Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Ghana took part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022.[1] It was Ghana's seventeenth appearance at the Games.
Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | GHA |
CGA | Ghana Olympic Committee |
Website | ghanaolympic |
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022 | |
Competitors | 99 (59 men and 40 women) in 13 sports |
Medals Ranked 28th |
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Abraham Mensah | Boxing | Men's bantamweight | 7 August |
Silver | Joseph Commey | Boxing | Men's featherweight | 7 August |
Bronze | Joseph Amoah | Athletics | Men's 200 m | 6 August |
Bronze | Abdul Omar | Boxing | Men's light welterweight | 6 August |
Bronze | Deborah Acquah | Athletics | Women's long jump | 7 August |
Competitors
Ghana received a quota of 40 open allocation slots from Commonwealth Sport.[2] This quota is used to determine the overall team in sports lacking a qualifying system.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Badminton | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Beach volleyball | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Boxing | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Cycling | 7 | 2 | 9[lower-alpha 1] |
Hockey | 18 | 18 | 36 |
Judo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Para powerlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Squash | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Swimming | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Table tennis | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Triathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 59 | 40 | 99 |
- Notes
- Plus one guide.
Athletics
A squad of fourteen athletes was selected on 14 June 2022.[3] Among those selected is 2014 Youth Olympic 800 metres champion Martha Bissah, who until recently was indefinitely banned from representing Ghana as punishment for accusing the GAA of extortion.[4]
- Men
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku | 100 m | 10.19 | 1 Q | 10.18 | 3 q | 10.16 | 4 |
Sean Safo-Antwi | 10.33 | 4 q | 10.36 | 5 | did not advance | ||
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu | 200 m | 21.32 | 3 | did not advance | |||
Joseph Amoah | 20.58 | 1 Q | 20.51 | 2 Q | 20.49 | ||
Alex Amankwah | 800 m | 1:48.26 | 3 q | — | 1:48.95 | 7 | |
William Amponsah | 5000 m | — | 13:51.63 | 13 | |||
Sean Safo-Antwi Benjamin Azamati Barnabas Aggerh Joseph Amoah |
4 × 100 m relay | DSQ | — | did not advance |
- Women
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Mary Boakye Latifa Ali Gifty Oku Halutie Hor |
4 × 100 m relay | 44.32 | 5 q | 44.86 | 7 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank | ||
Abigail Kwarteng | High jump | 1.81 | 1 q | 1.89 | 5 |
Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah | 1.81 | 12 q | 1.85 | 7 | |
Deborah Acquah | Long jump | 6.85 | 1 Q | 6.94 |
Badminton
- Singles
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Ahmad Abdul-Samad | Men's singles | Bangura (SLE) W (21–1, 21–1) |
Rasheed (MDV) L (16–21, 14–21) |
Did not advance | ||||
Kelvin Alphous | Bye | Smith (SCO) L (6–21, 7–21) |
Did not advance | |||||
Aaron Tamakloe | Ali (PAK) L (9–21, 8–21) |
Did not advance | ||||||
Prospera Nantuo | Women's singles | Bye | Kattirtzi (CYP) L (10–21, 8–21) |
Did not advance | ||||
Cindy Tornyenyor | Bye | Goh (MAS) L (3–21, 1–21) |
Did not advance |
- Doubles
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Kelvin Alphous Ahmad Abdul-Samad |
Men's doubles | — | C Mulenga & K Mulenga (ZAM) L (8–21, 7–21) |
Did not advance | ||||
Prospera Nantuo Cindy Tornyenyor |
Women's doubles | — | Chater & March (FLK) W (21–17, 22–20) |
Richardson & Wynter (JAM) L (5–21, 6–21) |
Did not advance | |||
Aaron Tamakloe Cindy Tornyenyor |
Mixed doubles | Bongout & Leung (MRI) L (5–21, 17–21) |
Did not advance | |||||
Kelvin Alphous Prospera Nantuo |
C Mulenga & Chipeleme (ZAM) W (21–19, 21–16) |
Attama & Wanyana (UGA) L (17–21, 21–17, 14–21) |
Did not advance |
Beach volleyball
On 28 March 2022, Ghana qualified for the women's tournament. This was achieved by winning the African Qualifier in Accra.[5]
Athletes | Event | Preliminary Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank | |||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score | |||
Juliana Aryee Rashaka Katadat |
Women's | Melissa / Pavan (CAN) L 0 - 2 |
Zeimann / Polley (NZL) L 0 - 2 |
Khadambi / Makokha (KEN) L 1 - 2 |
4 | did not advance |
Women's tournament
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 137 | 73 | 1.877 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Zeimann – Polley (NZL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.000 | 124 | 105 | 1.181 | |
3 | Khadambi – Makokha (KEN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 101 | 134 | 0.754 | Ranking of third-placed teams |
4 | Aryee – Katadat (GHA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 86 | 138 | 0.623 |
Qualified for the Quarterfinals |
30 July 2022 14:30 |
Humana-Paredes – Pavan (CAN) | 2–0 | Aryee – Katadat (GHA) | Smithfield |
(21–7, 21–6) Report | ||||
1 August 2022 19:00 |
Zeimann – Polley (NZL) | 2–0 | Aryee – Katadat (GHA) | Smithfield |
(21–10, 21–13) Report | ||||
3 August 2022 14:30 |
Khadambi – Makokha (KEN) | 2–1 | Aryee – Katadat (GHA) | Smithfield |
(16–21, 21–13, 15–12) Report | ||||
Boxing
A squad of nine boxers was selected as of 21 June 2022.[6]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Yaw Addo | Flyweight | — | Paiva (NIR) L 2 - 3 |
did not advance | |||
Abraham Mensah | Bantamweight | — | Bye | Prasanna (SRI) W 3 - 1 |
H-Allan (WAL) W 3 - 0 |
Eagleson (NIR) L 0 - 5 |
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Joseph Commey | Featherweight | Aaree (KIR) W 5 - 0 |
Oaike (PNG) W RSC |
Mukuka (NZL) W 5 - 0 |
Hussamuddin (IND) W 4 - 1 |
Gallagher (NIR) L WO |
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Abdul Omar | Light welterweight | Devine (IOM) W 4 - 1 |
Rokobuli (FIJ) W RSC |
Ryan (ANT) W 4 - 1 |
Colin (MRI) L 0 - 5 |
Did not advance | |
Alfred Kotey | Welterweight | Bye | Tokas (IND) L 0 - 5 |
did not advance | |||
Jessie Lartey | Light middleweight | Bye | Akbar (ENG) L 0 - 5 |
did not advance | |||
Abubakari Quartey | Middleweight | Bye | Benson (NGR) L 2 - 3 |
did not advance | |||
Shakul Samed | Light heavyweight | Rosalba (MRI) L WO |
did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Ornella Sathoud | Middleweight | Davis (ENG) L 0 - 4 |
did not advance |
Cycling
Road
- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Abdul Rahman Abdul Samed | Road race | DNF | |
Emmanuel Arthur | DNF | ||
Anthony Boakye Dankwa | DNF | ||
Henry Djangmah | DNF | ||
Henry Djangmah | Time trial | 1:04:26.26 | 50 |
Christopher Symonds | 1:02:56.79 | 47 |
Track
- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
Emmanuel Sackey | Men's sprint | 12.729 | 26 | did not advance | ||||
Florence Heridor | Women's sprint | 19.160 | 26 | did not advance | ||||
Erica Sedzro | 18.857 | 25 | did not advance | |||||
Frederick Assor Mensah Rudolf (pilot) |
Men's tandem sprint B | 13.186 | 6 | — | did not advance |
- Time trial
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Emmanuel Sackey | Men's time trial | 1:20.526 | 20 |
Florence Heridor | Women's time trial | 54.062 | 20 |
Erica Sedzeo | 49.452 | 19 | |
Frederick Assor Mensah Rudolf (pilot) |
Men's tandem time trial B | 1:25.240 | 7 |
Hockey
By virtue of its position in the FIH World Rankings for men and women respectively (as of 1 February 2022), Ghana qualified for both tournaments.[7][8]
Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022.[9]
- Summary
Key:
- FT = After full time
- P = Match decided by penalty-shootout
Team | Event | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final / BM / PM | |||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Ghana men | Men's tournament | England L 0–6 |
India L 0–11 |
Canada D 1–1 |
Wales L 1–6 |
5 | Did not advance | Classification 9–10 Scotland L 2–7 |
10 |
Ghana women | Women's tournament | India L 0–5 |
England L 0–12 |
Wales L 0–4 |
Canada L 2–8 |
5 | Did not advance | Classification 9–10 Kenya L 2–2 (PSO 2-3) |
10 |
Men's tournament
- Roster
- Alfred Ntiamoah
- Charles Abbiw
- Elikem Akaba
- Derick Owusu Lee
- Christopher Dogbe
- Eugene Acheampong
- Emmanuel Ankomah
- Mohammed Osumanu
- Matthew Damalie
- Samuel Afari
- Francis Tettey
- Michael Baiden
- Duisberg Offei
- Richard Adjei
- Kwofie Benjamin
- Luke Damalie
- Emmanuel Akaba
- Samuel Agbeli
- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 10 | Semi-finals |
2 | England (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 10 | |
3 | Wales | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 6 | Fifth place match |
4 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 1 | Seventh place match |
5 | Ghana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 1 | Ninth place match |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts
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- Ninth place match
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Women's tournament
- Roster
- Ernestina Coffie
- Dede Okine
- Vivian Narkuor
- Serwaa Baah
- Roberta Sarfo
- Racheal Bamfo
- Nafisatu Umaru
- Mavis Berko
- Martha Sarfoa
- Lydia Afriyie
- Hagiet Copson
- Elizabeth Opoku
- Cecilia Amoako
- Doris Antwi
- Bridget Azumah
- Adizatu Sulemana
- Abigail Boye
- Eleanor Otoo
- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | England (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 12 | Semi-finals |
2 | India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | |
3 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 6 | Fifth place match |
4 | Wales | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | Seventh place match |
5 | Ghana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 | Ninth place match |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts
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Judo
- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final/BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Zeo Agudoo | -60 kg | Rabbitt (WAL) L 00 - 10 |
did not advance | 17 | ||||
Sandor Iddris | Bangura (SLE) W 10 - 00 |
Mckenzie (ENG) L 00 - 10 |
did not advance | 9 | ||||
Bismark Yartey | -66 kg | — | Varey (WAL) L 00 - 10 |
did not advance | 9 | |||
Rashid Alhassan | -81 kg | — | G-Drapeau (CAN) L 00 - 10 |
did not advance | 9 | |||
Victor Ahiavor | -100 kg | — | L-Hewitt (ENG) L 00 - 10 |
did not advance | 9 |
Para powerlifting
Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Emmanuel Oku | Men's lightweight | 126.4 | 5 |
Vida Antwi | Women's heavyweight | 74.4 | 7 |
Squash
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Clement Anafo | Men's singles | Jervis (CAY) L 0 - 3 |
did not advance | |||||
Evans Ayih | Binnie (JAM) L 0 - 3 |
did not advance | ||||||
Clement Anafo Evans Ayih |
Men's doubles | — | Aslam / Iqbal (PAK) L 0 - 2 |
did not advance |
Swimming
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Abeku Jackson | 50 m freestyle | 23.62 | 23 | did not advance | |||
Kow Jackson | 100 m freestyle | 56.27 | 61 | did not advance | |||
200 m freestyle | 2:10.24 | 36 | — | did not advance | |||
Abeku Jackson | 50 m butterfly | 24.19 | 17 | did not advance | |||
100 m butterfly | 53.60 | 12 Q | 53.79 | 12 | did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Unilez Takyi | 50 m freestyle | 28.12 | 44 | did not advance | |||
100 m freestyle | 1:03.79 | 51 | did not advance | ||||
Zaira Forson | 200 m freestyle | 2:19.02 | 26 | — | did not advance | ||
Nubia Adjei | 50 m backstroke | 30.97 | 21 | did not advance | |||
100 m backstroke | 1:09.12 | 23 | did not advance | ||||
Unilez Takyi | 50 m breaststroke | 37.68 | 29 | did not advance | |||
Nubia Adjei | 50 m butterfly | 30.16 | 36 | did not advance | |||
Zaira Forson | 200 m butterfly | 2:45.50 | 14 | — | did not advance |
Table tennis
- Singles
Athletes | Event | Group stage | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Derek Abrefa | Men's singles | Ahmed (MDV) W 4 - 0 |
Sabbir (BAN) W 4 - 0 |
— | 1 Q | Shetty (IND) L 0 - 4 |
did not advance | ||||
Emanuel Asante | Choong (MAS) L 0 - 4 |
Chauhan (FIJ) W 4 - 0 |
— | 2 | did not advance | ||||||
Emmanuel Commey | Daldleish (SCO) L 0 - 4 |
Nuopula (SOL) W 4 - 0 |
Wu (FIJ) W 4 - 0 |
2 | did not advance | ||||||
Millicent Ankude | Women's singles | Kalam (RSA) L 1 - 4 |
Cummings (GUY) L 0 - 4 |
— | 3 | did not advance | |||||
Cynthia Kwabi | Plaistow (SCO) L 0 - 4 |
Lyne (MAS) L 0 - 4 |
— | 3 | did not advance |
- Doubles
Athletes | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Emmanuel Commey Derek Abrefa |
Men's doubles | Bye | Lum / Liu (AUS) L 1 - 3 |
did not advance | ||||
Emmanuel Asante Emmanuel Ofori |
Bye | Chambers / Yan (AUS) L 0 - 3 |
did not advance | |||||
Millicent Ankude Cynthia Kwabi |
Women's doubles | Ho / Lyne (MAS) L 0 - 3 |
did not advance | |||||
Derek Abrefa Cynthia Kwabi |
Mixed doubles | Watson / Young (JAM) W 3 - 1 |
Aruna / Edem (NGR) W WO |
Lum / Jee (AUS) L 0 - 3 |
did not advance | |||
Millicent Ankude Emmanuel Commey |
Pontoise / Desscann (MRI) W 3 - 2 |
Abiodun / Bello (NGR) L 0 - 3 |
did not advance |
- Team
Athletes | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Derek Abrefa Emmanuel Commey Emmanuel Asante Emmanuel Ofori |
Men's team | Cyprus (CYP) L 1 - 3 |
Nigeria (NGR) L 0 - 3 |
South Africa (RSA) W 3 - 1 |
3 | did not advance |
Triathlon
Two triathletes have been selected to represent Ghana in Birmingham.[10]
- Individual
Athlete | Event | Swim (750 m) | Trans 1 | Bike (20 km) | Trans 2 | Run (5 km) | Total | Rank |
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Mark Ofosu | Men's | 12:35 | 1:01 | 34:29 | 0:30 | 20:56 | 1:09:31 | 39 |
Mercy Pappoe | Women's | 22:41 | 1:30 | 45:26 | - | 31:29 | 1:41:46 | 32 |
Weightlifting
Two weightlifters qualified for the competition by virtue of their positions in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List.[11]
Athlete | Event | Weight lifted | Total | Rank | |
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Snatch | Clean & jerk | ||||
Forrester Osei | Men's 96 kg | NM | DNS | DNF | |
Winnifred Ntumi | Women's 49 kg | 63 | 76 | 139 | 9 |
See also
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