Ghana at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ghana – Flag bearers 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
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 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Aziz Zakari

1. Round 1 – 10.19 s
2. Round 2 – 10.02 s
3. Semifinal – 10.11 s
4. Final – DNF

• Leonard Myles-Mills

1. Round 1 – 10.21 s
2. Round 2 – 10.18 s
3. Semifinal – 10.22 s

• Eric Nkansah

1. Round 1 – 10.54 s (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:

• Vida Anim

1. Round 2 – DNF (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:

• Christian Nsiah

1. Round 1 – 21.06 s (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:

• Akosua Serwaa

1. Round 1 – 2:03.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metre Relay:

• Christian Nsiah, Tanko Braimah, Aziz Zakari, and Leonard Myles-Mills

1. Round 1 – 0:38.88 (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon:

• Margaret Simpson

• Final Result – 6253 points (→ 9th place)

Men's Long Jump:

• Ignatius Gaisah

• Final – 8.24 metres (→ 6th place)

Other Competitors

• Mariama Salifu
• Andrew Owusu
• Samuel Adade

Football (Soccer)

Men's Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Ghana – Italy 2-2
• Ghana – Paraguay 2-1
• Ghana – Japan 0-1

• Quarterfinal: did not qualify (9th place)
• Team Roster

• ( 1.) George Owu (gk)
• ( 2.) Nasir Lamine
• ( 3.) Baffour Gyan
• ( 4.) Emmanuel Osei
• ( 5.) John Mensah
• ( 6.) Emmanuel Pappoe
• ( 7.) Abubakari Yahuza
• ( 8.) Charles Asampong Taylor
• ( 9.) Kwadwo Poku
• (10.) Stephen Appiah
• (11.) Patrick Villars
• (12.) Asamoah Gyan
• (13.) Razak Pimpong
• (14.) John Paintsil
• (15.) Daniel Coleman
• (16.) William Kwabena Tiero
• (17.) Yussif Chibsah
• (18.) Mohammed Alhassan (gk)

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. http://web.archive.org/web/20060226183912/http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/Olysquad/0,3713,GHA-OLY-2004-8229-9,00.html. Retrieved January 21, 2006.