Ghana at the Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Ghana at the
Olympics
IOC codeGHA
NOCGhana Olympic Committee
Websiteghanaolympic.org
Medals
Ranked 125th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
5
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Ghana first participated at the Olympic Games in 1952, when it was known by the colonial name of Gold Coast. The nation has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since then, missing the 1956 Games, boycotting the 1976 Games in protest of the participation of New Zealand (who still had sporting links with apartheid South Africa), and joining the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Ghana participated in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in Vancouver in 2010.[1]

Ghanaian athletes have won a total of five Olympics medals, four (three bronze and one silver) in boxing, and a bronze medal by the under-23 Ghana national football team in 1992.

The National Olympic Committee for Ghana was created in 1951 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the upcoming year.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1952 Helsinki 7 0 0 0 0 –
1956 Melbourne did not participate
1960 Rome 15 0 1 0 1 32
1964 Tokyo 42 0 0 1 1 35
1968 Mexico City 31 0 0 0 0 –
1972 Munich 35 0 0 1 1 43
1976 Montreal did not participate
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles 23 0 0 0 0 –
1988 Seoul 18 0 0 0 0 –
1992 Barcelona 37 0 0 1 1 54
1996 Atlanta 35 0 0 0 0 –
2000 Sydney 22 0 0 0 0 –
2004 Athens 29 0 0 0 0 –
2008 Beijing 9 0 0 0 0 –
2012 London 9 0 0 0 0 –
2016 Rio de Janeiro 14 0 0 0 0 –
2020 Tokyo 14 0 0 1 1 86
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 0 1 4 5 123

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0 –
2014 Sochi did not participate
2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0 –
2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 –
2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Boxing0134
Football0011
Totals (2 entries)0145

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Clement Quartey 1960 Rome Boxing Men's light welterweight
 Bronze Eddie Blay 1964 Tokyo Boxing Men's light welterweight
 Bronze Prince Amartey 1972 Munich Boxing Men's middleweight
 Bronze 1992 Barcelona Football Men's competition
 Bronze Samuel Takyi 2020 Tokyo Boxing Men's featherweight

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ghana's 'Snow Leopard' qualifies to ski in 2010 Winter Olympics". CBC News. Toronto, Canada. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

External links

  • "Ghana". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Ghana". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/GHA". olympanalyt.com.
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