Ghana at the Olympics

Ghana at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ghana IOC code  GHA NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
Olympic history
Summer Games
1952* 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 *As the Gold Coast
Winter Games
2010 2014

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 four Olympics medals, three 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	–
Total		0	1	3	4	112

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2010 Vancouver	1	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	did not participate
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Boxing	0	1	2	3
Football	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	3	4

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	Football team Joachin Yaw Acheampong Simon Addo Sammi Adjei Frank Amankwah Bernard Aryee Isaac Asare Kwame Ayew Ibrahim Dossey Mohammed Gargo Samuel Kumah Nii Lamptey Yaw Preko Shamo Quaye	1992 Barcelona	Football	Men's competition

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Ghana
• Ghana at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

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.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Ghana". Sports-Reference.com.