Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Ghana at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Ghana.svg
IOC code GHA
NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
in Munich
Flag bearer Sam Bugri [1]
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Prince Amartey Boxing Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 m:

Heats — 10.65 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 m:

  1. Heats — 21.05 s
  2. 2nd Round — 21.10 s (did not advance)
  1. Heats — 21.06 s (did not advance)
  1. Heats — 47.83 s (did not advance)
  2. 2nd Round — 47.34 s (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m:

  1. Heats — 4:08.2 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 m steeplechase:

  1. Heats — 8:57.6 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m relay:

  1. Heats — 39.46 s
  2. 2nd Round — 39.99 s (did not advance)

Men's Long jump:

  1. Heat — 7.39 m (did not advance)
  1. Heat — 7.93 m (did not advance)
  2. Final — 8.01 m (4th place)

Men's Triple jump:

  1. Heat — 15.84 m (did not advance)
  1. Heat — 15.72 m (did not advance)

Women's 100 m

  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

Boxing

Bantamweight:

  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:

  1. 1/32-Final — Lost to Orlando Palacios of Cuba (1 — 4)

Light Welterweight:

  1. 1/16-Final — Lost to Issaka Dabore of Niger (RSC, 3. RD)

Welterweight:

  1. 1/16-Final — Lost to Damdinjav Bandi of Mongolia (2 — 3)

Light middleweight:

  1. 1/32-Final — Lost to Rolando Garbey of Cuba (0 — 5)

Middleweight:

  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)

Football

Men

  • First Round (Group D)
East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg4–0Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Kreische Soccerball shade.svg19'Soccerball shade.svg89'
Streich Soccerball shade.svg45'
Sparwasser Soccerball shade.svg66'		 Report
Attendance: 40.000
Referee: Michael Wuertz Flag of the United States.svg
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg4–0Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Lubański Soccerball shade.svg40'
Gadocha Soccerball shade.svg59'Soccerball shade.svg89'
Deyna Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report
Attendance: 2.200
Referee: Kan-Chee Lee Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg3–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Morón Soccerball shade.svg56'
Torres Soccerball shade.svg60'
Montano Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Report Sunday Soccerball shade.svg79'
Attendance: 25.000

Group D

　PldWDLGFGAPts
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 33001126
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 32011134
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 31024122
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 30031100
  • Team Roster

References

  1. ↑ "Flagbearers for Ghana". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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