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:
“While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“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)