title: Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics
text: # Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  
  Ghana competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Bronze | Eddie Blay | Boxing | Men'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)
  * Michael Ahey
  
     * Round 1 — 10.6 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's 200 metres
  
  * Michael Okantey
  
     * Round 1 — 21.9 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's 400 metres
  
  * Ebenezer Quartey
  
     * 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
  
  * Eric Amevor
  
     * Round 1 — 3:58.4 min (→ 11th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's 4x100 metres relay
  
  * Michael Okantey, Michael Ahey, Ebenezer Charle O. Addy, Stanley Fabian Allotey
  
     * 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
  
  * James Addy, Brobbey Mensah, Samuel Zanya Bugri, Ebenezer Quartey
  
     * Round 1 — 3:10.4 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Men's long jump
  
  * Michael Ahey
  
     * Qualification — 753 cm (→ advanced to the final)
  
     * Final — 730 cm (→ 7th place)
  
  Women's 100 metres
  
  * Rose Hart
  
     * Round 1 — 11.9 s (→ 5th in heat, advanced to 2nd round)
  
     * Round 2 — 11.9 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  * Christiana Boateng
  
     * Round 1 — 12.9 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
  
  Women's 80 metre hurdles
  
  * Rose Hart
  
     * 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
  
  * Alice Anum
  
     * Qualification — 545 cm (→ did not advance)
  
  ### Boxing
  
  Flyweight
  
  * Sulley Shittu
  
     * Round 1 — defeated Jumaat Ibrahim (MAL) KO-1 2:17
  
     * Round 2 — lost to John Anthony McCafferty (IRL) 2:3
  
  Bantamweight
  
  * Cassis Aryee
  
     * Round 1 — defeated Thein Myint (BIR) KO-2 2:03
  
     * Round 2 — lost to Takao Sakurai (JPN) 0:5
  
  Lightweight
  
  * Sammy Lee Amekudji
  
     * Round 1 — bye
  
     * Round 2 — lost to Kanemaru Shiratori (JPN) KO-1 1:27
  
  Light welterweight
  
  * Eddie Blay
  
     * 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
  
  * Joe Darkey
  
     * 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
  
  ### Football
  
  **Group D**
  
  | | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ghana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
  | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
  | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
  | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  
  **Quarterfinals**
  
  vteGhana at the Olympics :
  
  Ghana did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott. :
  
  