Ghana at the 2019 African Games

Competitors91^[1] in 14^[1] sports

Ghana at the 2019 African Games
Flag of Ghana
IOC code	GHA
NOC	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
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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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.

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 Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, 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 William-Mensah, Regina Yeboah, Grace Obour, 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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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