Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Ghana at the Olympic Games

Flag of Ghana
IOC code  GHA
NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 43		 Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
1		 Total
1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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*As the Gold Coast

Ghana competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 m:

  • George Kofi Daniels
Heats — 10.65 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 m:

  • George Kofi Daniels
  1. Heats — 21.05 s
  2. 2nd Round — 21.10 s (did not advance)
  • James Aryee 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 x 100 m relay:

  • Karikari Ohene, James Aryee 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 Kofi 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)
  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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Football

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • First Round (Group D)
  • Lost to East Germany (0-4)
  • Lost to Poland (0-4)
  • Lost to Colombia (1-3) → did not advance, 16th place over-all
  • 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