Ghana at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Ghana
at the Commonwealth Games

Flag of Ghana
CGF code	GHA
CGA	Ghana Olympic Committee

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games
in Glasgow, Scotland

Flag bearer

Janet Amponsah^[1]

Medals
Rank: =33

Gold
0

Silver
0

Bronze
2

Total
2

Commonwealth Games history (summary)

British Empire Games

1954*
1958
1962
1966

British Commonwealth Games

1970
1974

Commonwealth Games

1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014

*As the Gold Coast

Ghana competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 3, 2014.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
03 ! Bronze	Razak Abugiri	Judo	Men's 60 kg	July 24
03 ! Bronze	Abdul Omar	Boxing	Men's Flyweight	Aug 1

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Timothy Abeyie	100 m	10.50	3	Did not advance
Solomon Afful	100 m	10.66	5	Did not advance
Tim Abeyie	200 m	21.12	4	Did not advance
Solomon Afful		21.04 PB	4	Did not advance
Emmanuel Dasor		21.06	3	Did not advance
Kwadwo Acheampong	400 m	47.72	5	Did not advance
Daniel Gyasi		47.07	5	Did not advance
John O'Brien		Did not finish		Did not advance
Felix Acheampong	1500 m (T54)	3:33.90 SB	4 q	N/A		3:33.40 PB	8
Emmanuel Boateng		3:44.44 PB	6	N/A		Did not advance
Patrick Obeng		3:48.11	6	N/A		Did not advance
Daniel Gyasi Solomon Afful Kwadwo Achempong Emmanuel Dasor	4 x 400 metres relay	Disqualified		N/A		Did not advance
Mohammed Kassim	Marathon	N/A				2:33:37	23

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
John Ampomah	Javelin throw	73.85	10 q	69.56	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Brent Newdick	Result	11.18	7.22	13.96	1.93	52.87	15.47	42.58	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNF	15
Brent Newdick	Points	817	753	709	740	687	794	717	0	0	0	DNF	15

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Flings Owusu-Agyapong	100 m	11.68	4 q	11.55	5	Did not advance
Gemma Acheampong	200 m	24.90	5	Did not advance
Doreen Agyei		25.27	5	Did not advance
Janet Amponsah		24.05	2 Q	DQ	8	Did not advance
Shawkia Iddrisu	400 m	55.74	5	Did not advance
Vivian Mills	400 m	55.19	5	Did not advance
Martha Bissah	800 m	2:10.95	8	Did not advance
Anita Fordjour	1500 m (T54)	4:21.24 SB	5 q	N/A		4:11.29 PB	8
Bernice Frimpong		4:21.58 PB	6	N/A		Did not advance
Ajara Mohammed		4:05.04 PB	4 q	N/A		4:30.99	10
Juliana Sakat	5000 metres	N/A				18:04.61	16
Rashidatu Abubakar	400 metres hurdles	1:00.94 PB	6	N/A		Did not advance
Flings Owusu-Agyapong Gemma Acheampong Beatrice Gyaman Doreen Agyei	4 x 100 metres relay	Disqualified		N/A		Did not advance

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mathilde Boateng	Triple jump	13.07	12 q	13.00	9
Nadia Eke	Triple jump	13.14 NR	11 q	12.98	10
Naya Owusu	High jump	1.71	=18	Did not advance
Julia Agawu	Discus throw	41.79	16	Did not advance
Mary Narteh	Javelin throw	N/A		48.23	11

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	GD	PW	PL	PD
India	3	3	0	30	0	+30	630	195	+435
Ghana	3	2	1	12	19	−7	457	586	−129
Uganda	3	1	2	11	21	−10	473	593	−120
Kenya	3	0	3	9	22	−13	414	600	−186

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

India
5

Emirates Arena, Glasgow
24 July

Ghana
0

		1	2
1	Kashyap Parupalli Daniel Sam	21 6	21 16
2	Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Stella Amasha	21 7	21 5
3	Akshay Dewalkar / Pranaav Jerry Chopra Emmanuel Donkor / Abraham Ayittey	21 7	21 11
4	Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa Diana Archer / Evelyn Botwe	21 4	21 10
5	Srikanth Kidambi / P. C. Thulasi Daniel Sam / Stella Amasha	21 5	21 9

Kenya
2

Emirates Arena, Glasgow
24 July

Ghana
3

		1	2
1	Victor Odera Munga / Lavina Sabastian Martins Daniel Sam / Stella Amasah	17 21	15 21
2	Joseph Matheri Githitu Emmanuel Donkor	12 21	14 21
3	Mercy Mwethya Joseph Evelyn Botwe	21 11	21 10
4	Patrick Kinyua Mbogo / Victor Odera Munga Daniel Sam / Emmanuel Donkor	14 21	15 21
5	Mercy Mwethya Joseph / Lavina Sabastian Martins Stella Amasah / Evelyn Botwe	21 17	21 16

Uganda
2

Emirates Arena, Glasgow
25 July

Ghana
3

		1	2	3
1	Wilson Tukire / Margaret Nankabirwa Daniel Sam / Stella Amasah	16 21	12 21
2	Edwin Ekiring Emmanuel Donkor	21 14	21 15
3	Daisy Nakalyango Evelyn Botwe	21 8	21 14
4	Edwin Ekiring / Wilson Tukire Daniel Sam / Emmanuel Donkor	17 21	14 21
5	Daisy Nakalyango / Margaret Nankabirwa Evelyn Botwe / Stella Amasah	21 15	17 21	24 26

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Jedidiah Amoako-Ackah	Men's sprint	12.678 56.791	26	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jedidiah Amoako-Ackah	Men's time trial	Did not start

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Jedidiah Amoako-Ackah	Men's keirin	7 R	5	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dominic Agudoo	−60 kg	N/A	Tsala Tsala (CMR) W 0002-0003	Sigauque (MOZ) L 0004-0002	Did not advance	Buchanan (SCO) L 0001–1000	Did not advance	7
Razak Abugiri	−60 kg	N/A	Tony Lomo (SOL) W 1000-0001	Le Grange (RSA) L 0002-0000	Did not advance	Dodge (WAL) W 0122-0002	Sigauque (MOZ) W 1100-0001	03 !
Alex Amoako	−66 kg	Krassas (CYP) L 0003-0001	Did not advance
Emmanuel Nartey	−73 kg	Bye	Madeira (MOZ) W 0003-0002	Leat (NZL) L 0003-1000	Did not advance	Dawson (SCO) L 0102-0101	Did not advance	7
Abubakar Alhassan	−81 kg	Messi (CMR) L 0001-1010	Did not advance
Victor Ahiavor	−90 kg	Ombiongno (CMR) L 0004-1001	Did not advance
Raymond Normeshie	−100 kg	Pathania (IND) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Szandra Szogedi	−63 kg	Yeats-Brown (ENG) L 0001-0102	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kwaku Addo	50 m freestyle	25.72	46	Did not advance
Nana Antwi		27.12	61	Did not advance
Abbiw Jackson		26.25	55	Did not advance
Nana Antwi	100 m freestyle	Did not start		Did not advance
Abbiw Jackson		56.87	46	Did not advance
Abeiku Jackson		56.47	44	Did not advance
Nana Antwi	50 m backstroke	33.63	37	Did not advance
Kwaku Addo	50 m butterfly	27.80	39	Did not advance
Abeiku Jackson	50 m butterfly	27.21	33	Did not advance
Abeiku Jackson	100 m butterfly	1:01.40	31	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ophelia Swayne	50 m freestyle	29.09	44	Did not advance
Ophelia Swayne	50 m butterfly	29.66	31	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Christopher Symonds	Men's	25:47	Lapped

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Daniel Darko	62 kg	89	108	197	17
Christian Amoah	77 kg	110	128	238	22
Nii Dodoo	77 kg	101	145	246	19
Prince Nyarko	85 kg	112	145	257	16
Nii Larkyne	94 kg	107	138	245	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Ruth Baffoe	53 kg	71	82	153	10
Dora Abotsi	75 kg	88	104	192	6
Alberta Ampomah	+75 kg	74	101	175	12

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
Charles Teye	Men's 72 kg	137.1	10

References

↑ Butler, Nick; Osborne, Paul (23 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park". Insidethegames (Glasgow, Scotland). Retrieved 23 July 2014.
↑ "The Commonwealth Games Associations". https://www.glasgow2014.com/''. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

Associations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Africa	Botswana Cameroon Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia

Americas	Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena

Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka

Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands

Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Ghana at the Commonwealth Games

1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Ghana did not compete in Games before 1954, or in 1986