Ghana at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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.

Ghana at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Ghana
CGF code	GHA
CGA	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	70 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Abdul Omar
Medals Ranked 39th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sarfo Ansah	100 m	10.41	4	Did not advance
Sean Safo-Antwi		10.95	5	Did not advance
Joseph Amoah	200 m	20.84	4 Q	20.99	7	Did not advance
Martin Owusu-Antwi		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		3:25.55	5 q	—	3:18.71	9
Felix Acheampong	Marathon T54	—	1:57:54	9
Nkegbe Botsyo		—	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
	Points	801	874	758	813	794	871	800	0

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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		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
		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
	Points	1052	771	599	0	777	633	836

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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
		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
		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		—	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		—	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

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Roster

• Stella Amasah
• Grace Atipaka
• Abraham Ayittey
• Emmanuel Donkor
• Gifty Mensah
• Eyram Migbodzi
• Daniel Sam

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	2	2	0	9	1	+8	19	2	+17	433	202	+231	2	Knockout stage
2	Canada	2	1	1	6	4	+2	12	9	+3	358	328	+30	1
3	Ghana	2	0	2	0	10	−10	0	20	−20	159	420	−261	0
4	Seychelles DSQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Malaysia 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1     Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong Abraham Ayittey / Micheal Opoku Baah 21 8 21 11     2     Soniia Cheah Stella Koteikai Amasah 21 3 21 5     3     Lee Chong Wei Daniel Sam 21 2 21 7     4     Vivian Hoo / Chow Mei Kuan Grace Atipaka / Eyram Migbodzi 21 2 21 3     5     Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying Emmanuel Donkor / Gifty Mensah 21 7 21 6

Canada 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1     Brian Yang Emmanuel Donkor 21 10 21 10     2     Brittney Tam Grace Atipaka 21 7 21 7     3     Jason Ho-Shue / Ty Alexander Lindeman Emmanuel Donkor / Daniel Sam 21 14 21 15     4     Rachel Honderich / Kristen Tsai Stella Koteikai Amasah / Gifty Mensah 21 10 21 8     5     Brian Yang / Michelle Li Daniel Sam / Eyram Migbodzi 21 11 21 13

Seychelles DSQ	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		Ghana
1 2 3 1     Kervin Ghislain / Allisen Camille Daniel Sam / Stella Koteikai Amasah       not played 2     Steve Malcouzane Abraham Ayittey       not played 3     Juliette Ah-Wan Gifty Mensah       not played 4     Steve Malcouzane / Kervin Ghislain Michael Opoku Baah / Emmanuel Donkor       not played 5     Juliette Ah-Wan / Allisen Camille Grace Atipaka / Eyram Migbodzi       not played

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
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

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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		56:36.75	35

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals	Final
		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

Main article: Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Main article: Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament

Roster

• Juwaila Acquah
• Janet Adampa
• Bennedicta Adjei
• Lydia Afriyie
• Cecilia Amoako
• Mavis Ampem-Darkoa
• Bridget Azumah
• Mavis Berko
• Serwaa Boakye
• Ernestina Coffie
• Emelia Fosuaa
• Vivian Narkuor
• Elizabeth Opoku
• Roberta Owusu
• Martha Safoa
• Adizatu Sulemana
• Nafisatu Umaru
• Deborah Whyte

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
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 (2018-04-06) 16:30 v 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)

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7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 21:30 v Australia   5–0   Ghana Bone   2' Kenny   7', 30' Claxton   14' Peris   41' Report Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Durgi Devi (IND)

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9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) 16:30 v 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)

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11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 11:30 v 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 (2018-04-12) 13:30 v 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

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
	Women's 50 metre rifle prone	—		597.5	18

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
		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
	100 m freestyle	1:04.71	33	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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		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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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		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		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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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

See also

• Ghana at the 2018 Winter Olympics

References

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.