Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GHA
Nocname:	Ghana Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Location:	Mexico City
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Ghana competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Michael Ahey

• Round 1 - 10.5 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to round 2)

• Round 2 - 10.4 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres

• Alice Anum

• Round 1 - 23.9 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Samuel Bugri

• Round 1 - 45.8 s (→ 4th in heat, advanced to round 2)

• Round 2 - 46.0 s (→ 4th in heat, advanced to semi final)

• Semi final - 45.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• John Ametepey

• Round 1 - 1:50.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres hurdles

• William Quaye

• Round 1 - 51.6 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Edward Owusu, Michael Ahey, William Quaye, James Addy

• Round 1 - 39.8 s (→ 6th in heat, semi final)

• Semi final - 39.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's long jump

• Michael Ahey

• Qualification - 7.77 m (→ advanced to the final)

• Final - 7.71 m (→ 13th place)
• Johnson Amoah

• Qualification - DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's long jump

• Alice Anum

• Qualification - 5.61 m (→ advanced to the final)

Men's triple jump

• Johnson Amoah

• Qualification - 15.65 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Light flyweight (48 kg)

• Joseph Destimo

• Round of 16 - Beat Walter Henry of Canada

• Quarterfinal - Lost to Servilio Oliveira of Brazil

Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Sulley Shittu

• Round 1 - Beat Dary Dasuda of Niger

• Round 2 - Beat Gyula Szabó of Hungary

• Round of 16 - Lost to Horst Rascher of West Germany

Lightweight (60 kg)

• Joe Martey

• Round 1 - Lost to Enzo Petriglia of Italy

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

• Emmanuel Lawson

• Round 2 - Lost to Jaime Lozano of Mexico

Welterweight (67 kg)

• Aaron Popoola

• Round 2 - Lost to Celal Sandal of Turkey

Light middleweight (71 kg)

• Prince Amartey

• Round 1 - Beat Abdalla Abdel of Sudan

• Round of 16 - Lost to Eric Blake of Great Britain

Middleweight (75 kg)

• George Aidoo

• Round of 16 - DNS

Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Adonis Ray

• Round of 16 - Lost to Joaquin Rocha of Mexico

Football (soccer)

Men

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

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	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	4
	3	0	2	1	6	8	-2	2
	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	1

• Team roster

• (1.) ?

• (2.) ?

• (3.) ?

• (4.) John Eshun

• (5.) Charles Addo

• (6.) Ibrahim Sunday

• (7.) Osei Kofi

• (8.) Jones Atuquayefio

• (9.) George Alhassan

• (10.) Gbadamosi Amusa

• (11.) Sammy Sampene

• (12.) ?

• (13.) John Naawu

• (14.) Joseph Wilson

• (15.) Jabir Malik

• (16.) Oliver Acquah

• (17.) Jonathan Kpakpo

• (18.) George Foley

• Gariba Abukari

• Bernard Kusi

References

• Official Olympic Reports
  • Part Three: Results