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Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Ghana competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Contents

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Michael 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, Michael 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

  • Michael 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 Szabó 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)
  • 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

    Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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