Ghana at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Ghana at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ghana IOC code  GHA NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
Competitors	15 in 2 sports
Medals Rank: 32	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952* 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 *As the Gold Coast
Winter Games
2010 2014

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.

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)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Gustav Ntiforo

• Round 1 — 11.0 s (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Michael Okantey

• Round 1 — 21.8 s (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• John Asare Antwi

• Round 1 — 47.7 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Frederick Owusu

• Round 1 — 1:55.2 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

• William Quaye, James Addy, Frederick Owusu, John Asare Antwi

• Round 1 — 3:10.5 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to the semifinal)
• Semifinals — 3.:10.9 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's high jump

• Robert Kotei

• Qualification — 200 cm (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 203 cm (→ 10th place)

Boxing

Flyweight

• Isaac Aryee

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — lost to Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) 0:5

Featherweight

• Joshua Williams

• Round 1 — lost to Constantin Gheorghiu (ROM) 1:4

Lightweight

• Eddie Blay

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — defeated Gualberto Gutierrez (URU) 4:1
• Round 3 — lost to Richard McTaggart (GBR) 0:5

Light welterweight

• Clement Quartey

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — defeated Mohamed Boubekeur (MOR) 5:0
• Round 3 — defeated Khalid Karkhi (IRQ) 5:0
• Quarterfinals — defeated Kim Duck Bong (KOR) 3:2
• Semi-finals — defeated Marian Kasprzyk (POL) by default
• Final — lost to Bohumil Němeček (CZE) 0:5

Welterweight

• Joseph Lartey

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — defeated Karl Bergström (SWE) 5:0
• Round 3 — lost to Yuri Radonyak (SOV) KO-2

Light middleweight

• Alhassan Brimah

• Round 1 — bye
• Round 2 — lost to Boris Lagutin (SOV) KO-1