Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Men's 100 m:

George Kofi Daniels

Men's 200 m:

George Kofi Daniels

1. Heats — 21.05 s
2. 2nd Round — 21.10 s (did not advance)

James Addy

1. Heats — 21.06 s (did not advance)

Sam Bugri

1. Heats — 47.83 s (did not advance)
2. 2nd Round — 47.34 s (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m:

Billy Fordjour

1. Heats — 4:08.2 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 m steeplechase:

Robert Hackman

1. Heats — 8:57.6 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m relay:

Ohene Karikari, James Addy, Sandy Osei Agyeman and George Kofi Daniels

1. Heats — 39.46 s
2. 2nd Round — 39.99 s (did not advance)

Men's Long jump:

Michael Ahey

1. Heat — 7.39 m (did not advance)

Joshua Owusu

1. Heat — 7.93 m (did not advance)
2. Final — 8.01 m (4th place)

Men's Triple jump:

Johnson Amoah

1. Heat — 15.84 m (did not advance)

Moise Pomaney

1. Heat — 15.72 m (did not advance)

Women's 100 m

Hannah Afriyie

1. Heat — 11.90 s
2. 2nd Round — 12.04 (did not advance)

Alice Annum

1. Heat — 11.54 s
2. 2nd Round — 11.45 s
3. Semifinal — 11.47 s
4. Final — 11.41 s (6th place)

Alternate member

Juliana Ohemeng

Boxing

Bantamweight:

Destimo Joe

1. 1/16-Final — Defeated Werner Schäfer of West Germany (3 — 2)
2. 1/8-Final — Lost to Ferry Egberty Moniaga of Indonesia (1 — 4)

Featherweight:

Cofie Joe

1. 1/32-Final — Lost to Orlando Palacios of Cuba (1 — 4)

Light Welterweight:

Lawson Odartey

1. 1/16-Final — Lost to Issaka Dabore of Niger (RSC, 3. RD)

Welterweight:

Emma Flash Ankudey

1. 1/16-Final — Lost to Damdinjav Bandi of Mongolia (2 — 3)

Light middleweight:

Ricky Barnor

1. 1/32-Final — Lost to Rolando Garbey of Cuba (0 — 5)

Middleweight:

Prince Amartey → Bronze medal

1. 1/8-final — Defeat José Luis Espinosa of Mexico (5 — 0)
2. 1/4-final — Defeat Poul Knudsen of Denmark (3 — 2)
3. Semi-Final — Lost to Reima Virtanen of Finland (2 — 3)

Men

First Round (Group D)

Group D

Team Roster

Oliver Acquah

Armah Akuetteh

Edward Boye

Abukari Caribah

Joseph Derchie

John Eshun

Albert Essuman

Henry Lante France

Joe Ghartey

Malik Jabir

Osei Kofi

Peter Lamptey

Essel Badu Mensah

Alex Mingle

Clifford Odame

Kwasi Owusu

Joseph Sam

Yaw Sam

Ibrahim Sunday