title: Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics
text: # Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  
  Ghana competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
  
  ## Results by event
  
  ### Athletics
  
  Men's 100 metres
  
  * Michael Ahey
  
     * Round 1 — 10.5 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to round 2)
  
     * Round 2 — 10.4 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Women's 200 metres
  
  * Alice Anum
  
     * Round 1 — 23.9 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's 400 metres
  
  * Samuel Bugri
  
     * Round 1 — 45.8 s (→ 4th in heat, advanced to round 2)
  
     * Round 2 — 46.0 s (→ 4th in heat, advanced to semi final)
  
     * Semi final — 45.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's 800 metres
  
  * John Ametepey
  
     * Round 1 — 1:50.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's 400 metres hurdles
  
  * William Quaye
  
     * Round 1 — 51.6 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's 4x100 metres relay
  
  * Edward Owusu, Michael Ahey, William Quaye, James Addy
  
     * Round 1 — 39.8 s (→ 6th in heat, semi final)
  
     * Semi final — 39.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's long jump
  
  * Michael Ahey
  
     * Qualification — 7.77 m (→ advanced to the final)
  
     * Final — 7.71 m (→ 13th place)
  * Johnson Amoah
  
     * Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)
  
  Women's long jump
  
  * Alice Anum
  
     * Qualification — 5.61 m (→ advanced to the final)
  
  Men's triple jump
  
  * Johnson Amoah
  
     * Qualification — 15.65 m (→ did not advance)
  
  ### Boxing
  
  Light flyweight (48 kg)
  
  * Joseph Destimo
  
     * Round of 16 — Beat Walter Henry of Canada
  
     * Quarterfinal — Lost to Servilio Oliveira of Brazil
  
  Bantamweight (54 kg)
  
  * Sulley Shittu
  
     * Round 1 — Beat Dary Dasuda of Niger
  
     * Round 2 — Beat Gyula Szabó of Hungary
  
     * Round of 16 - Lost to Horst Rascher of West Germany
  
  Lightweight (60 kg)
  
  * Joe Martey
  
     * Round 1 — Lost to Enzo Petriglia of Italy
  
  Light welterweight (63.5 kg)
  
  * Emmanuel Lawson
  
     * Round 2 — Lost to Jaime Lozano of Mexico
  
  Welterweight (67 kg)
  
  * Aaron Popoola
  
     * Round 2 — Lost to Celal Sandal of Turkey
  
  Light middleweight (71 kg)
  
  * Prince Amartey
  
     * Round 1 — Beat Abdalla Abdel of Sudan
  
     * Round of 16 — Lost to Eric Blake of Great Britain
  
  Middleweight (75 kg)
  
  * George Aidoo
  
     * Round of 16 — DNS
  
  Heavyweight (81 kg)
  
  * Adonis Ray
  
     * Round of 16 — Lost to Joaquin Rocha of Mexico
  
  ### Football (soccer)
  
  Men
  
  * Preliminary Round (Group C)
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
  | Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 |
  | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
  | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
  
  * Team roster
  
     * ( 1.) ?
  
     * ( 2.) ?
  
     * ( 3.) ?
  
     * ( 4.) John Eshun
  
     * ( 5.) Charles Addo
  
     * ( 6.) Ibrahim Sunday
  
     * ( 7.) Osei Kofi
  
     * ( 8.) Jones Atuquayefio
  
     * ( 9.) George Alhassan
  
     * (10.) Gbadamosi Amusa
  
     * (11.) Sammy Sampene
  
     * (12.) ?
  
     * (13.) John Naawu
  
     * (14.) Joseph Wilson
  
     * (15.) Jabir Malik
  
     * (16.) Oliver Acquah
  
     * (17.) Jonathan Kpakpo
  
     * (18.) George Foley
  
     * Gariba Abukari
  
     * Bernard Kusi
  