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Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGHA
NOCGhana 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.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 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:

  • 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

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:

  • 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
Attendance: 40.000
Referee: Michael Wuertz United States
Poland 4–0 Ghana
Lubański 40'
Gadocha 59' 89'
Deyna 86'		 Report
Attendance: 2.200
Referee: Kan-Chee Lee Hong Kong
Colombia 3–1 Ghana
Morón 56'
Torres 60'
Montano 82'		 Report Sunday 79'
Attendance: 25.000

Group D

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Poland 3 3 0 0 11 2 6
 East Germany 3 2 0 1 11 3 4
 Colombia 3 1 0 2 4 12 2
 Ghana 3 0 0 3 1 10 0
  • Team Roster

References

  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Ghana". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics