Kenya's 12 medals at Glasgow 2026, led by a steeplechase sweep

Kenya won 12 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow: three gold, four silver and five bronze, finishing 13th in the medal table. The Games ran from 23 July to 2 August, and Kenya sent 98 athletes across eight sports.

Almost all of the medals came on the track, where Kenya's distance runners did what they do best.

A steeplechase sweep

The highlight came in the men's 3,000m steeplechase on 27 July, when Kenya took all three medals: Edmund Serem won gold, Simon Koech silver and Leonard Bett bronze.

Two days later Faith Cherotich won the women's steeplechase in 9:01.76, a Games record. And on 1 August Mathew Kipsang won the men's 5,000m, Kenya's third gold.

All of Kenya's medals

• Gold: Edmund Serem (men's 3,000m steeplechase), Faith Cherotich (women's 3,000m steeplechase), Mathew Kipsang (men's 5,000m)
• Silver: Simon Koech (men's 3,000m steeplechase), Diana Wanza (women's 10,000m), Lilian Odira (women's 800m), Stephen Kihu (men's 10,000m race walk)
• Bronze: Leonard Bett (men's 3,000m steeplechase), Wycliffe Kinyamal (men's 800m, 1:46.12), Timothy Cheruiyot (men's mile, 3:55.41), Irene Jepkemboi (women's javelin), Joshua Mboya (men's 60kg weightlifting)

Beyond the usual events

Not every medal came from distance running. Irene Jepkemboi's javelin bronze, Stephen Kihu's silver in the race walk and Joshua Mboya's weightlifting bronze show Kenyan success beyond its traditional distance events.

It has been a big year for Kenyan athletics. In April, Sabastian Sawe ran the first sub-two-hour marathon in London. And the country is now preparing to host continental football's biggest event, AFCON 2027.