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competed at the

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. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the

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and 1980 Games.

Results by event

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Men's 200 metres * James Idun :* Heat — 22.55 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres *

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:* Heat — 50.39 (→ did not advance) *Fred Owusu (→ did not compete) Men's 4 × 100 metres relay * Philip Attipoe, Makarios Djan, Collins Mensah, Rex Brobby :* Semi-final Heat 2 — 40.20 (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump * Francis Dodoo :* Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Michael Dankwa *# First Round — Lost to Yehuda Ben Haim (ISR), 1:4 Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) *

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*# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to Ndaba Dube (ZIM), 0:5

References

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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