Ghana at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Ghana competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Michael Ahey
 * Round 1 &mdash; 10.5 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to round 2)
 * Round 2 &mdash; 10.4 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres
 * Alice Anum
 * Round 1 &mdash; 23.9 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres
 * Samuel Bugri
 * Round 1 &mdash; 45.8 s (→ 4th in heat, advanced to round 2)
 * Round 2 &mdash; 46.0 s (→ 4th in heat, advanced to semi final)
 * Semi final &mdash; 45.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * John Ametepey
 * Round 1 &mdash; 1:50.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres hurdles
 * William Quaye
 * Round 1 &mdash; 51.6 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay
 * Edward Owusu, Michael Ahey, William Quaye, James Addy
 * Round 1 &mdash; 39.8 s (→ 6th in heat, semi final)
 * Semi final &mdash; 39.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's long jump
 * Michael Ahey
 * Qualification &mdash; 7.77 m (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final &mdash; 7.71 m (→ 13th place)


 * Johnson Amoah
 * Qualification &mdash; DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's long jump
 * Alice Anum
 * Qualification &mdash; 5.61 m (→ advanced to the final)

Men's triple jump
 * Johnson Amoah
 * Qualification &mdash; 15.65 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Light flyweight (48 kg)
 * Joseph Destimo
 * Round of 16 &mdash; Beat Walter Henry of Canada
 * Quarterfinal &mdash; Lost to Servilio Oliveira of Brazil

Bantamweight (54 kg)
 * Sulley Shittu
 * Round 1 &mdash; Beat Dary Dasuda of Niger
 * Round 2 &mdash; Beat Gyula Szabó of Hungary
 * Round of 16 - Lost to Horst Rascher of West Germany

Lightweight (60 kg)
 * Joe Martey
 * Round 1 &mdash; Lost to Enzo Petriglia of Italy

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)
 * Emmanuel Lawson
 * Round 2 &mdash; Lost to Jaime Lozano of Mexico

Welterweight (67 kg)
 * Aaron Popoola
 * Round 2 &mdash; Lost to Celal Sandal of Turkey

Light middleweight (71 kg)
 * Prince Amartey
 * Round 1 &mdash; Beat Abdalla Abdel of Sudan
 * Round of 16 &mdash; Lost to Eric Blake of Great Britain

Middleweight (75 kg)
 * George Aidoo
 * Round of 16 &mdash; DNS

Heavyweight (81 kg)
 * Adonis Ray
 * Round of 16 &mdash; Lost to Joaquin Rocha of Mexico

Football (soccer)
Men
 * Preliminary Round (Group C)


 * 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