Kenya at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Athletics

400 metres, Men Kibet Boit 6 h3 r2/4
Bartonjo Rotich 4 h2 r1/4
Kamau Wanyoke 4 h6 r1/4
800 metres, Men Kiptalam Keter 7 h3 r1/3
5,000 metres, Men Nyandika Maiyoro 7
Arere Anentia 6 h1 r1/2
10,000 metres, Men Arere Anentia DNS
Kanuti Sum DNS
Marathon, Men Kanuti Sum 31
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men Kenya 4 h3 r1/2
Kamau Wanyoke • Kiptalam Keter • Kibet Boit • Bartonjo Rotich • Nyandika Maiyoro (DNS)
High Jump, Men Joseph Leresae 18

Hockey

Hockey, Men Kenya 10
Alu Mendonca • Anthony Vaz • Balbir Singh Sidhu • Gursaran Singh Sehmi • Dudley Coulson • Hardev Singh Kular • Michael Pereira • Reynold D'Souza • Roland Frank • Peter Dalgado • Surjeet Singh Deol • Tejinder Singh Rao • Tejparkash Singh Brar • Bill Plenderleith • Joginder Singh Dhillon (DNS) • Avtar Singh Deol (DNS)

Shooting

Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, Men Roy Congreve 39
Charles Trotter 42
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, Men Roy Congreve 40
Charles Trotter 41

Swimming

100 metres Freestyle, Women Margaret Northrop 34
400 metres Freestyle, Women Margaret Northrop DNS