Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Ghana at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGHA
NOCGhana Olympic Committee
in Munich
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 BronzePrince AmarteyBoxingMen's Middleweight (75 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 m:

  • George Kofi Daniels
Heats — 10.65 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 m:

  • George Kofi Daniels
  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
    • Juliana Ohemeng

Boxing

Bantamweight:

  • Destimo Joe
  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:

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

Light Welterweight:

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

Welterweight:

  • Emma Flash Ankudey
  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:

  • Prince Amartey → Bronze medal
  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 4–0 Ghana
Kreische  19'  89'
Streich  45'
Sparwasser  66'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 40.000
Referee: Michael Wuertz
Poland 4–0 Ghana
Lubański  40'
Gadocha  59'  89'
Deyna  86'		 Report
Attendance: 2.200
Referee: Kan-Chee Lee
Colombia 3–1 Ghana
Morón  56'
Torres  60'
Montano  82'		 Report Sunday  79'
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 25.000

Group D
　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Poland 33001126
 East Germany 32011134
 Colombia 31024122
 Ghana 30031100
  • Team Roster
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