1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ghana)

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Ghana took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital of Rome with a delegation of 13 male athletes in twelve competitions in two sports.

After 1952, it was Ghana's second participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

The youngest athlete was the boxer Isaac Aryee at 19 years and 147 days , the oldest athlete the track and field athlete Gustav Ntiforo (27 years and 159 days).

Medals

With a silver medal won the Ghanaian team was ranked 32 in the medal count .

silver

Clement Quartey

Boxing

Light welterweight

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Isaac Aryee
  • Flyweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points defeat against Kiyoshi Tanabe from Japan (273: 299 - 55:60, 53:60, 55:60, 57:59, 53:60)

• Eddie Blay
  • lightweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points victory against Gualberto Gutiérrez from Uruguay (295: 294 - 60:59, 59:59 (round won), 59:58, 59:58, 58:60)

  Round three: points defeat against Richard McTaggart from Great Britain (286: 300 - 56:60, 58:60, 56:60, 58:60, 58:60)

• Alhassan Brimah
  • Light middleweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: loss to Boris Nikolajewitsch Lagutin from the Soviet Union by knockout in the first round

• Joseph Lartey
  • Welterweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: points victory against Karl Bergström from Sweden (296: 282 - 60:57, 60:54, 58:57, 59:57, 59:57)

  Round three: defeat against Yuri Radonjak from the Soviet Union by knockout in the second round

• Clement Quartey
  • Light welterweight

  Rank two

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: Victory against Mohamed Boubekeur from Morocco on points (300: 278 - 60:57, 60:55, 60:55, 60:55, 60:56)

  Round three: points victory against Khalid Al-Karkhi from Iraq (299: 280 - 60:54, 60:55, 60:55, 59:58, 60:58)

  Quarterfinals: won against Kim Deuk-Bong from South Korea on points (293: 292 - 58:58 (round lost), 57:59, 59:58, 60:59, 59:58)

  Semi-finals: BYE

  Final: point defeat against Bohumil Němeček from Czechoslovakia (289: 299 - 58:59, 58:60, 58:60, 58:60, 57:60)

• Joshua Williams
  • Featherweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: eliminated by Constantin Gheorghiu from Romania on points (285: 297 - 59:58, 57:59, 56:60, 58:60, 55:60)

athletics

4 × 400 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the semi-finals in run four (second place), 3: 10.5 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 10.66 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Season

  James Addy

  John Asare-Antwi

  Frederick Owusu

  William Quaye

singles

• John Asare-Antwi
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (fifth place), 47.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 47.81 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Robert Kotei
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 2.00 meters, fourth place, qualified for the final

  1.90 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  1.95 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  2.00 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  Final round: 2.03 meters, tenth place

  1.90 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  1.95 meters: left out

  2.00 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  2.03 meters: valid, one failed attempt

  2.06 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• Gustav Ntiforo
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run two (fourth place), 11.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.15 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Michael Okantey
  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run four (third place), 21.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.91 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Frederick Owusu
  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run five (fifth place), 1: 55.2 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 55.41 minutes (automatically stopped)

Web links

• Ghanaian Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )