Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ghana IOC code  GHA NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Competitors	42 in 3 sports
Medals Rank: 35	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952* 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 *As the Gold Coast
Winter Games
2010

Ghana competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
3 ! Bronze	Eddie Blay	Boxing	Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Stanley Fabian Allotey

• Round 1 — 10.7 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

• Michael Kofi Ahey

• Round 1 — 10.6 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Michael F. Okantey

• Round 1 — 21.9 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Ebenezer Quaye Quartey

• Round 1 — 47.1 s (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to 2nd round)
• Round 2 — 47.0 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

• Samuel Owusu-Mensah

• Round 1 — DNS

Men's 1500 metres

• Eric Donu Amevor

• Round 1 — 3:58.4 min (→ 11th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Michael F. Okantey, Michael Kofi Ahey, Ebenezer Charle O. Addy, Stanley Fabian Allotey

• Round 1 — 40.8 s (→ 5th in heat, advanced to semi-final)
• Semi-Final — 40.7 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

• James Aryee Addy, Mensah-Brobbey, Samuel Zanya Bugri, Ebenezer Quaye Quartey

• Round 1 — 3:10.4 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's long jump

• Michael Kofi Ahey

• Qualification — 753 cm (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 730 cm (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 metres

• Rose Hart

• Round 1 — 11.9 s (→ 5th in heat, advanced to 2nd round)
• Round 2 — 11.9 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

• Christina A. Boateng

• Round 1 — 12.9 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 80 metre hurdles

• Rose Hart

• Round 1 — 11.3 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi-finals)
• Semi Final — 11.1 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Women's long jump

• Alice Anum

• Qualification — 545 cm (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Flyweight

• Sulley Shittu

• Round 1 — defeated Jumaat Ibrahim (MAL) KO-1 2:17
• Round 2 — lost to John Anthony McCafferty (IRL) 2:3

Bantamweight

• Cassis Aryee

• Round 1 — defeated Thein Myint (BIR) KO-2 2:03
• Round 2 — lost to Takao Sakurai (JPN) 0:5

Lightweight

• Sammy Lee Amekudji

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — lost to Kanemaru Shiratori (JPN) KO-1 1:27

Light welterweight

• Eddie Blay

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — defeated Preben R.S. Rasmussen (DEN) 5:0
• Round 3 — defeated Nol Touch (CAM) KO-2 1:34
• Quarterfinals — defeated Joao Henrique Da Silva (BRA) 5:0
• Semi-finals — lost to Jerzy Kulej (POL) 0:5

Light middleweight

• Eddie Davies

• Round 1 — defeated Laszlo Sebok (HUN) 5:0
• Round 2 — defeated Tolman Gibson Jr. (USA) 5:0
• Quarterfinals — lost to Boris Lagutin (SOV) RET

Middleweight

• Joe Darkey

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — defeated James Columbus Rosette (USA) 3:2
• Quarterfinals — lost to Valery Popenchenko (SOV) 0:5

Light Heavyweight

• Thomas Arimi

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — lost to Sayed Mersal (UAR) 0:5

Football

Group D

October 12, 1964 12:00	Argentina	1–1	Ghana	Yokohama Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR) Attendance: 25.000
	Bulla  26'	Report	E. Acquah  80'

October 16, 1964 14:00	Japan	2–3	Ghana	Tokyo Referee: Nitescu (ROU) Attendance:
	Sugiyama  12' Yaegachi  52'	Report	Agyemang  27' S. Acquah 69' Fulaiteh  80'

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ghana	2	1	1	0	4	3	3
Japan	2	1	0	1	5	5	2
Argentina	2	0	1	1	3	4	1
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Quarterfinals

October 18, 1964 12:00	Egypt	5–1	Ghana	Tokyo Referee: Glöckner (GDR) Attendance:
	Badawi  42'  61' Riad  65' Elfanagili  69'  85'	Report	Mfum  37'