Ghana at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code GHA
NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
in Munich
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 1 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:

  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:

  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

August 28, 1972
12:00
East Germany  4–0  Ghana
Kreische  19'  89'
Streich  45'
Sparwasser  66'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 40.000
Referee: Michael Wuertz United States

August 30, 1972
12:00
Poland  4–0  Ghana
Lubański  40'
Gadocha  59'  89'
Deyna  86'		 Report
Regensburg
Attendance: 2.200
Referee: Kan-Chee Lee Hong Kong

September 1, 1972
12:00
Colombia  3–1  Ghana
Morón  56'
Torres  60'
Montano  82'		 Report Sunday  79'
Olympic Stadium, Munich
Attendance: 25.000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher West Germany

Group D

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