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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = GHA
| NOCname = Ghana Olympic Committee
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1988
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = 
| location = [[Seoul]]
| competitors = 16
| sports = 3
| flagbearer = [[John Myles-Mills]]
| rank = 
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = 
}}

[[Ghana]] competed at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]. Thanks to in order of using the traditional Korean [[Hangul]] alphabet, Ghana was second in the parade of nations following Greece, which has traditionally led the march since [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]].

==Competitors==
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GHA/editions/22 Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
| 6 || 5 || 11
|-
| align=left|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]
| 4 || – || 4
|-
| align=left|[[Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Table tennis]]
| 0 || 1 || 1
|-
! Total || 10 || 6 || 16
|}

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Men
;Track and road events

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heat Round 1
!colspan=2|Heat Round 2
!colspan=2|Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|-style=font-size:95%
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[John Myles-Mills]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 metres]]
|10.31
|6 '''Q'''
|10.21
|7 '''Q'''
|10.43
|14
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Emmanuel Tuffour]]
|10.31
|6 '''Q'''
|10.37
|20
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[John Myles-Mills]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 metres]]
|21.04
|20 '''q'''
|20.95
|23
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[John Myles-Mills]]<br>[[Eric Akogyiram]]<br>[[Salaam Gariba]]<br>[[Nelson Boateng]]<br>[[Emmanuel Tuffour]] (*)
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay]]
|39.13
|5 '''Q'''
|colspan=2{{n/a}}
|39.46
|12
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Field events
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|-style=font-size:95%
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Francis Dodoo]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]
|16.17
|17
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Women
;Track and road events

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heat Round 1
!colspan=2|Heat Round 2
!colspan=2|Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|-style=font-size:95%
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Dinah Yankey]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 metres]]
|11.64
|32 '''q'''
|11.63
|29
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles|100 metres hurdles]]
|13.64
|25
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Veronica Bawuah]]<br>[[Dinah Yankey]]<br>[[Mercy Addy]]<br>[[Martha Appiah]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay]]
|44.12
|12 '''q'''
|colspan=2{{n/a}}
|44.30
|13
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

;Field events
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|-style=font-size:95%
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Juliana Yendork]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump|Long jump]]
|5.40
|27
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Boxing==
{{main|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Alfred Kotey]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]]
|{{bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Husain Al-Mutairi|Al-Mutairi]]|KUW|1988 Summer}}<br>'''W''' RSC R1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Benjamin Mwangata|Mwangata]]|TAN|1988 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 5–0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mario González (Mexican boxer)|González]]|MEX|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' Walkover
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ike Quartey]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight|Light welterweight]]
|{{bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[José Saizozema|Saizozema]]|DOM|1988 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 5–0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Grahame Cheney|Cheney]]|AUS|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0–5
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Alfred Ankamah]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Welterweight|Welterweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Boston Simbeye|Simbeye]]|MAW|1988 Summer}}<br>'''W''' KO
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kenneth Gould|Gould]]|USA|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0–5
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Emmanuel Quaye]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight|Light middleweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Laurensio Mercado|Mercado]]|ECU|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' KO
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

==Table tennis==
{{main|Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="6"|Group Stage
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|-
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Patricia Offel]]
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Li Huifen|Li]]|CHN|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kerri Tepper|Tepper]]|AUS|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 1–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mok Ka Sha|Mok]]|HKG|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lau Wai Cheng|Lau]]|MAS|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 1–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kiyomi Ishida|Ishida]]|JPN|1988 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0–3
|6
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|}

==References==
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