Kenya competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. After a twelve-year absence, the nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1976 and 1980 Games.
Medalists
Athletics
Men's 400 metres
David Kitur
Heat — 46.25
Quarterfinals — 45.78
Semifinals — 45.62 (→ did not advance)
John Anzrah
Heat — 46.12
Quarterfinals — 45.67 (→ did not advance)
James Atuti
Heat — 47.04 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
Paul Kipkoech
Heat — 13:51.54
Semifinals — 13:29.08
Final — 13:14.40 (→ 5th place)
Charles Cheruiyot
Heat — 13:45.99
Heat — 13:28.56
Final — 13:18.41 (→ 6th place)
Wilson Waigwa
Heat — 13:48.84
Semifinals — 13:38.59
Final — 13:27.34 (→ 10th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
Michael Musyoki
Qualifying Heat — 28:24.24
Final — 28:06.46 (→ Bronze Medal)
Joseph Nzau
Qualifying Heat — 28:28.71
Final — 28:32.57 (→ 14th place)
Sostenes Bitok
Qualifying Heat — 28:12.17
Final — 28:09.01 (→ 6th place)
Men's Marathon
Joseph Nzau
Final — 2:11:28 (→ 7th place)
Joseph Otieno
Final — 2:24:13 (→ 49th place)
Kimurgor Ngeny
Final — 2:37:19 (→ 68th place)
Men's Long Jump
Moses Kiyai
Qualification — 7.51m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Paul Emordi
Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 20 km Walk
Pius Munyasia
Final — 1:34:53 (→ 32nd place)
Women's 1,500 metres
Justina Chepchirchir
Heat — 4:21.97 (→ did not advance)
Women's 3,000 metres
Hellen Kimaiyo
Heat — 8.57.21 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Mary Wagaki
Final — 2:52:00 (→ 43rd place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Daniel Mwangi First Round – Defeated Sanpol Sang-Ano (THA), RSC-3 Second Round – Lost to Carlos Motta (GUA), 4:1
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Sammy Mwangi First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Robert Shannon (USA), 5-0
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Augustus Oga First Round – Lost to Pedro van Raamsdonk (HOL), 1:4
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) James Omondi First Round – Lost to Angelo Musone (ITA), 0:5
Field hockey
Men
Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Great Britain (1-2) Lost to Pakistan (0-3) Defeated Canada (3-2) Lost to New Zealand (1-4) Lost to Netherlands (0-3) Classification Matches 9th/12th place: Defeated United States (0-0) after penalty strokes (6-5) 9th/10th place: Defeated Canada (1-0) after extra time → 9th place Team Roster Emmanual Oduol Julius Akumu Lucas Alubaha Michael Omondi Parminder Saini Manjeet Panesar Jitender Panesar Peter Akatsa Harvinder Kular Chris Otambo Brajinder Daved Raphael Fernandes (hockey player) Sunil Chhabra Sarabjit Sehmi Eric Otieno Julius Mutinda