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Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

* 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

* Round 1 — 23.9 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

* 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

* Round 1 — 1:50.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres hurdles

* Round 1 — 51.6 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

* 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

* Qualification — 7.77 m (→ advanced to the final)
* Final — 7.71 m (→ 13th place)
* Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's long jump

* Qualification — 5.61 m (→ advanced to the final)

Men's triple jump

* Qualification — 15.65 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Light flyweight (48 kg)

* Round of 16 — Beat Walter Henry of Canada
* Quarterfinal — Lost to Servilio Oliveira of Brazil

Bantamweight (54 kg)

* 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)

* Round 1 — Lost to Enzo Petriglia of Italy

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

* Round 2 — Lost to Jaime Lozano of Mexico

Welterweight (67 kg)

* Round 2 — Lost to Celal Sandal of Turkey

Light middleweight (71 kg)

* Round 1 — Beat Abdalla Abdel of Sudan
* Round of 16 — Lost to Eric Blake of Great Britain

Middleweight (75 kg)

* Round of 16 — DNS

Heavyweight (81 kg)

* 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