Athletics

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries....

• Micheal Ahey
• Round 1 — 10.5 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to round 2)
• Round 2 — 10.4 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

• Alice Anum
• Round 1 — 23.9 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

• Samuel Bugri
• Round 1 — 45.8 s (→ 4th in heat, advanced to round 2)
• Round 2 — 46.0 s (→ 4th in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 45.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

• John Ametepey
• Round 1 — 1:50.7 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)

• William Quaye
• Round 1 — 51.6 s (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

• Edward Owusu, Micheal Ahey, William Quaye, James Addy
• Round 1 — 39.8 s (→ 6th in heat, semi final)
• Semi final — 39.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

• Micheal Ahey
• Qualification — 7.77 m (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 7.71 m (→ 13th place)
• Johnson Amoah
• Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

• Alice Anum
• Qualification — 5.61 m (→ advanced to the final)

• Johnson Amoah
• Qualification — 15.65 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

-Medal table:- Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Tahar Aziz def. David Nata , 4:1* Hubert Skrzypczak def. Mohamed Sohem , 5:0* Joseph Donovan def. György Gedó , TKO-2...

• Joseph Destimo
• Round of 16 — Beat Walter Henry of Canada
  Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 138 competitors, 110 men and 28 women, took part in 124 events in 14 sports...
  
  
• Quarterfinal — Lost to Servilio Oliveira of Brazil
  Brazil at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Brazil competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 76 competitors, 73 men and 3 women, took part in 27 events in 13 sports...
  
  

• Sulley Shittu
• Round 1 — Beat Dary Dasuda
  Dary Dasuda
  Dary Dasuda is a former Nigerien bantamweight boxer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, losing in his only match to Solly Shittu of Ghana.-References:...
  
   of Niger
  Niger at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Niger competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.They fielded two boxers, both men.-Boxing:Bantamweight * Dary Dasuda* Round 1 - Lost to Sulley Shittu of GhanaLight welterweight ...
  
  
• Round 2 — Beat Gyula Szabo of Hungary
  Hungary at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Hungary competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 135 men and 32 women, took part in 116 events in 15 sports.- Gold:*Gyula Zsivótzky — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw...
  
  
• Round of 16 - Lost to Horst Rascher of West Germany
  West Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games...
  
  

• Joe Martey
• Round 1 — Lost to Enzo Petriglia of Italy
  Italy at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 167 competitors, 152 men and 15 women, took part in 103 events in 17 sports.- Gold:* Pierfranco Vianelli — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race...
  
  

• Emmanuel Lawson
• Round 2 — Lost to Jaime Lozano
  Jaime Lozano
  Jaime Arturo Lozano Espín is a Mexican football player currently playing for Morelia in the Mexican First Division. In Tigres, he played in the midfielder position with the number 21. However, at Cruz Azul he was employed as more of a defensive wingback...
  
   of Mexico
  Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.- Gold:* Ricardo Delgado — Boxing, Men's Flyweight...
  
  

• Aaron Popoola
• Round 2 — Lost to Celal Sandal of Turkey
  Turkey at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  -Medalists:-References:**...
  
  

• Prince Amartey
  Prince Amartey
  Prince Amartey is a boxer from Ghana, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He shared the podium with USA's Marvin Johnson.-References:...
  
  
• Round 1 — Beat Abdalla Abdel of Sudan
  Sudan at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:*Gasmalla Morgan*Men's 100 metres — Heats: 11.0 s *Men's 200 metres — Heats: 22.6 s *Angelo Hussein*Men's 400 metres — Heats: 47.7 s ...
  
  
• Round of 16 — Lost to Eric Blake of Great Britain

• George Aidoo
• Round of 16 — DNS

• Adonis Ray
• Round of 16 — Lost to Joaquin Rocha
  Joaquín Rocha
  Joaquín Rocha Herrera is a former Olympic heavyweight boxer.-References:* *...
  
   of Mexico
  Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 275 competitors, 233 men and 42 women, took part in 146 events in 20 sports.- Gold:* Ricardo Delgado — Boxing, Men's Flyweight...
  
  

Football (soccer)

Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Final results for the football competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics.-Medalists:-Group A:-------------------------Group B:-------------------------Group C:Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play Israel.----...

• Preliminary Round (Group C)

• Team roster
• ( 1.) ?
• ( 2.) ?
• ( 3.) ?
• ( 4.) John Eshun
  John Eshun
  John Eshun is a former 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.....
  
  
• ( 5.) Charles Addo
• ( 6.) Ibrahim Sunday
  Ibrahim Sunday
  Ibrahim Sunday is a former Ghanaian football player and coach.-Playing career:Sunday started his career playing for local club Kumasi Asante Kotoko, of which he became the captain. In 1970, he and his club won the African Cup of Champions, predecessor of the CAF Champions League, the first...
  
  
• ( 7.) Osei Kofi
  Osei Kofi
  Osei Kofi is a retired Ghanaian footballer. He played for Asante Kotoko F.C. and the Ghana national football team. He was a joint top scorer in the 1965 Africa Cup of Nations tournament held in Tunis, Tunisia leading to Ghana winning the tournament for a second time. He was the third highest scorer...
  
  
• ( 8.) Jones Atuquayefio
• ( 9.) George Alhassan
  George Alhassan
  George Alhassan, commonly referred to as Jair is a retired Ghanaian footballer. He is best known for his exploits in the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations which saw him lift the trophy for the second time in his career...
  
  
• (10.) Gbadamosi Amusa
• (11.) Sammy Sampene
• (12.) ?
• (13.) John Naawu
• (14.) Joseph Wilson
• (15.) Jabir Malik
• (16.) Oliver Acquah
• (17.) Jonathan Kpakpo
• (18.) George Foley
• Gariba Abukari
• Bernard Kusi