Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ghana IOC code  GHA NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors
Flag bearer	Andrew Owusu
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
2010

Ghana competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leonard Myles-Mills	100 m	10.21	3 Q	10.18	3 Q	10.22	6	Did not advance
Eric Nkansah		10.54	6	Did not advance
Aziz Zakari		10.19	2 Q	10.02	1 Q	10.11	3 Q	DNF	x
Christian Nsiah	200 m	21.06	6	Did not advance
Christian Nsiah Tanko Braimah Aziz Zakari Leonard Myles-Mills	4 x 100 m Relay	38.88	6	N/A				Did not advance

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ignisious Gaisah	Long Jump	8.05	12 q	8.24	6
Andrew Owusu	Triple Jump	16.64	19	Did not advance

Women

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vida Anim	100 m	11.14	1 Q	DNF	x	Did not advance
Akosua Serwaa	800 m	2:03.96	5	N/A		Did not advance

Combined Events - Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Margaret Simpson	Result	13.56	1.79	12.41	24.62	6.02	53.32	2:17.72	6253	9
	Points	1041	966	688	922	856	925	856

Football

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Team Roster

Head coach: Mariano Barreto

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK George Owu (1982-06-17)17 June 1982 (aged 22) Asante Kotoko 2 3MF Nasir Lamine (1985-02-07)7 February 1985 (aged 19) Ashanti Gold 3 4FW Baffour Gyan (1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 24) Dynamo Moscow 4 2DF Emmanuel Osei (1982-05-23)23 May 1982 (aged 22) Akçaabat Sebatspor 5 2DF John Mensah (1982-11-29)29 November 1982 (aged 21) Chievo Verona 6 2DF Emmanuel Pappoe (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 23) F.C. Ashdod 7 3MF Abubakari Yahuza (1983-08-08)8 August 1983 (aged 21) King Faisal Babes 8 4FW Charles Asampong Taylor (1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 23) Asante Kotoko 9 4FW Kwadwo Poku (1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 19) Midtjylland 10 3MF Stephen Appiah (1980-12-24)24 December 1980 (aged 23) Juventus 11 2DF Patrick Villars (1984-05-21)21 May 1984 (aged 20) Maccabi Petah Tikva 12 4FW Asamoah Gyan (1985-11-22)22 November 1985 (aged 18) Udinese 13 3MF Razak Pimpong (1982-12-30)30 December 1982 (aged 21) Midtjylland 14 2DF John Paintsil (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 23) Maccabi Tel Aviv 15 2DF Daniel Coleman (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 (aged 20) Hearts of Oak 16 4FW William Kwabena Tiero (1980-12-03)3 December 1980 (aged 23) Asante Kotoko 17 3MF Yussif Chibsah (1983-12-30)30 December 1983 (aged 20) Asante Kotoko 18 1GK Mohammed Alhassan (1984-01-09)9 January 1984 (aged 20) Asante Kotoko

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Italy	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3

12 August 2004 20:30	Ghana	2 – 2	Italy	Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Attendance: 7,012 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
	Pappoe  36' Appiah  45+1'	Report	Pinzi  49' Gilardino  83'

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15 August 2004 20:30	Paraguay	1 – 2	Ghana	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Gamarra  76'	Report	Tiero  81' Appiah  84'

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18 August 2004 20:30	Japan	1 – 0	Ghana	Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Attendance: 6,813 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
	Okubo  37'	Report

Officials

• President: Benson T. Baba
• Secretary General: A.k. Tettey

References

• ^ "Ghana Squad roster for the Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Athens 2004". Fédération Internationale de Football Association official website. Archived from the original on February 26, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2006.