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Ghana at the
Olympics
Ghana at the; Olympics
IOC code	GHA
NOC	Ghana Olympic Committee
Website	ghanaolympic.org
Medals; Ranked 125th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 5
Summer appearances
	1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976–1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Winter appearances
	2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

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 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 edit

Medals by Summer Games edit

Total		0	1	4	5	123
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	did not participate
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	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	14	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	14	0	0	1	1	86
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane

Medals by Winter Games edit

Total		0	0	0	0	–
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2010 Vancouver	1	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	did not participate
2018 Pyeongchang	1	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	1	0	0	0	0	–
2026 Milan–Cortina	future event

Medals by sport edit


Sport	Silver	Bronze	Total
Boxing	1	3	4
Football	0	1	1
Totals (2 entries)	1	4	5

List of medalists edit

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
Bronze	Samuel Takyi	2020 Tokyo	Boxing	Men's featherweight