Ghana at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Ghana at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Ghana at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Ghana
CGF code	GHA
CGA	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors	70 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Abdul Omar
Medals; Ranked 39th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Ghana competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1] It was Ghana's 16th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Boxer Abdul Omar was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Jessie Lartey	Boxing	Men's −64 kg	April 14

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	9	17
Badminton	4	4	8
Boxing	7	0	7
Cycling	5	0	5
Hockey	0	18	18
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	2	2	4
Table tennis	4	2	6
Weightlifting	3	1	4
Total	34	37	71

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sarfo Ansah	100 m	10.41	4	Did not advance
Sean Safo-Antwi	100 m	10.95	5	Did not advance
Joseph Amoah	200 m	20.84	4 Q	20.99	7	Did not advance
Martin Owusu-Antwi	200 m	21.02 SB	2 Q	25.95	8	Did not advance
Alex Amankwah	800 m	1:47.80	4	—	Did not advance
Felix Acheampong	1500 m T54	3:30.66	6	—	Did not advance
Nkegbe Botsyo	1500 m T54	3:25.55	5 q	—	3:18.71	9
Felix Acheampong	Marathon T54	—	1:57:54	9
Nkegbe Botsyo	Marathon T54	—	1:56:56	8
Joseph Amoah Sarfo Ansah Atsu Nyamadi Martin Owusu-Antwi Sean Safo-Antwi	4 × 100 m	DNS		—	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Atsu Nyamadi	Result	11.27	7.25	14.49	2.01	50.45	14.82	46.61	NM	DNS		DNF
Atsu Nyamadi	Points	801	874	758	813	794	871	800	0	DNS		DNF

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gemma Acheampong	100 m	11.62	3 Q	11.79	6	Did not advance
Halutie Hor		11.45	1 Q	11.46	3 q	11.54	8
Flings Owusu Agyapong		11.74	5 q	11.60	6	Did not advance
Janet Amponsah	200 m	23.66	2 Q	23.67	6	Did not advance
Rafiatu Nuhu	400 m	54.02	5	Did not advance
Akua Obeng-Akrofi	400 m	52.44	3 Q	53.16	5	Did not advance
Agnes Abu	800 m	2:02.50	6	—	Did not advance
Gemma Acheampong Janet Amponsah Halutie Hor Flings Owusu Agyapong	4 × 100 m	—	43.64	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Nadia Eke	Triple jump	13.05	10

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Elizabeth Dadzie	Result	13.49	1.63	11.06	DSQ	5.76	38.21	2:19.10	4668	12
Elizabeth Dadzie	Points	1052	771	599	0	777	633	836	4668	12

Badminton

Ghana participated with eight athletes (four men and four women)

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abraham Ayittey	Men's singles	Aatish Lubah (MRI) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Emmanuel Donkor		Bye	Buwaneka Goonethilleka (SRI) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Daniel Sam		Anthony Joe (AUS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Stella Amasah	Women's singles	Ogar Siamupangila (ZAM) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Grace Atipaka		Juliette Ah-Wan (SEY) W 2 - 0	Ruthvika Gadde (IND) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Eyram Migbodzi		Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu (AUS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emmanuel Donkor Daniel Sam	Men's doubles	—	Coetzer / Vijayanath (RSA) W 2 - 1	Goh / Tan (MAS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Abraham Ayittey Michael Baah	Men's doubles	—	Campbell / MacHugh (SCO) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Stella Amasah Eyram Migbodzi	Women's doubles	—	Johnson / le Tissier (GUE) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Grace Atipaka Gifty Mensah	Women's doubles	—	Cheah / Jemie Lai (MAS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Stella Amasah Emmanuel Donkor	Mixed doubles	Fong / Whiteside (FIJ) W 2 - 1	B Li / J Li (IOM) W 2 - 0	Goh / Lai (MAS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Eyram Migbodzi Daniel Sam		Chrisnanta / Wong (SGP) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Gifty Mensah Abraham Ayittey		Goonethilleka / Sirimannage (SRI) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Grace Atipaka Michael Baah		Bye	Wong / Ong (SGP) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Mixed team

Roster

Pool D

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Boxing

Ghana participated with a team of 7 athletes (7 men)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tetteh Sulemanu	−49 kg	—	Panghal (IND) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Akimos Ampiah	−52 kg	—	Solanki (IND) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Samuel Addo	−56 kg	—	Ojo (NGR) W 4 - 1	McGrail (ENG) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Abdul Omar	−60 kg	Garside (AUS) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Jessie Lartey	−64 kg	Bye	Colin (MRI) W 3 - 2	Blom (RSA) W 3 - 2	Blumenfeld (CAN) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Abubakari Quartey	−69 kg	Clair (MRI) L 0–5	Did not advance
Musah Lawson	−75 kg	Bye	Ntsengue (CMR) L 1 - 4	Did not advance

Cycling

Ghana participated with 5 athletes (5 men).

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Abdul Abdul Mimin	Road race	DNF
Anthony Boakye Dankwa		DNF
Abdul Umar		DNF
Abdul Abdul Mimin	Time trial	56:40.44	36
Anthony Boakye Dankwa	Time trial	56:36.75	35

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Frederick Assor Rudolf Mensah (pilot)	Men's tandem sprint B	12.816	5	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Frederick Assor Rudolf Mensah (pilot)	Men's tandem time trial B	1:26.002	5

Hockey

Ghana qualified a women's [field] hockey team of 18 athletes, after being ranked in the top nine in the Commonwealth (minus the host nation Australia).^[3] This will mark the country's Commonwealth debut in the sport.^[4]

Women's tournament

Roster

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	4	2	2	0	18	1	+17	8	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Canada	4	1	2	1	5	2	+3	5	5th–6th place match
4	Scotland	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4	7th–8th place match
5	Ghana	4	0	0	4	1	27	−26	0	9th–10th place match

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts

6 April 2018
16:30

New Zealand	12–0	Ghana
Doar 10', 50', 53' Smith 14' Charlton 16' Gloyn 28' Michelsen 33' Merry 35' Harrison 43' McLaren 49', 59' Robinson 51'	Report

Umpires:
Catherine Wright (GBR)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

7 April 2018
21:30

Australia	5–0	Ghana
Bone 2' Kenny 7', 30' Claxton 14' Peris 41'	Report

Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
Durgi Devi (IND)

9 April 2018
16:30

Scotland	5–0	Ghana
Collins 11' K. Robertson 12' Brown 37' Brodie 45' Alexander-Lloyd 47'	Report

Umpires:
Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS)
Catherine Wright (WAL)

11 April 2018
11:30

Canada	5–1	Ghana
Stairs 12', 54' Secco 29' Hennig 34' Wright 52'	Report	Amoako 33'

Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS)

Ninth and tenth place

12 April 2018
13:30

Wales	1–1	Ghana
Evans 53'	Report	Boakye 44'
Penalties
French Jones Evans	2–0	Umaru Amoako Opoku Afriyie

Umpires:
Durga Devi (IND)
Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

Shooting

Ghana participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emmanuel Koli Appiah	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	571.1	30	Did not advance
Mercy Chodo	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions	553	16	Did not advance
Mercy Chodo	Women's 50 metre rifle prone	—		597.5	18

Swimming

Ghana participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jason Arthur	100 m backstroke	56.52	14 Q	56.85	15	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:03.91	15	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:07.44	18	—		Did not advance
Abeiku Jackson	50 m freestyle	23.47	24	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.68	16 Q	24.86	16	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	54.79	13 Q	54.79	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rebecca Asare	50 m backstroke	36.64	30	Did not advance
Maayaa Ayawere	50 m freestyle	28.38	26	Did not advance
Maayaa Ayawere	100 m freestyle	1:04.71	33	Did not advance

Table tennis

Ghana participated with 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Derek Abrefa	Men's singles	Gboyah (SLE) W 4 - 0	Johnny (KIR) W 4 - 0	1 Q	Yogarajah (MRI) W 4 - 1	Wang (CAN) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Felix Lartey		Dookram (TTO) W 4 - 1	Leong (MAS) L 0 - 4	2	Did not advance
Bernard Sam		Bryan (GUY) W 4 - 2	Knight (BAR) W 4 - 3	1 Q	Bye	Hu (AUS) L 0 - 4	Did not advance
Celia Baah-Danso	Women's singles	Sifi (SOL) W 4 - 0	Lulu (VAN) W 4 - 1	1 Q	—	Bristol (SEY) W 4 - 1	Yu (SGP) L 0 - 4	Did not advance
Cynthia Kwabi	Women's singles	Warusawithana (SRI) L 0 - 4	Chung (TTO) L 0 - 4	3	—	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emmanuel Asante Bernard Sam	Men's doubles	Bye	Lulu / Shing (VAN) W 3 - 1	Pang / Poh (SGP) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Derek Abrefa Felix Lartey	Men's doubles	Bye	Drinkhall / Pitchford (ENG) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Celia Baah-Danso Cynthia Kwabi	Women's doubles	—	Chang / Tee (MAS) L 1 - 3	Did not advance
Celia Baah-Danso Bernard Sam	Mixed doubles	Wing / Yee (FIJ) W 3 - 0	Yan / Lay (AUS) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Cynthia Kwabi Derek Abrefa	Mixed doubles	Chan Yook Fo / Kinoo (MRI) W 3 - 1	Medjugorac / Cote (CAN) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Derek Abrefa Emmanuel Asante Felix Lartey Bernard Sam	Men's team	England (ENG) L 0–3	Guyana (GUY) L 1-3	3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Ghana participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 woman).^[5]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Christian Amoah	Men's −85 kg	145	4	176	6	321	6
Forrester Osei	Men's −94 kg	153	5	180	5	333	5
Richmond Osarfo	Men's −105 kg	152	2	198	5	350	4
Ruth Baffoe	Women's −53 kg	77	5	88	11	165	10

References

^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Bebli, Anthony (26 March 2018). "Commonwealth Games: Omar Named Team Ghana's Flag Bearer". www.starrfmonline.com/. StarrFM. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
^ "FIH Rankings Outdoor Women" (PDF). www.fih.ch/. International Hockey Federation. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
^ Darkwah, Frank (2 November 2017). "HOCKEY: Ghana Female Hockey Team Qualifies For Commonwealth Games". www.ghanasportsonline.com/. Ghana Sports Online. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Bebli, Anthony (26 March 2018). "Commonwealth Games: Omar Named Team Ghana's Flag Bearer". www.starrfmonline.com/. StarrFM. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[3] "FIH Rankings Outdoor Women" (PDF). www.fih.ch/. International Hockey Federation. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

[4] Darkwah, Frank (2 November 2017). "HOCKEY: Ghana Female Hockey Team Qualifies For Commonwealth Games". www.ghanasportsonline.com/. Ghana Sports Online. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

[5] "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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