Benjamin Kogo
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
| Silver medal – second place | 1968 Mexico City | 3000 m steeplechase |
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Benjamin Kogo (30 November 1944 – 20 January 2022) was a Kenyan athlete who specialised in 3000 metre steeplechase running.
Kogo was born on 30 November 1944.[1] He was from Arwos, Nandi County, Kenya.
He became the first Kenyan to run steeplechase event in Olympics,[2] was a silver medalist from 1968 Summer Olympics, in an event won by his compatriot Amos Biwott. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he failed to make the final at steeplechase. He won gold at the first All-Africa Games held in 1965 in Brazzaville. Kogo was also bronze medalist from the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Kogo died on 20 January 2022, at the age of 77. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer one year prior.[3]
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- 1944 births
- 2022 deaths
- Kenyan men steeplechase runners
- Kenyan men middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya
- Athletes from Nandi County
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Kenya
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- African Games gold medalists for Kenya
- African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games athletes for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1965 All-Africa Games
- Medalists at the 1965 All-Africa Games
- Deaths from prostate cancer
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Kenyan sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
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