Ghana at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Ghana at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Union of African States (1958-1961).svg
IOC code GHA
NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors15 in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Ghana competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, for the first time as an independent nation. Previously, the Gold Coast had competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In total, 15 athletes competing in 2 sports represented Ghana. [1]

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Medalists

Ghana won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Clement Quartey Boxing Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Athletics

Key
Men

Track & road events

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Gustav Ntiforo 100 m 11.154Did not advance
Michael Okantey 200 m 21.913Did not advance
John Asare-Antwi 400 m 47.815Did not advance
Frederick Owusu 800 m 1:55.415Did not advance
William Quaye
James Addy
Frederick Owusu
John Asare-Antwi
4 × 400 m relay 3:10.622 QN/A3:11.035Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Robert Kotei High jump 2.00=4 q2.0310

Boxing

AthleteEventRound 1Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Isaac Aryee Flyweight ByeFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tanabe  (JPN)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Joshua Williams Featherweight Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Gheorghiu  (ROU)
L 1-4
Did not advance
Eddie Blay Lightweight ByeFlag of Uruguay.svg  Gutiérrez  (URU)
W 4-1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  McTaggart  (GBR)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Clement Quartey Light welterweight ByeFlag of Morocco.svg  Boubekeur  (MAR)
W 5-0
Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg  Al-Karkhi  (IRQ)
W 5-0
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  Kim  (KOR)
W 3-2
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Kasprzyk  (POL)
WWO
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Němeček  (TCH)
L 0-5
Silver medal icon.svg
Joseph Lartey Welterweight ByeFlag of Sweden.svg  Bergström  (SWE)
W 5-0
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Radonyak  (URS)
LKO
Did not advance
Alhassan Brimah Light Middleweight ByeFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lagutin  (URS)
LKO
Did not advance

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References

  1. "Ghana at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2017.