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Medalists

Results by event

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

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 :# Heats — 21.06 s (did not advance) * Sam Bugri :# 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 Olympi ...

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

Ohene Karikari Ohene Karikari (born 1 December 1954) is a former sprinter from Ghana, who represented his native West African country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. He is best known for winning two gold medals (100 and 200 met ...

, James Addy, 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 :# Heat — 7.39 m (did not advance) * Joshua Owusu :# 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 :# Heat — 15.72 m (did not advance) Women's 100 m * Hannah Afriyie :# Heat — 11.90 s :# 2nd Round — 12.04 (did not advance) *

Alice Annum Alice Annum (born 20 October 1948 in Accra) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter. Her personal best time in the 200 metres was 22.89 seconds, achieved at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. She was the first woman to represent Ghana at the Olympics. ...

:# Heat — 11.54 s :# 2nd Round — 11.45 s :# Semifinal — 11.47 s :# Final — 11.41 s (6th place) ;Alternate member ** Juliana Ohemeng

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

Bantamweight: * Destimo Joe :# 1/16-Final — Defeated Werner Schäfer of West Germany (3 — 2) :# 1/8-Final — Lost to Ferry Egberty Moniaga of Indonesia (1 — 4) Featherweight: * Cofie Joe :# 1/32-Final — Lost to Orlando Palacios of Cuba (1 — 4) Light Welterweight: * Lawson Odartey :# 1/16-Final — Lost to Issaka Dabore of Niger (RSC, 3. RD) Welterweight: * Emma Flash Ankudey :# 1/16-Final — Lost to Damdinjav Bandi of Mongolia (2 — 3) Light middleweight: * Ricky Barnor :# 1/32-Final — Lost to

Rolando Garbey Rolando Garbey Garbey (born November 19, 1947, in Santiago de Cuba) is a retired Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974 ...

of Cuba (0 — 5) Middleweight: * Prince Amartey → Bronze medal :# 1/8-final — Defeat José Luis Espinosa of Mexico (5 — 0) :# 1/4-final — Defeat Poul Knudsen of Denmark (3 — 2) :# Semi-Final — Lost to Reima Virtanen of Finland (2 — 3)

Football

Men

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Group D

*Team Roster :* Oliver Acquah :* Armah Akuetteh :* Edward Boye :* Abukari Caribah :* Joseph Derchie :*

John Eshun John Eshun (17 July 1942 – 6 November 2018) was a Ghana international football defender. Career Born in Sekondi, Eshun began playing club football for local sides Sekondi Eleven Wise F.C. and Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. Eshun represented Ghana ...

:* Albert Essuman :* Henry Lante France :*

Joe Ghartey Joe Ghartey (born 15 June 1961, in Accra) is a Ghanaian lawyer, academic and politician. He is a former Attorney-General of Ghana (2006–2009), Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament (2013–2017) and Railways and Development Minister (2017–2 ...

Malik Jabir Malik Jabir (born 8 December 1944 in Wa) is a retired Ghanaian professional football striker. He is currently a technical advisor for Asante Kotoko S.C. in the Ghana Premier League. Career Jabir played club football for Asante Kotoko. Int ...

:* Osei Kofi :* Peter Lamptey :* Essel Badu Mensah :* Alex Mingle :* Clifford Odame :* Kwasi Owusu :* Joseph Sam :* Yaw Sam :* Ibrahim Sunday {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghana At The 1972 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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