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. In total, 15 athletes competing in 2 sports represented Ghana.
Medalists Ghana won its first ever Olympic medal at these Games.
MedalNameSportEvent Clement Quartey Boxing Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)
Athletics
Key Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target N/A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankGustav Ntiforo100 m11.154did not advanceMichael Okantey200 m21.913did not advanceJohn Asare-Antwi400 m47.815did not advanceFrederick Owusu800 m1:55.415did not advanceWilliam QuayeJames AddyFrederick OwusuJohn Asare-Antwi4 × 400 m relay3:10.622 Qcolspan=2 3:11.035did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionRobert KoteiHigh jump2.00=4 q2.0310
Boxing
AthleteEventRound 1Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIsaac AryeeFlyweightL 0-5did not advanceJoshua WilliamsFeatherweightL 1-4did not advanceEddie BlayLightweightW 4-1L 0-5did not advanceClement QuarteyLight welterweightW 5-0W 5-0W 3-2W L 0-5Joseph LarteyWelterweightW 5-0L did not advanceAlhassan BrimahLight MiddleweightL did not advance
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database