Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Ghana at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Flag of Ghana (1964-1966).svg
IOC code GHA
NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors42 in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Ghana competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Eddie Blay Boxing Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Round 1 — 10.7 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 10.6 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Round 1 — 21.9 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Round 1 — 47.1 s (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to 2nd round)
  • Round 2 — 47.0 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
  • Round 1 — DNS

Men's 1500 metres

  • Round 1 — 3:58.4 min (→ 11th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Round 1 — 40.8 s (→ 5th in heat, advanced to semi-final)
  • Semi-Final — 40.7 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

  • Round 1 — 3:10.4 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Qualification — 753 cm (→ advanced to the final)
  • Final — 730 cm (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 metres

  • Round 1 — 11.9 s (→ 5th in heat, advanced to 2nd round)
  • Round 2 — 11.9 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  • Round 1 — 12.9 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 80 metre hurdles

  • Round 1 — 11.3 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi-finals)
  • Semi Final — 11.1 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Women's long jump

  • Qualification — 545 cm (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Flyweight

  • Round 1 — defeated Jumaat Ibrahim (MAL) KO-1 2:17
  • Round 2 — lost to John Anthony McCafferty (IRL) 2:3

Bantamweight

Lightweight

  • Round 1 — bye
  • Round 2 — lost to Kanemaru Shiratori (JPN) KO-1 1:27

Light welterweight

  • Round 1 — bye
  • Round 2 — defeated Preben R.S. Rasmussen (DEN) 5:0
  • Round 3 — defeated Nol Touch (CAM) KO-2 1:34
  • Quarterfinals — defeated Joao Henrique Da Silva (BRA) 5:0
  • Semi-finals — lost to Jerzy Kulej (POL) 0:5

Light middleweight

  • Round 1 — defeated Laszlo Sebok (HUN) 5:0
  • Round 2 — defeated Tolman Gibson Jr. (USA) 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — lost to Boris Lagutin (SOV) RET

Middleweight

  • Round 1 — bye
  • Round 2 — defeated James Columbus Rosette (USA) 3:2
  • Quarterfinals — lost to Valery Popenchenko (SOV) 0:5

Light Heavyweight

  • Round 1 — bye
  • Round 2 — lost to Sayed Mersal (UAR) 0:5

Football

Group D

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg1–1Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana
Bulla Soccerball shade.svg26' Report E. Acquah Soccerball shade.svg80'
Attendance: 25.000
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–3Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana
Sugiyama Soccerball shade.svg12'
Yaegachi Soccerball shade.svg52'		 Report Agyemang Soccerball shade.svg27'
S. Acquah Soccerball shade.svg69'
Fulaiteh Soccerball shade.svg80'
Referee: Nitescu (ROU)
PldWDLGFGAPts
Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana 2110433
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2101552
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2011341
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0000000

Quarterfinals

Egypt  Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg5–1Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana
Badawi Soccerball shade.svg42'Soccerball shade.svg61'
Riad Soccerball shade.svg65'
Elfanagili Soccerball shade.svg69'Soccerball shade.svg85'		 Report Mfum Soccerball shade.svg37'
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)

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