Ghana at the Olympics

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]

Ghana at the
Olympics
IOC codeGHA
NOCGhana Olympic Committee
Websiteghanaolympic.org
Medals
Ranked 125th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
5
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Ghanaian athletes have won a total of five Olympics medals, four (three bronze and one silver) 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
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Boxing0134
Football0011
Totals (2 entries)0145

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 SilverClement Quartey1960 Rome BoxingMen's light welterweight
 BronzeEddie Blay1964 Tokyo BoxingMen's light welterweight
 BronzePrince Amartey1972 Munich BoxingMen's middleweight
 Bronze
1992 Barcelona FootballMen's competition
 BronzeSamuel Takyi2020 Tokyo BoxingMen's featherweight

See also

References
  1. "Ghana's 'Snow Leopard' qualifies to ski in 2010 Winter Olympics". CBC News. Toronto, Canada. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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