Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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

Ghana at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGHA
NOCGhana Olympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors42 in 3 sports
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 BronzeEddie BlayBoxingMen's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Stanley Fabian Allotey
  • 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)
  • Samuel Owusu-Mensah
  • 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

  • Eddie Davies
  • 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

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

Group D

Argentina 11 Ghana
Bulla  26' Report E. Acquah  80'
Attendance: 25.000
Referee: Ashkenazi (ISR)
Japan 23 Ghana
Sugiyama  12'
Yaegachi  52'
Report Agyemang  27'
S. Acquah 69'
Fulaiteh  80'
Referee: Nitescu (ROU)
Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Ghana 2110433
 Japan 2101552
 Argentina 2011341
 Italy 0000000

Quarterfinals

Egypt 51 Ghana
Badawi  42'  61'
Riad  65'
Elfanagili  69'  85'
Report Mfum  37'
Referee: Glöckner (GDR)
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