Ghana competed at the

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in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 m: * George Kofi Daniels :: Heats — 10.65 s (did not advance) Men's 200 m: * George Kofi Daniels :# Heats — 21.05 s :# 2nd Round — 21.10 s (did not advance) *

James Addy James Aryee Addy (9 December 1939 – 26 April 2009) was a Ghanaian sprinter who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Addy was born in Accra Acc ...

:# Heats — 21.06 s (did not advance) *

Sam Bugri Dr. Samuel Zanya Bugri MD MSc (2 April 1943 – 10 March 2024), also known as Sam Bugri was a Ghanaian sprinter and public health official. As a sprinter, he competed in the 400 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. A ...

:# Heats — 47.83 s (did not advance) :# 2nd Round — 47.34 s (did not advance) Men's 1500 m: * Billy Fordjour :# Heats — 4:08.2 (did not advance) Men's 3000 m steeplechase: *

Robert Hackman Robert Hackman (1 January 1941 – 23 March 2018) was a former Ghanaian male athlete. He represented Ghana in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olymp ...

:# Heats — 8:57.6 (did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m relay: * Ohene Karikari,

, Sandy Osei Agyeman and George Kofi Daniels :# Heats — 39.46 s :# 2nd Round — 39.99 s (did not advance) Men's Long jump: *

Michael Ahey Michael Kofi Ahey (born 22 November 1939) is a Ghanaian former sprinter and long jumper who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as t ...

:# Heat — 7.39 m (did not advance) *

Joshua Owusu Joshua Owusu (born October 2, 1948) is a retired Olympic track and field athlete from Ghana. He specialised in the triple jump and the long jump events during his career. Owusu represented Ghana at the 1972 Olympic Games where he finishe ...

:# Heat — 7.93 m (did not advance) :# Final — 8.01 m (4th place) Men's Triple jump: * Johnson Amoah :# Heat — 15.84 m (did not advance) *

Moise Pomaney Moise Atsu Pomaney (born March 22, 1945) is a retired Olympic track and field athlete from Ghana. He specialized in the long jump and the triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, ...

:# Heat — 15.72 m (did not advance) Women's 100 m *

Hannah Afriyie Hannah Afriyie (born 21 December 1951) is a retired Ghanaian track and field athlete. She won two gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres sprints at the 1978 All-Africa Games held in Algiers. Afriyie reached the quarter finals of the 100 metres ...

:# Heat — 11.90 s :# 2nd Round — 12.04 (did not advance) * Alice Annum :# Heat — 11.54 s :# 2nd Round — 11.45 s :# Semifinal — 11.47 s :# Final — 11.41 s (6th place) ;Alternate member ** Juliana Ohemeng

Boxing

Bantamweight: * Destimo Joe :# 1/16-Final — Defeated

Werner Schäfer Werner Schäfer (born 29 December 1952) is a German boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich ...

of West Germany (3 — 2) :# 1/8-Final — Lost to

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of Indonesia (1 — 4) Featherweight: *

Cofie Joe Cofie is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ethel Delali Cofie, Ghanaian IT professional, entrepreneur and consultant * Isaac Cofie (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer * Joe Cofie (born 1946), Ghanaian boxer * John Cofie (born 1993 ...

:# 1/32-Final — Lost to

Orlando Palacios Orlando Palacios (born 16 March 1954) is a Cuban boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he defeated Joe Cofie Joe Cofie (born 1 January 1946) is a Ghanaian boxer. He com ...

of Cuba (1 — 4) Light Welterweight: *

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:# 1/16-Final — Lost to

Issaka Dabore Issake Dabore (1940 – 25 December 2021) was a boxer from Niger who mainly fought in the light-welterweight and welterweight weight classes. Dabore competed at three Olympics; Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972. He was the first Ni ...

of Niger (RSC, 3. RD) Welterweight: *

Emma Flash Ankudey Emma Flash Ankudey (born 10 September 1943) is a Ghanaian former amateur boxer. Ankudey won a gold medal in the welterweight division of the boxing at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, which were held in Edinburgh. At the 1972 Summer Olympics ...

:# 1/16-Final — Lost to Damdinjav Bandi of Mongolia (2 — 3) Light middleweight: *

Ricky Barnor Ricky Barnor (born 23 September 1943) is a Ghanaian boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight, men's light middleweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he lost in ...

:# 1/32-Final — Lost to Rolando Garbey of Cuba (0 — 5) Middleweight: * Prince Amartey → Bronze medal :# 1/8-final — Defeat

José Luis Espinosa José Luis Espinosa (born 19 January 1941) is a Mexican boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Mu ...

of Mexico (5 — 0) :# 1/4-final — Defeat Poul Knudsen of Denmark (3 — 2) :# Semi-Final — Lost to

Reima Virtanen Reima Valdemar Virtanen (born 5 November 1947 in Kemi, Finnish Lapland) is a former boxer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division (– 75 kg) at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was nicknamed "Kila" and ...

of Finland (2 — 3)

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Men

*First Round (Group D) ---- ---- ----

Group D

*Team Roster :*

Oliver Acquah Oliver Acquah (born 22 March 1946) is a Ghanaian footballer. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München ...

:* Armah Akuetteh :* Edward Boye :* Abukari Caribah :* Joseph Derchie :*

John Eshun John Eshun (17 July 1942 – 6 November 2018) was a Ghana national football team, Ghana international Association football, football defender. Career Born in Sekondi, Eshun began playing club football for local sides Sekondi Wise Fighters, Se ...

:* Albert Essuman :* Henry Lante France :* Joe Ghartey :* Malik Jabir :*

Osei Kofi Osei Kofi is a retired Ghanaian footballer. He played for Asante Kotoko S.C. and the Ghana national football team. He was a joint top scorer in the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations tournament held in Tunis, Tunisia leading to Ghana winning the tournam ...

Peter Lamptey Peter Lamptey (born 6 April 1946) is a former Ghanaian international footballer. He was the top scorer in the Ghana league in 1973 and played most of his club football for Accra Hearts of Oak SC and Great Olympics. Club career While playing with ...

:* Essel Badu Mensah :* Alex Mingle :*

Clifford Odame Clifford Odame (born 1946) is a Ghanaian former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 ( ...

Kwasi Owusu Kwasi Owusu (5 November 1945 – 30 March 2020) was a Ghanaian footballer who played as a forward. He is the Ghana national team's third leading international goal scorer with 36 goals in over 130 appearances. He died aged 74, on 30 March 2020, ...

Joseph Sam Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

:* Yaw Sam :*

Ibrahim Sunday Ibrahim Sunday (born 22 July 1944) is a Ghanaian former professional football player and coach. A midfielder, he played the majority of his career for Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko, and was also a member of the Ghana national team, participati ...

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