Ghana at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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Ghana competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1976 and 1980 Games.
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 200 metres
- Heat — 22.55 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
- Heat — 50.39 (→ did not advance)
- Fred Owusu (→ did not compete)
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
- Semi-final Heat 2 — 40.20 (→ did not advance)[2]
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Michael Ebo Dankwa
- First Round — Lost to Yehuda Ben Haim (ISR), 1:4
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Amon Neequaye
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Ndaba Dube (ZIM), 0:5
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Christian Kpakpo
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to John Wanjau (KEN), 0:5
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Douglas Odame
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Dieudonne Kossi (RCA), RSC-3
- Third Round — Lost to José Antonio Hernando (ESP), 0:5
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Sullemana Sadik
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Christophe Tiozzo (FRA), 0:5
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- Taju Akay
- First Round — Lost to Evander Holyfield (USA), RSC-3