Ghana at the Olympics facts for kids

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

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.

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

Medals by Summer Games 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 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 8 0 0 0 0 - 2028 Los Angeles Total 0 1 4 5 129

Medals by Winter Games 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 Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Clement Quartey	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's light welterweight
3 Bronze	Eddie Blay	1964 Tokyo	Boxing	Men's light welterweight
3 Bronze	Prince Amartey	1972 Munich	Boxing	Men's middleweight
3 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
3 Bronze	Samuel Takyi	2020 Tokyo	Boxing	Men's featherweight

See also

In Spanish: Ghana en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Ghana at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Ghana
• Ghana at the Paralympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics