	−10	473	593	−120	1
4	Kenya	3	0	3	9	22	−13	414	600	−186	0

Source: glasgow2014.com

Kenya
2

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
24 July

Uganda
3

		1	2	3
1	Lavina Sabastian Martins / Joseph Matheri Githitu Wilson Tukire / Margaret Nankabirwa	21 19	14 21	13 21
2	Victor Odera Munga 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 / Wilson Tukire	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	Victor Odera Munga / Lavina Sabastian Martins Daniel Sam / Stella Amasah	17 21	15 21
2	Joseph Matheri Githitu Emmanuel Donkor	12 21	14 21
3	Mercy Mwethya Joseph Evelyn Botwe	21 11	21 10
4	Patrick Kinyua Mbogo / Victor Odera Munga Daniel Sam / Emmanuel Donkor	14 21	15 21
5	Mercy Mwethya Joseph / Lavina Sabastian Martins Stella Amasah / Evelyn Botwe	21 17	21 16

India
5

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
25 July

Kenya
0

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

Cycling

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Samson Gichuru	Men's cross-country	LAP	24
Benard Kabiro		LAP	32
Antony Muite		LAP	29
Joyce Nyaruri	Women's cross-country	DNF
Mary Mburu		DNF
Mary Muchina		DNF

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Time
Doreen Musoliza Lwimbuli	Road race	DNF
Joyce Nyaruri Matara	Road race	DNF
Jane Njeri Mwangi	Road race	DNF
Joyce Muthoni Mwangi	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
Anthony Njagi	−66 kg	Weithers (BAR) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Kinyanjui	−73 kg	Vui (PNG) L 010-010	did not advance
James Ganzo	−73 kg	Bye	Nelson (PNG) W 0023–0002	Bensted (AUS) L 0001–1000	Did not advance	Fleming (NIR) L 0002-1000	Did not advance	7
John Kirimi	−81 kg	Bye	Livesey (ENG) L 0002–1001	did not advance
Joshuah Omondi	−81 kg	Bye	Nicola (CYP) L 0000–1100	did not advance
Levy Sang	−90 kg	Hall (ENG) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Evans Kengara	−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
Alice Muragu	−78 kg	—	Mballa Atanga (CMR) L 0001-1010	Did not advance	Rose (SEY) L 000-100	Did not advance	7
Esther Ratugi	+78 kg	—	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 e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
South Africa	3	3	0	106	0	+106	9	Medal competition
Kenya	3	2	1	63	25	+38	7	Medal competition
Cook Islands	3	1	2	33	88	−55	5	Bowl competition
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	15	104	−89	3	Bowl competition

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Linet Awuor Owiti	10 metre air pistol	331	27	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steven Maina	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
Steven Maina		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
Steven Maina	200 m backstroke	2:14.90	17	—		did not advance
Micah Fernandes	50 m breaststroke	30.08	21	did not advance
Tory Pragassa	50 m breaststroke	30.73	26	did not advance
Micah Fernandes	100 m breaststroke	1:07.09	23	did not advance
Tory Pragassa	100 m breaststroke	1:09.26	26	did not advance
Micah Fernandes	200 m breaststroke	2:24.15	16	—		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
Anita Field	50 m freestyle	29.25	=48	did not advance
Danielle Awori	100 m freestyle	1:02.90	34	did not advance
Sylvia Brunlehner		58.78	22	did not advance
Ger Ogot		1:04.89	38	did not advance
Ann Wacuka	100 metre freestyle S8	2:17.11	6 Q	—		2:04.03	6
Danielle Awori	50 m backstroke	32.41	23	did not advance
Anita Field		32.86	27	did not advance
Talisa Lanoe		31.92	19	did not advance
Danielle Awori	100 m backstroke	1:08.63	22	did not advance
Anita Field		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	—		did not advance
Rebecca Kamau	50 m breaststroke	33.83	19	did not advance
Martha Opiyo	50 m breaststroke	36.81	32	did not advance
Rebecca Kamau	100 m breaststroke	1:14.92	23	did not advance
Martha Opiyo	100 m breaststroke	1:23.64	37	did not advance
Sylvia Brunlehner	50 m butterfly	28.79	24	did not advance
Anita Field		31.84	43	did not advance
Ger Ogot		31.31	40	did not advance
Ger Ogot	100 m butterfly	1:12.81	30	did not advance
Martha Opiyo	100 m butterfly	1:10.21	28	did not advance
Rebecca Kamau	200 m individual medley	2:26.66	20	—		did not advance
Martha Opiyo	200 m individual medley	2:38.18	24	—		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

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)
Swaleh Balala	Men's	22:36	Lapped
Vincent Onyango	Men's	did not finish
Jessie de Boer	Women's	27:37	Lapped
Hanifa Said	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
Samson Okutto	Men's 72 kg	175.6	5
Gabriel Magu Wanjinku	Men's 72 kg	130.5	12
Flomena Jepkoech	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
John Kariuki	−61 kg	—	Essindi Sengui (CMR) L 2-14	did not advance
Jacone Munene	−65 kg	—	van Rensburg (RSA) 0-10	did not advance
Peter Omenda	−86 kg	—	Bye	Dick (NGR) L 0-10	Did not advance	—	Hietbrink (RSA) L 0-10	5
Hollis Mkanga	−125 kg	—	Bye	Jarvis (CAN) L 1-11	Did not advance	—	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
Leah Ndungu	−63 kg	Bye	Spiteri (ENG) L 0-10	did not advance
Emily Mbogo	−69 kg	—	Molongwana (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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