# George Acquaah

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**George Wilson Acquaah** (3 October 1925 – 18 December 1963) [Ghanaian](/source/Ghana) [track and field](/source/Track_and_field) [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)) who competed at the [1952 Olympic Games](/source/1952_Summer_Olympics).

In 1952, George Acquaah appeared as one of seven athletes for the [Gold Coast](/source/Gold_Coast_(British_colony)) at the [Summer Olympics](/source/1952_Summer_Olympics) in the Finnish capital [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki). In the seventh heat for the [100 metres](/source/100_metres) race the 26-year-old was eliminated with a time of 11.1 seconds in fifth place. In the second heat of the [4×100 metres relay](/source/4%C3%97100_metres_relay) the Gold Coast team, with Acquaah as the second runner and with [Gabriel Laryea](/source/Gabriel_Laryea), [John Owusu](/source/John_Owusu) and [Augustus Lawson](/source/Augustus_Lawson), earned a time of 42.1 seconds putting them in fourth place, which again led to an elimination.

## References

- ["George Acquaah"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140502004749/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ac/george-acquaah-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ac/george-acquaah-1.html) on 2014-05-02.

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