Kenya has attended thirteen Commonwealth Games, beginning in 1954 and missing only the 1986 Games. Kenya has won 162 Commonwealth medals, mostly in athletics and boxing, with twenty-two coming from a single event, the 3000 metre steeplechase, an event in which no athlete but a Kenyan has won a medal since 1994.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 Vancouver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 Cardiff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1962 Perth | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1966 Kingston | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1970 Edinburgh | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 1974 Christchurch | 7 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 1978 Edmonton | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 1982 Brisbane | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 1986 Edinburgh | did not attend | |||
| 1990 Auckland | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 1994 Victoria | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 2002 Manchester | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 2006 Melbourne | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| Total | 59 | 47 | 56 | 162 |
Famous quotes containing the words commonwealth and/or games:
“The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“As long as lightly all their livelong sessions,
Like a yardful of schoolboys out at recess
Before their plays and games were organized,
They yelling mix tag, hide-and-seek, hopscotch,
And leapfrog in each other’s way all’s well.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)