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.svg11Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana
Bulla Soccerball shade.svg 26' Report E. Acquah Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Attendance: 25.000
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg23Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana
Sugiyama Soccerball shade.svg 12'
Yaegachi Soccerball shade.svg 52'
Report Agyemang Soccerball shade.svg 27'
S. Acquah Soccerball shade.svg 69'
Fulaiteh Soccerball shade.svg 80'
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.svg51Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana
Badawi Soccerball shade.svg 42'Soccerball shade.svg 61'
Riad Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Elfanagili Soccerball shade.svg 69'Soccerball shade.svg 85'
Report Mfum Soccerball shade.svg 37'
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)

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