Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GHA
NOC	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors	42 in 3 sports
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Ghana competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
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 Ahey

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

Men's 200 metres

• Michael Okantey

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

Men's 400 metres

• Ebenezer 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 Amevor

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

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Michael Okantey, Michael 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 Addy, Brobbey Mensah, Samuel Zanya Bugri, Ebenezer Quartey

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

Men's long jump

• Michael 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)

• Christiana 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
Bulla 26'	Report	E. Acquah 80'

Yokohama

Attendance: 25.000

Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)

October 16, 1964
14:00

Japan	2–3	Ghana
Sugiyama 12' Yaegachi 52'	Report	Agyemang 27' S. Acquah 69' Fulaiteh 80'

Tokyo

Referee: Nitescu (ROU)

	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
Badawi 42' 61' Riad 65' Elfanagili 69' 85'	Report	Mfum 37'

Tokyo

Referee: Glöckner (GDR)