Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the Olympic Games
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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Competitors
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
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Ghana competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Micheal 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, Micheal 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

• Micheal 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 Szabo 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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1968-10-13 12:00	Israel	5 – 3	Ghana	Estadio Nou Camp, León Referee: Michel Kitabdjian
	Spiegel  11'  75' Feigenbaum  16'  30'  70'	Report	Jabir  18'  79' Amosa  35'

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1968-10-15 12:00	Hungary	2 – 2	Ghana	Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Referee: Yoshiyuki Maruyama
	A. Dunai  15' Menczel  17'	Report	Sunday  12' Sampene  33'

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1968-10-17 12:00	El Salvador	1 – 1	Ghana	Estadio Nou Camp, León Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias
	Rodríguez  42'	Report	Kofi  55'

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
Israel	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	4
Ghana	3	0	2	1	6	8	−2	2
El Salvador	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