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 code	GHA
CGA	Ghana Olympic Committee
Website	ghanaolympic.org
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	99 (59 men and 40 women) in 13 sports
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 5
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

Medalists

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

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

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

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

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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

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1 August 2022 19:00	Zeimann – Polley (NZL)	2–0	Aryee – Katadat (GHA)	Smithfield
	(21–10, 21–13) Report

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3 August 2022 14:30	Khadambi – Makokha (KEN)	2–1	Aryee – Katadat (GHA)	Smithfield
	(16–21, 21–13, 15–12) Report

Boxing

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Road

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

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

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:

• FT = After full time
• P = Match decided by penalty-shootout

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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)

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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)

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1 August 2022 19:00 Ghana  1–1  Canada Kwofie  19' Report Pereira  60' Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Peter Kabaso (KEN)

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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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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

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

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

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

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 L 1 - 3	Nigeria L 0 - 3	South Africa W 3 - 1	3	did not advance

Triathlon

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

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

• Ghana at the 2022 Winter Olympics