Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Ghana at the
1968 Summer Olympics

IOC code| GHA
NOC| Ghana Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
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Ghana competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Results by event

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### Athletics

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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

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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)

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Men

* Preliminary Round (Group C)

* * *

1968-10-13

12:00

Israel | 5 - 3|  Ghana

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Spiegel 11' 75'
Feigenbaum 16' 30' 70' | Report | Jabir 18' 79'
Amosa 35'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

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1968-10-15

12:00

Hungary | 2 - 2|  Ghana

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A. Dunai 15'
Menczel 17' | Report | Sunday 12'
Sampene 33'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Referee: Yoshiyuki Maruyama

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1968-10-17

12:00

El Salvador | 1 - 1|  Ghana

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Rodríguez 42' | Report | Kofi 55'

Estadio Nou Camp, León

Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5
Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4
Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2
El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1

* 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

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* Official Olympic Reports
* Part Three: Results[permanent dead link‍]

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National Olympic Committees at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico

Africa|

* Algeria
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo-Kinshasa
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Mali
* Morocco
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* United Arab Republic
* Zambia

America|

* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Honduras
* Canada
* Chile
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* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
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* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Suriname
* Trinidad-Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
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* Republic of China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Syria
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Austria
* Belgium
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* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
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* Monaco
* Netherlands
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* Poland
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* San Marino
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand

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Ghana did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.
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