Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	GHA
Cganame:	Ghana Olympic Committee
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	2022
Flagcaption:	Flag of Ghana
Location:	Birmingham, England
Competitors Men:	59
Competitors Women:	40
Sports:	13
Rank:	28
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
App Begin Year:	1954

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.

Medalists

See main article: 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table.

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.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	7	7	14
Badminton	3	2	5
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Boxing	8	1	9
Cycling	7	2	9
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

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Abigail Kwarteng	align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ahmad Abdul-Samad	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	W (21–1, 21–1)	L (16–21, 14–21)	Did not advance
Kelvin Alphous		L (6–21, 7–21)	Did not advance
Aaron Tamakloe	L (9–21, 8–21)	Did not advance
Prospera Nantuo	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles		L (10–21, 8–21)	Did not advance
Cindy Tornyenyor		L (3–21, 1–21)	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kelvin Alphous Ahmad Abdul-Samad	Men's doubles		L (8–21, 7–21)	Did not advance
Prospera Nantuo Cindy Tornyenyor	Women's doubles		W (21–17, 22–20)	L (5–21, 6–21)	Did not advance
Aaron Tamakloe Cindy Tornyenyor	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed doubles	L (5–21, 17–21)	Did not advance
Kelvin Alphous Prospera Nantuo	W (21–19, 21–16)	L (17–21, 21–17, 14–21)	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. On 28 March 2022, Ghana qualified for the women's tournament. This was achieved by winning the African Qualifier in Accra.^[5]

Women's tournament

Group A--------

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Flyweight		L 2 - 3	did not advance
	Bantamweight			W 3 - 1	W 3 - 0	L 0 - 5
	Featherweight	W 5 - 0	W RSC	W 5 - 0	W 4 - 1	L WO
	Light welterweight	W 4 - 1	W RSC	W 4 - 1	L 0 - 5	Did not advance
	Welterweight		L 0 - 5	did not advance
	Light middleweight		L 0 - 5	did not advance
	Middleweight		L 2 - 3	did not advance
	Light heavyweight	L WO	did not advance

Women

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Abdul Rahman Abdul Samed	align=left rowspan=4	Road race	DNF
Emmanuel Arthur	DNF
Anthony Boakye Dankwa	DNF
Henry Djangmah	DNF
Henry Djangmah	align=left rowspan=2	Time trial	1:04:26.26	50
Christopher Symonds	1:02:56.79	47

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Emmanuel Sackey	align=left rowspan=1	Men's sprint	12.729	26	did not advance
Florence Heridor	align=left rowspan=2	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
Emmanuel Sackey	align=left rowspan=1	Men's time trial	1:20.526	20
Florence Heridor	align=left rowspan=2	Women's time trial	54.062	20
Erica Sedzeo	49.452	19
Frederick Assor Mensah Rudolf (pilot)	align=left rowspan=1	Men's tandem time trial B	1:25.240	7

Hockey

See main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 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

Team	Event	Preliminary round					Semifinal	Final / /
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ghana men	Men's tournament	L 0–6	L 0–11	D 1–1	L 1–6	5	Did not advance	Classification 9–10 L 2–7	10
Ghana women	Women's tournament	L 0–5	L 0–12	L 0–4	L 2–8	5	Did not advance	Classification 9–10 L 2–2 (PSO 2-3)	10

Men's tournament

See main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – 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

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Ninth place match

Women's tournament

See main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – 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

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Ninth place match

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zeo Agudoo	align=left rowspan=2	-60 kg	L 00 - 10	did not advance					17
Sandor Iddris	W 10 - 00	L 00 - 10	did not advance				9
Bismark Yartey	-66 kg		L 00 - 10	did not advance				9
Rashid Alhassan	-81 kg		L 00 - 10	did not advance				9
Victor Ahiavor	-100 kg		L 00 - 10	did not advance				9

Para powerlifting

See main article: Para powerlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Emmanuel Oku	Men's lightweight	126.4	5
Vida Antwi	Women's heavyweight	74.4	7

Squash

See main article: Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Clement Anafo	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 0 - 3	did not advance
Evans Ayih	L 0 - 3	did not advance
Clement Anafo Evans Ayih	Men's doubles		L 0 - 2	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abeku Jackson	align=left rowspan="1"	50 m freestyle	23.62	23	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kow Jackson	align=left rowspan="1"	100 m freestyle	56.27	61	did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	200 m freestyle	2:10.24	36	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Abeku Jackson	align=left rowspan="1"	50 m butterfly	24.19	17	did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	100 m butterfly	53.60	12 Q	53.79	12	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Unilez Takyi	align=left rowspan="1"	50 m freestyle	28.12	44	did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	100 m freestyle	1:03.79	51	did not advance
Zaira Forson	align=left rowspan="1"	200 m freestyle	2:19.02	26	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Nubia Adjei	align=left rowspan="1"	50 m backstroke	30.97	21	did not advance
align=left rowspan="1"	100 m backstroke	1:09.12	23	did not advance
Unilez Takyi	align=left rowspan="1"	50 m breaststroke	37.68	29	did not advance
Nubia Adjei	align=left rowspan="1"	50 m butterfly	30.16	36	did not advance
Zaira Forson	align=left rowspan="1"	200 m butterfly	2:45.50	14	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification.

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Derek Abrefa	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	W 4 - 0	W 4 - 0		1 Q	L 0 - 4	did not advance
Emanuel Asante	L 0 - 4	W 4 - 0		2	did not advance
Emmanuel Commey	L 0 - 4	W 4 - 0	W 4 - 0	2	did not advance
Millicent Ankude	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 1 - 4	L 0 - 4		3	did not advance
Cynthia Kwabi	L 0 - 4	L 0 - 4		3	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emmanuel Commey Derek Abrefa	align=left rowspan=2	Men's doubles		L 1 - 3	did not advance
Emmanuel Asante Emmanuel Ofori		L 0 - 3	did not advance
Millicent Ankude Cynthia Kwabi	Women's doubles	L 0 - 3	did not advance
Derek Abrefa Cynthia Kwabi	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed doubles	W 3 - 1	W WO	L 0 - 3	did not advance
Millicent Ankude Emmanuel Commey	W 3 - 2	L 0 - 3	did not advance

Team

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 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
Mark Ofosu	align=left rowspan=1	Men's	12:35	1:01	34:29	0:30	20:56	1:09:31	39
Mercy Pappoe	align=left rowspan=1	Women's	22:41	1:30	45:26	-	31:29	1:41:46	32

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification. Two weightlifters qualified for the competition by virtue of their positions in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Weight lifted		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Forrester Osei	Men's 96 kg	NM	DNS	DNF
Winnifred Ntumi	Women's 49 kg	63	76	139	9

External links

Ghana Olympic Committee Official site

Notes and References

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Web site: Ghana's badminton team has secured [...]]. Joy Sports (Facebook). 23 March 2022. 18 March 2022.
News: Graham. Susu. CWG 2022: GAA releases list of athletes for Birmingham Games. 14 June 2022. Citi Sports Online. 14 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220614162824/https://citisportsonline.com/2022/06/14/cwg-2022-gaa-releases-list-of-athletes-for-birmingham-games/. 14 June 2022. live.
News: Lloyd. Owen. Ghana Athletics Association lifts ban on Youth Olympic gold medallist Bissah. 14 June 2022. Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. 18 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220614155730/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117971/gaa-lifts-2016-ban-on-martha-bissah. 14 June 2022. live.
News: Okine. Sammy Heywood. Ghana's Beach Volleyball female team win gold... qualifies for 2022 Commonwealth Games. 29 March 2022. ModernGhana. Modern Ghana Media Communication Ltd. 29 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220329094208/https://www.modernghana.com/sports/1148303/ghanas-beach-volleyball-female-team-win-gold.html. 29 March 2022. live.
News: Ghana names 9 boxers for 2022 Commonwealth Games. 22 June 2022. GhanaWeb. 21 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220622084258/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Ghana-names-9-boxers-for-2022-Commonwealth-Games-1566290. 22 June 2022. live.
Web site: Lineup confirmed for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. FIH. 7 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302102954/https://www.fih.ch/news/lineup-confirmed-for-birmingham-2022-commonwealth-games/#. 2 March 2022. 2 March 2022. live.
News: Ghana's national hockey teams qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games. 7 March 2022. Ghanaian Times. Ghana News Agency. The New Times Corporation. https://web.archive.org/web/20220223163308/https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/ghanas-national-hockey-teams-qualify-for-2022-commonwealth-games/. 23 February 2022. live.
News: Zurek. Kweku. Commonwealth Games: Black Sticks begin hockey campaign on July 29. 11 March 2022. The Daily Graphic. GCGL. 11 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220311110520/https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/commonwealth-games-black-sticks-begin-hockey-campaign-on-july-29.html. 11 March 2022. live.
News: Triathlon targetsm medal at Commonwealth Games. Daily Graphic (Ghana). 11 July 2022. 22 July 2022.
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Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games explained

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

Badminton

Beach volleyball

Women's tournament

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Para powerlifting

Squash

Swimming

Table tennis

Triathlon

Weightlifting

See also

External links

Notes and References