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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold 1972 Munich 4x400m relay

Robert Ouko (born October 24, 1948) is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Robert Ouko won two golds at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, first in 800 m and then as a member of the Kenyan 4x400 m relay team. At the same year he was also a member of a Kenyan 4x880 yd relay team, which set the new world record of 7:11.6.

At the Munich Olympics, Ouko was fifth in 800 m and ran the third leg in the gold medal winning Kenyan 4x400 m relay team.

After his athletics career, Robert Ouko worked as the secretary general in the Kenyan Amateur Athletic Association.

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Olympic Champions in Men's 4×400 m Relay

1908 United States: (medley) William F. Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard · 1912 United States: Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath · 1920 Great Britain: Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davies, Guy Butler · 1924 United States: Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver MacDonald, William Stevenson · 1928 United States: George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Frederick Alderman, Ray Barbuti · 1932 United States: Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr · 1936 Great Britain: Frederick Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, William Roberts, Godfrey Brown · 1948 United States: Arthur Harnden, Clifford Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield · 1952 Jamaica: Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden · 1956 United States: Charlie Jenkins, Louis Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney · 1960 United States: Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis · 1964 United States: Ollan Cassell, Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr · 1968 United States: Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans · 1972 Kenya: Charles Asati, Hezahiah Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang · 1976 United States: Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks · 1980 Soviet Union: Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetsky, Viktor Markin · 1984 United States: Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay · 1988 United States: Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds · 1992 United States: Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis · 1996 United States: LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank · 2000 Vacant:  · 2004 United States: Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson · 2008 United States: LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner
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Commonwealth Champions in Men's 800 m
1930 – 1966: 880 yards  •  1970 – 2006: 800 metres

 1930: Tommy Hampson (ENG) •  1934: Phil Edwards (BGU) •  1938: Pat Boot (NZL) •  1950: John Parlett (ENG) •  1954: Derek Johnson (ENG) •  1958: Herb Elliott (AUS) •  1962: Peter Snell (NZL) •  1966: Noel Clough (AUS) •  1970: Robert Ouko (KEN) •  1974: John Kipkurgat (KEN) •  1978: Mike Boit (KEN) •  1982: Peter Bourke (AUS) •  1986: Steve Cram (ENG) •  1990: Sammy Tirop (KEN) •  1994: Patrick Konchellah (KEN) •  1998: Japheth Kimutai (KEN) •  2002: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) •  2006: Alex Kipchirchir (KEN)
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Notable Luos of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
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