# Ghana at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Ghana competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland from 4 to 15 April 2018. It was Ghana's 16th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
Boxer Abdul Omar was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Jessie Lartey | Boxing | Men's −64 kg | April 14 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Badminton | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Boxing | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cycling | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Hockey | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Table tennis | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 34 | 37 | 71 |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sarfo Ansah | 100 m | 10.41 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sean Safo-Antwi | 100 m | 10.95 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joseph Amoah | 200 m | 20.84 | 4 Q | 20.99 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martin Owusu-Antwi | 200 m | 21.02 SB | 2 Q | 25.95 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alex Amankwah | 800 m | 1:47.80 | 4 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Felix Acheampong | 1500 m T54 | 3:30.66 | 6 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nkegbe Botsyo | 1500 m T54 | 3:25.55 | 5 q | — | 3:18.71 | 9 |
| Felix Acheampong | Marathon T54 | — | 1:57:54 | 9 |
| Nkegbe Botsyo | Marathon T54 | — | 1:56:56 | 8 |
| Joseph Amoah Sarfo Ansah Atsu Nyamadi Martin Owusu-Antwi Sean Safo-Antwi | 4 × 100 m | DNS | DNS | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Atsu Nyamadi | Result | 11.27 | 7.25 | 14.49 | 2.01 | 50.45 | 14.82 | 46.61 | NM | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF |
| Atsu Nyamadi | Points | 801 | 874 | 758 | 813 | 794 | 871 | 800 | 0 | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Gemma Acheampong | 100 m | 11.62 | 3 Q | 11.79 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Halutie Hor | 100 m | 11.45 | 1 Q | 11.46 | 3 q | 11.54 | 8 |
| Flings Owusu Agyapong | 100 m | 11.74 | 5 q | 11.60 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Janet Amponsah | 200 m | 23.66 | 2 Q | 23.67 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rafiatu Nuhu | 400 m | 54.02 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Akua Obeng-Akrofi | 400 m | 52.44 | 3 Q | 53.16 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Agnes Abu | 800 m | 2:02.50 | 6 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gemma Acheampong Janet Amponsah Halutie Hor Flings Owusu Agyapong | 4 × 100 m | — | 43.64 | 5 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank |
| Nadia Eke | Triple jump | 13.05 | 10 |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Elizabeth Dadzie | Result | 13.49 | 1.63 | 11.06 | DSQ | 5.76 | 38.21 | 2:19.10 | 4668 | 12 |
| Elizabeth Dadzie | Points | 1052 | 771 | 599 | 0 | 777 | 633 | 836 | 4668 | 12 |

## Badminton

Ghana participated with eight athletes (four men and four women)

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Abraham Ayittey | Men's singles | Aatish Lubah (MRI) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emmanuel Donkor | Men's singles | Bye | Buwaneka Goonethilleka (SRI) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Sam | Men's singles | Anthony Joe (AUS) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stella Amasah | Women's singles | Ogar Siamupangila (ZAM) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grace Atipaka | Women's singles | Juliette Ah-Wan (SEY) W 2 - 0 | Ruthvika Gadde (IND) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eyram Migbodzi | Women's singles | Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu (AUS) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Doubles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Emmanuel Donkor Daniel Sam | Men's doubles | — | Coetzer / Vijayanath (RSA) W 2 - 1 | Goh / Tan (MAS) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abraham Ayittey Michael Baah | Men's doubles | — | Campbell / MacHugh (SCO) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stella Amasah Eyram Migbodzi | Women's doubles | — | Johnson / le Tissier (GUE) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grace Atipaka Gifty Mensah | Women's doubles | — | Cheah / Jemie Lai (MAS) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stella Amasah Emmanuel Donkor | Mixed doubles | Fong / Whiteside (FIJ) W 2 - 1 | B Li / J Li (IOM) W 2 - 0 | Goh / Lai (MAS) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eyram Migbodzi Daniel Sam | Mixed doubles | Chrisnanta / Wong (SGP) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gifty Mensah Abraham Ayittey | Mixed doubles | Goonethilleka / Sirimannage (SRI) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Grace Atipaka Michael Baah | Mixed doubles | Bye | Wong / Ong (SGP) L 0 - 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Roster

* Stella Amasah
* Grace Atipaka
* Abraham Ayittey
* Emmanuel Donkor
* Gifty Mensah
* Eyram Migbodzi
* Daniel Sam

### Pool D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 433 | 202 | +231 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 358 | 328 | +30 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ghana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 159 | 420 | −261 | 0 | |
| 4 | Seychelles DSQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Boxing

Ghana participated with a team of 7 athletes (7 men)

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tetteh Sulemanu | −49 kg | — | Panghal (IND) L 0 - 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Akimos Ampiah | −52 kg | — | Solanki (IND) L 0 - 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Samuel Addo | −56 kg | — | Ojo (NGR) W 4 - 1 | McGrail (ENG) L 0 - 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdul Omar | −60 kg | Garside (AUS) L 0 - 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jessie Lartey | −64 kg | Bye | Colin (MRI) W 3 - 2 | Blom (RSA) W 3 - 2 | Blumenfeld (CAN) L 0 - 5 | Did not advance | |
| Abubakari Quartey | −69 kg | Clair (MRI) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Musah Lawson | −75 kg | Bye | Ntsengue (CMR) L 1 - 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

Ghana participated with 5 athletes (5 men).

### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Abdul Abdul Mimin | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Anthony Boakye Dankwa | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Abdul Umar | Road race | DNF | DNF |
| Abdul Abdul Mimin | Time trial | 56:40.44 | 36 |
| Anthony Boakye Dankwa | Time trial | 56:36.75 | 35 |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Frederick Assor Rudolf Mensah (pilot) | Men's tandem sprint B | 12.816 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Frederick Assor Rudolf Mensah (pilot) | Men's tandem time trial B | 1:26.002 | 5 |

## Hockey

Ghana qualified a women's [field] hockey team of 18 athletes, after being ranked in the top nine in the Commonwealth (minus the host nation Australia). This will mark the country's Commonwealth debut in the sport.

### Women's tournament
#### Roster

* Juwaila Acquah
* Janet Adampa
* Bennedicta Adjei
* Lydia Afriyie
* Cecilia Amoako
* Mavis Ampem-Darkoa
* Bridget Azumah
* Mavis Berko
* Serwaa Boakye
* Ernestina Coffie
* Emelia Fosuaa
* Vivian Narkuor
* Elizabeth Opoku
* Roberta Owusu
* Martha Safoa
* Adizatu Sulemana
* Nafisatu Umaru
* Deborah Whyte

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 8 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Scotland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | 7th–8th place match |
| 5 | Ghana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 0 | 9th–10th place match |
* 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 16:30 v
| New Zealand | 12–0 | Ghana |
| Doar 10', 50', 53' Smith 14' Charlton 16' Gloyn 28' Michelsen 33' Merry 35' Harrison 43' McLaren 49', 59' Robinson 51' | Report | |
* Umpires: Catherine Wright (GBR) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
* 7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 21:30 v
| Australia | 5–0 | Ghana |
| Bone 2' Kenny 7', 30' Claxton 14' Peris 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Durgi Devi (IND)
* 9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) 16:30 v
| Scotland | 5–0 | Ghana |
| Collins 11' K. Robertson 12' Brown 37' Brodie 45' Alexander-Lloyd 47' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS) Catherine Wright (WAL)
* 11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 11:30 v
| Canada | 5–1 | Ghana |
| Stairs 12', 54' Secco 29' Hennig 34' Wright 52' | Report | Amoako 33' |
* Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Nur Hafizah Azman (MAS)

#### Ninth and tenth place

* 12 April 2018 (2018-04-12) 13:30 v
| Wales | 1–1 | Ghana |
| Evans 53' | Report | Boakye 44' |
| Penalties |||
| French Jones Evans | 2–0 | Umaru Amoako Opoku Afriyie |
* Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

## Shooting

Ghana participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Emmanuel Koli Appiah | Men's 50 metre rifle prone | 571.1 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mercy Chodo | Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions | 553 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mercy Chodo | Women's 50 metre rifle prone | — | — | 597.5 | 18 |

## Swimming

Ghana participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jason Arthur | 100 m backstroke | 56.52 | 14 Q | 56.85 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jason Arthur | 200 m backstroke | 2:03.91 | 15 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jason Arthur | 200 m individual medley | 2:07.44 | 18 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abeiku Jackson | 50 m freestyle | 23.47 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abeiku Jackson | 50 m butterfly | 24.68 | 16 Q | 24.86 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abeiku Jackson | 100 m butterfly | 54.79 | 13 Q | 54.79 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rebecca Asare | 50 m backstroke | 36.64 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maayaa Ayawere | 50 m freestyle | 28.38 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maayaa Ayawere | 100 m freestyle | 1:04.71 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Ghana participated with 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women).

### Singles

| Athletes | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Derek Abrefa | Men's singles | Gboyah (SLE) W 4 - 0 | Johnny (KIR) W 4 - 0 | 1 Q | Yogarajah (MRI) W 4 - 1 | Wang (CAN) L 1 - 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Felix Lartey | Men's singles | Dookram (TTO) W 4 - 1 | Leong (MAS) L 0 - 4 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bernard Sam | Men's singles | Bryan (GUY) W 4 - 2 | Knight (BAR) W 4 - 3 | 1 Q | Bye | Hu (AUS) L 0 - 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Celia Baah-Danso | Women's singles | Sifi (SOL) W 4 - 0 | Lulu (VAN) W 4 - 1 | 1 Q | — | Bristol (SEY) W 4 - 1 | Yu (SGP) L 0 - 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cynthia Kwabi | Women's singles | Warusawithana (SRI) L 0 - 4 | Chung (TTO) L 0 - 4 | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Doubles

| Athletes | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Emmanuel Asante Bernard Sam | Men's doubles | Bye | Lulu / Shing (VAN) W 3 - 1 | Pang / Poh (SGP) L 0 - 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Derek Abrefa Felix Lartey | Men's doubles | Bye | Drinkhall / Pitchford (ENG) L 0 - 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Celia Baah-Danso Cynthia Kwabi | Women's doubles | — | Chang / Tee (MAS) L 1 - 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Celia Baah-Danso Bernard Sam | Mixed doubles | Wing / Yee (FIJ) W 3 - 0 | Yan / Lay (AUS) L 0 - 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cynthia Kwabi Derek Abrefa | Mixed doubles | Chan Yook Fo / Kinoo (MRI) W 3 - 1 | Medjugorac / Cote (CAN) L 0 - 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Derek Abrefa Emmanuel Asante Felix Lartey Bernard Sam | Men's team | England (ENG) L 0–3 | Guyana (GUY) L 1-3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Ghana participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 woman).
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Christian Amoah | Men's −85 kg | 145 | 4 | 176 | 6 | 321 | 6 |
| Forrester Osei | Men's −94 kg | 153 | 5 | 180 | 5 | 333 | 5 |
| Richmond Osarfo | Men's −105 kg | 152 | 2 | 198 | 5 | 350 | 4 |
| Ruth Baffoe | Women's −53 kg | 77 | 5 | 88 | 11 | 165 | 10 |