Ghana at the 2019 African Games

Ghana competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.[2][3] Ghana competed in 14 sports.[1] Ghana's participation was made possible by financial support from the Ghanaian government.[4] In total athletes representing Ghana won two gold medals, two silver medals and nine bronze medals and the country finished in 15th place in the medal table.

Ghana at the 2019 African Games
Flag of Ghana
IOC code	GHA
NOC	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 – 31 August 2019
Competitors	91[1] in 14[1] sports
Flag bearer	Derek Abrefa
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 9 Total 13
African Games appearances
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Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Sean Safo-Antwi Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku Martin Owusu-Antwi Joseph Amoah Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 28 August  Gold Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah Athletics Women's high jump 27 August  Silver Forrester Osei Weightlifting Men's 89 kg Clean & Jerk 28 August  Silver Deborah Acquah Athletics Women's long jump 29 August  Bronze Winnifred Ntumi Weightlifting Women's 45 kg Snatch 25 August  Bronze Winnifred Ntumi Weightlifting Women's 45 kg Clean & Jerk 25 August  Bronze Winnifred Ntumi Weightlifting Women's 45 kg 25 August  Bronze David Akwei Weightlifting Men's 61 kg Clean & Jerk 26 August  Bronze Shakul Samed Boxing Men's light heavyweight (81kg) 28 August  Bronze Grace Obour Athletics Women's 400 metres 28 August  Bronze Christian Amoah Weightlifting Men's 89 kg Snatch 28 August  Bronze Christian Amoah Weightlifting Men's 89 kg Clean & Jerk 28 August  Bronze Christian Amoah Weightlifting Men's 89 kg 28 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 2 1 1 4 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Weightlifting 0 1 7 8 Total 2 2 9 13

Athletics

Ghana competed in athletics.[3][5] The following male athletes competed: Sean Sarfo-Antwi, Ben Azamari, Edwin Gadayi, Joseph Paul Amoah, Martin Owusu Antwi, Jeff Hammond and Abubakar Mohammed.[6] The following female athletes competed: Hor Halutie, Flings Owusu Agyapong, Gemima Acheampong, Persis Williams Mensah, Regina Yeboah, Grace Obuor, Deborah Acquah, Rose Yeboah and Abigail Kwarteng.[6]

Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku, Martin Owusu-Antwi and Joseph Amoah won the gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay event.

Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah won the gold medal in the women's high jump event.

Deborah Acquah won the silver medal in the women's long jump event.

Grace Obour won the bronze medal in the women's 400 metres event.

Badminton

Ghana competed in badminton with four male athletes: Ebenezer Andrews, Michael Baah, Emmanuel Botwe and Daniel Sam.[3][7]

They competed in the men's singles event and in the men's doubles event.

Beach volleyball

Kelvin Katey Carboo and Samuel Tetteh Essilfie competed in beach volleyball in the men's tournament.[3] They finished in 8th place.

Boxing

Ghana competed in boxing.[3][8] In total eight men and two women represented Ghana in boxing.[9]

Cycling

Ghana competed in cycling.[3]

Fencing

Ghana competed in fencing.[3] Abubakari Alhassan Samba, Bashiru Iddrisu, Eric Mallick and Isaac Teinor competed in several events in fencing.

Football

Ghana's national under-20 football team competed in the men's tournament at the 2019 African Games.[3] Emmanuel Toku was the team captain.[10]

The team played in three matches in the group stage and did not advance to the semi-finals.

Judo

Five athletes competed in judo: Victor Ahiavor, Eleazer Dodoo, Lambert Fiazuku, Frank Terkpor and Bismark Yartey.[3][11]

Karate

Edmund Asante Amoako, Dickson Acolatse, Patrick Amakye, Emmanuel Kobina Agyei and Felix Donkor competed in karate.

Swimming

Three athletes represented Ghana in swimming:[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jason Arthur	50 m backstroke	27.46	9	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	57.61	5 Q	57.54	6
	200 m backstroke	2:08.76	7 Q	2:09.28	8
Abeku Jackson	50 m freestyle	23.57	10	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.62	6 Q	24.50	7
	100 m butterfly	55.20	9	Did not advance
Niklas Yeboah	50 m backstroke	28.20	11	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:02.59	12	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.41	13	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.36	15	Did not advance

Table tennis

Ghana competed in table tennis.[3][12] No medals were won.

Derek Abrefa was among the table tennis players to represent Ghana.

Taekwondo

Five athletes competed in Taekwondo.[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kezia Gbedze	Women's –46 kg	N/A	Mbubu (COD) L 11–37	Did not advance
Henrietta Amarh	Women's –49 kg	N/A	Seck (SEN) W 29–8	Coulibaly (CIV) L 24–14	Did not advance
Benson Nii Adom Addo	Men's –58 kg	Bye	Betel (CHA) L 9–17	Did not advance
Selasi Damalie	Men's –63 kg	N/A	Khezami (TUN) L 3–23	Did not advance
Julian Nii Aryee	Men's –68 kg	Lô (SEN) L 2–28	Did not advance

Tennis

Herman Abban, Isaac Teitei Nortey, Benjamin Nii Okai Palm, Johnson Acquah and coach Fred Egyir represented Ghana in tennis.[13]

Weightlifting

Ghana competed in weightlifting.[3][14] In total athletes representing Ghana won one silver medal and seven bronze medals in weightlifting.

Winnifred Ntumi won all three bronze medals in the women's 45 kg events.[15]

David Akwei won the bronze medal in the men's 61 kg Clean & Jerk event.[16]

Christian Amoah won the bronze medals in the men's 89 kg events. Forrester Osei also won the silver medal in the men's 89 kg Clean & Jerk event.[17]

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