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Ghana at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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| NOC = GHA

| NOCname = Ghana Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1960

| flagcaption =

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| location = Rome

| competitors = 15

| sports = 2

| flagbearer =

| rank = 32

| gold = 0

| silver = 1

| bronze = 0

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

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| summerappearances =

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Ghana competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, for the first time as an independent nation. Previously, the Gold Coast had competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In total, 15 athletes competing in 2 sports represented Ghana.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GHA/summer/1960/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GHA/summer/1960/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Ghana at the 1960 Rome Summer Games |access-date=7 March 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Medalists

Ghana won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.

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Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

{{silver medal}}Clement QuarteyBoxingMen's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Athletics

{{main article|Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}

;Key

  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

;Men

Track & road events

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Gustav Ntiforo

|align=left|100 m

|11.15

|4

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Michael Okantey

|align=left|200 m

|21.91

|3

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|John Asare-Antwi

|align=left|400 m

|47.81

|5

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Frederick Owusu

|align=left|800 m

|1:55.41

|5

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|William Quaye
James Addy
Frederick Owusu
John Asare-Antwi

|align=left|4 × 400 m relay

|3:10.62

|2 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|3:11.03

|5

|colspan=2|did not advance

align=center

;Field events

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Robert Kotei

|align=left rowspan=2|High jump

|2.00

|=4 q

|2.03

|10

Boxing

{{main article|Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round 1

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Isaac Aryee

|align=left|Flyweight

|{{bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tanabe|JPN|1960 Summer}}
L 0-5

|colspan=5|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Joshua Williams

|align=left|Featherweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gheorghiu|ROU|1960 Summer}}
L 1-4

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Eddie Blay

|align=left|Lightweight

|{{bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gutiérrez|URU|1960 Summer}}
W 4-1

|{{flagIOCathlete|McTaggart|GBR|1960 Summer}}
L 0-5

|colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Clement Quartey

|align=left|Light welterweight

|{{bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Boubekeur|MAR|1960 Summer}}
W 5-0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Al-Karkhi|IRQ|1960 Summer}}
W 5-0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kim|KOR|1960 Summer}}
W 3-2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kasprzyk|POL|1960 Summer}}
W {{abbr|WO|Walkover}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Němeček|TCH|1960 Summer}}
L 0-5

|{{silver02}}

align=center

|align=left|Joseph Lartey

|align=left|Welterweight

|{{bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bergström|SWE|1960 Summer}}
W 5-0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Radonyak|URS|1960 Summer}}
L {{abbr|KO|Knock Out}}

|colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Alhassan Brimah

|align=left|Light Middleweight

|{{bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lagutin|URS|1960 Summer}}
L {{abbr|KO|Knock Out}}

|colspan=5|did not advance

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
  • [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]

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