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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
Flag of Ghana
CGF codeGHA
CGAGhana Olympic Committee
Websiteghanaolympic.org
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors99 (59 men and 40 women) in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
5
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Main article: 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
  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

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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
Athletics 7 7 14
Badminton 3 2 5
Beach volleyball 0 2 2
Boxing 8 1 9
Cycling 7 2 9[a]
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
  1. ^ Plus one guide.

Athletics

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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
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
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
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
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

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Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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
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
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

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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]

Athletes Event Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
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

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Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
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
Source: birmingham2022.com
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

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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
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 		 
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 		 
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
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ornella Sathoud Middleweight   Davis (ENG)
L 0 - 4 		did not advance

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
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

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Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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
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

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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

Key:

Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PM
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

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Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts


29 July 2022
19:00
England   6–0   Ghana
Bandurak   8', 30', 45'
Roper   27'
Calnan   39'
Condon   51' 		Report
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)
31 July 2022
16:00
India   11–0   Ghana
Abhishek   2'
Harmanpreet   10', 36', 54'
Shamsher   14'
Akashdeep   20'
Jugraj   22', 45'
Nilakanta   39'
Varun   40'
Mandeep   48' 		Report
Umpires:
Fraser Bell (SCO)
Tim Bond (NZL)
1 August 2022
19:00
Ghana   1–1   Canada
Kwofie   19' Report Pereira   60'
Umpires:
Deepak Joshi (IND)
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
3 August 2022
16:00
Wales   6–1   Ghana
Furlong   26', 38', 44'
Francis   48'
Kyriakides   58'
Dolan-Gray   58' 		Report Kwofie   21'
Umpires:
Tim Bond (NZL)
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Ninth place match
6 August 2022
09:00
Scotland   7–2   Ghana
Walker   7'
C. Golden   19'
J. Golden   36', 51'
Harwood   46'
Duke   47'
Morton   53' 		Report Ankomah   33'
Tettey   54'
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS)

Women's tournament

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Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament
Roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts


29 July 2022
14:00
India   5–0   Ghana
Gurjit   3', 34'
Neha   28'
Sangita   36'
Salima   56' 		Report
Umpires:
Wanri Venter (RSA)
Katrina Turner (NZL)
30 July 2022
16:00
England   12–0   Ghana
Balsdon   10', 19', 47'
Martin   15', 34', 48'
Ansley   27'
Hunt   28'
Howard   33'
Owsley   38'
Toman   48'
Unsworth   54' 		Report
Umpires:
Wanri Venter (RSA)
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
1 August 2022
09:00
Wales   4–0   Ghana
Wilkinson   40'
Webb   50'
Holme   52'
Bingham   58' 		Report
Umpires:
Binish Hayat (PAK)
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)
2 August 2022
11:00
Ghana   1–8   Canada
Berko   51' Report Walton   7'
Delmotte   13', 47'
Thompson   14'
McManus   17', 17'
Stairs   49'
Secco   59'
Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Ninth place match
5 August 2022
09:00
Ghana   2–2   Kenya
Umaru   26'
Berko   32' 		Report Bwire   5'
Mutiva   58'
Penalties
Umaru  
Opoku  
Berko  
Copson  
Narkuor  
Umaru   		2–3   Okumu
  Chebet
  Okumu
  Guchu
  Owiti
  Chebet
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/BM
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

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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

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Main article: Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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

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Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
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
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

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Main articles: 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 / BM
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
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
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

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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 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

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Main articles: 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
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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References

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