Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GHA
Nocname:	Ghana Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Location:	Munich
Flagbearer:	Sam Bugri^[1]
Rank:	43
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

Ghana competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 m:

• George Kofi Daniels

Heats - 10.65 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 m:

• George Kofi Daniels

1. Heats - 21.05 s

1. 2nd Round - 21.10 s (did not advance)

• James Addy

1. Heats - 21.06 s (did not advance)

• Sam Bugri

1. Heats - 47.83 s (did not advance)

1. 2nd Round - 47.34 s (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m:

• Billy Fordjour

1. Heats - 4:08.2 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 m steeplechase:

• Robert Hackman

1. Heats - 8:57.6 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m relay:

• Ohene Karikari, James Addy, Sandy Osei Agyeman and George Kofi Daniels

1. Heats - 39.46 s

1. 2nd Round - 39.99 s (did not advance)

Men's Long jump:

• Michael Ahey

1. Heat - 7.39 m (did not advance)

• Joshua Owusu

1. Heat - 7.93 m (did not advance)

1. Final - 8.01 m (4th place)

Men's Triple jump:

• Johnson Amoah

1. Heat - 15.84 m (did not advance)

• Moise Pomaney

1. Heat - 15.72 m (did not advance)

Women's 100 m

• Hannah Afriyie

1. Heat - 11.90 s

1. 2nd Round - 12.04 (did not advance)

1. Heat - 11.54 s

1. 2nd Round - 11.45 s

1. Semifinal - 11.47 s

1. Final - 11.41 s (6th place)

Alternate member

• • Juliana Ohemeng

Boxing

Bantamweight:

• Destimo Joe

1. 1/16-Final - Defeated Werner Schäfer of West Germany (3 - 2)

1. 1/8-Final - Lost to Ferry Egberty Moniaga of Indonesia (1 - 4)

Featherweight:

• Cofie Joe

1. 1/32-Final - Lost to Orlando Palacios of Cuba (1 - 4)

Light Welterweight:

• Lawson Odartey

1. 1/16-Final - Lost to Issaka Dabore of Niger (RSC, 3. RD)

Welterweight:

• Emma Flash Ankudey

1. 1/16-Final - Lost to Damdinjav Bandi of Mongolia (2 - 3)

Light middleweight:

• Ricky Barnor

1. 1/32-Final - Lost to Rolando Garbey of Cuba (0 - 5)

Middleweight:

• Prince Amartey → Bronze medal

1. 1/8-final - Defeat José Luis Espinosa of Mexico (5 - 0)

1. 1/4-final - Defeat Poul Knudsen of Denmark (3 - 2)

1. Semi-Final - Lost to Reima Virtanen of Finland (2 - 3)

Football

Men

• First Round (Group D)

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Group D

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	11	2	6
	3	2	0	1	11	3	4
	3	1	0	2	4	12	2
	3	0	0	3	1	10	0

• Team Roster

• Oliver Acquah

• Armah Akuetteh

• Edward Boye

• Abukari Caribah

• Joseph Derchie

• John Eshun

• Albert Essuman

• Henry Lante France

• Joe Ghartey

• Malik Jabir

• Osei Kofi

• Peter Lamptey

• Essel Badu Mensah

• Alex Mingle

• Clifford Odame

• Kwasi Owusu

• Joseph Sam

• Yaw Sam

• Ibrahim Sunday

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Ghana . olympedia.org . . 27 December 2023.