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Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Ghana took part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022.[1] It was Ghana's seventeenth appearance at the Games.

Medalists

Competitors

Ghana received a quota of 40 open allocation slots from Commonwealth Sport.[2] This quota is used to determine the overall team in sports lacking a qualifying system.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Notes
  1. ^ Plus one guide.

Athletics

A squad of fourteen athletes was selected on 14 June 2022.[3] Among those selected is 2014 Youth Olympic 800 metres champion Martha Bissah, who until recently was indefinitely banned from representing Ghana as punishment for accusing the GAA of extortion.[4]

Men
Track and road events
Women
Track and road events
Field events

Badminton

Singles
Doubles

Beach volleyball

On 28 March 2022, Ghana qualified for the women's tournament. This was achieved by winning the African Qualifier in Accra.[5]

Women's tournament

Group A

Source: birmingham2022.com

Boxing

A squad of nine boxers was selected as of 21 June 2022.[6]

Men
Women

Cycling

Road

Men

Track

Sprint
Time trial

Hockey

By virtue of its position in the FIH World Rankings for men and women respectively (as of 1 February 2022), Ghana qualified for both tournaments.[7][8]

Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022.[9]

Summary

Key:

Men's tournament

Roster
Group play
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts


Ninth place match

Women's tournament

Roster
Group play
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Hosts


Ninth place match

Judo

Men

Para powerlifting

Squash

Swimming

Men
Women

Table tennis

Singles
Doubles
Team

Triathlon

Two triathletes have been selected to represent Ghana in Birmingham.[10]

Individual

Weightlifting

Two weightlifters qualified for the competition by virtue of their positions in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Etefe, Juliet (31 October 2021). "Commonwealth Games capable of strengthening country ties – Chikodi Onyemerela". B&FT Online. The Business & Financial Times. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ghana's badminton team has secured [...]". Joy Sports (Facebook). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ Graham, Susu (14 June 2022). "CWG 2022: GAA releases list of athletes for Birmingham Games". Citi Sports Online. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Owen (18 January 2022). "Ghana Athletics Association lifts ban on Youth Olympic gold medallist Bissah". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  5. ^ Okine, Sammy Heywood (29 March 2022). "Ghana's Beach Volleyball female team win gold... qualifies for 2022 Commonwealth Games". ModernGhana. Modern Ghana Media Communication Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Ghana names 9 boxers for 2022 Commonwealth Games". GhanaWeb. 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Lineup confirmed for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIH. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Ghana's national hockey teams qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games". Ghanaian Times. The New Times Corporation. Ghana News Agency. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  9. ^ Zurek, Kweku (11 March 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Black Sticks begin hockey campaign on July 29". The Daily Graphic. GCGL. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Triathlon targetsm medal at Commonwealth Games". Daily Graphic (Ghana). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. ^ Okine, Sammy Heywood (14 March 2022). "Two Ghanaian weightlifters for 2022 Commonwealth Games". ModernGhana. Modern Ghana Media Communication Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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