Ghana at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GHA
NOC	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors	15 in 2 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Ghana competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, for the first time as an independent nation. Previously, the Gold Coast had competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. In total, 15 athletes competing in 2 sports represented Ghana.^[1]

Medalists

Ghana won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Clement Quartey	Boxing	Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gustav Ntiforo	100 m	11.15	4	did not advance
Michael Okantey	200 m	21.91	3	did not advance
John Asare-Antwi	400 m	47.81	5	did not advance
Frederick Owusu	800 m	1:55.41	5	did not advance
William Quaye James Addy Frederick Owusu John Asare-Antwi	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.62	2 Q	—		3:11.03	5	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Robert Kotei	High jump	2.00	=4 q	2.03	10

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Isaac Aryee	Flyweight	Bye	Tanabe (JPN) L 0-5	did not advance
Joshua Williams	Featherweight	Gheorghiu (ROU) L 1-4	did not advance
Eddie Blay	Lightweight	Bye	Gutiérrez (URU) W 4-1	McTaggart (GBR) L 0-5	did not advance
Clement Quartey	Light welterweight	Bye	Boubekeur (MAR) W 5-0	Al-Karkhi (IRQ) W 5-0	Kim (KOR) W 3-2	Kasprzyk (POL) W WO	Němeček (TCH) L 0-5
Joseph Lartey	Welterweight	Bye	Bergström (SWE) W 5-0	Radonyak (URS) L KO	did not advance
Alhassan Brimah	Light Middleweight	Bye	Lagutin (URS) L KO	did not advance

References

1. "Ghana at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database