Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres
* Micheal 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, Micheal 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
* Micheal 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 Szabo 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's Team Competition
*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Ghana – Hungary 2-2:* Ghana – Israel 3-5:* Ghana – El Salvador 1-1:* → 3rd in group, did not advance
*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

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
** [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf Part Three: Results]