Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:GHA
Nocname:Ghana Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2008
Location:Beijing
Competitors:9
Sports:2
Flagbearer:Vida Anim
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Ghana competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Seth Amoo200 m20.914Did not advance
Aziz Zakari100 m10.344 q10.245Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
align=left rowspan="2"Vida Anim100 m11.472 Q11.323 Q11.518Did not advance
200 mDid not advance
Key

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Ghana qualified six boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Manyo Plange and Ahmed Saraku qualified at the first African qualifying tournament.[1] The other four Ghanaian boxers qualified at the second African continental qualifying tournament.[2]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Manyo PlangeLight flyweight
W 6–3

L 12–21
Did not advance
Issah SamirBantamweight
L 10–13
Did not advance
Prince DzanieFeatherweight
L 2–11
Did not advance
Samuel Kotey NeequayeLight welterweight
L 1–24
Did not advance
Ahmed SarakuMiddleweight
L 8–14
Did not advance
Bastir SamirLight heavyweight
W

L 7–9
Did not advance

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=876 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
  2. Web site: 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament . 2008-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208092739/http://www.aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/581/news.aspx . 2012-02-08 . dead .