Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics
# Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Ghana competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Eddie Blay | Boxing | Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) |

## Results by event

### Athletics

Men's 100 metres

* Stanley Fabian Allotey

   * Round 1 — 10.7 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
* Michael Ahey

   * Round 1 — 10.6 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

* Michael Okantey

   * Round 1 — 21.9 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

* Ebenezer Quartey

   * Round 1 — 47.1 s (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to 2nd round)

   * Round 2 — 47.0 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
* Samuel Owusu-Mensah

   * Round 1 — DNS

Men's 1500 metres

* Eric Amevor

   * Round 1 — 3:58.4 min (→ 11th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

* Michael Okantey, Michael Ahey, Ebenezer Charle O. Addy, Stanley Fabian Allotey

   * Round 1 — 40.8 s (→ 5th in heat, advanced to semi-final)

   * Semi-Final — 40.7 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

* James Addy, Brobbey Mensah, Samuel Zanya Bugri, Ebenezer Quartey

   * Round 1 — 3:10.4 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's long jump

* Michael Ahey

   * Qualification — 753 cm (→ advanced to the final)

   * Final — 730 cm (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 metres

* Rose Hart

   * Round 1 — 11.9 s (→ 5th in heat, advanced to 2nd round)

   * Round 2 — 11.9 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
* Christiana Boateng

   * Round 1 — 12.9 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 80 metre hurdles

* Rose Hart

   * Round 1 — 11.3 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi-finals)

   * Semi Final — 11.1 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Women's long jump

* Alice Anum

   * Qualification — 545 cm (→ did not advance)

### Boxing

Flyweight

* Sulley Shittu

   * Round 1 — defeated Jumaat Ibrahim (MAL) KO-1 2:17

   * Round 2 — lost to John Anthony McCafferty (IRL) 2:3

Bantamweight

* Cassis Aryee

   * Round 1 — defeated Thein Myint (BIR) KO-2 2:03

   * Round 2 — lost to Takao Sakurai (JPN) 0:5

Lightweight

* Sammy Lee Amekudji

   * Round 1 — bye

   * Round 2 — lost to Kanemaru Shiratori (JPN) KO-1 1:27

Light welterweight

* Eddie Blay

   * Round 1 — bye

   * Round 2 — defeated Preben R.S. Rasmussen (DEN) 5:0

   * Round 3 — defeated Nol Touch (CAM) KO-2 1:34

   * Quarterfinals — defeated Joao Henrique Da Silva (BRA) 5:0

   * Semi-finals — lost to Jerzy Kulej (POL) 0:5

Light middleweight

* Eddie Davies

   * Round 1 — defeated Laszlo Sebok (HUN) 5:0

   * Round 2 — defeated Tolman Gibson Jr. (USA) 5:0

   * Quarterfinals — lost to Boris Lagutin (SOV) RET

Middleweight

* Joe Darkey

   * Round 1 — bye

   * Round 2 — defeated James Columbus Rosette (USA) 3:2

   * Quarterfinals — lost to Valery Popenchenko (SOV) 0:5

Light Heavyweight

* Thomas Arimi

   * Round 1 — bye

   * Round 2 — lost to Sayed Mersal (UAR) 0:5

### Football

**Group D**

| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

**Quarterfinals**

vteGhana at the Olympics :

Ghana did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott. :

