Ghana at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Ghana at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
Ghana at the; 2014 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	GHA
CGA	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Glasgow, Scotland
Flag bearer	Janet Amponsah
Medals; Ranked =33rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Ghana competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July – 3 August 2014.^[2]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Razak Abugiri	Judo	Men's 60 kg	July 24
Bronze	Abdul Omar	Boxing	Men's Flyweight	Aug 1

Athletics[]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Timothy Abeyie	100 m	10.50	3	Did not advance
Solomon Afful	100 m	10.66	5	Did not advance
Tim Abeyie	200 m	21.12	4	Did not advance
Solomon Afful		21.04 PB	4	Did not advance
Emmanuel Dasor		21.06	3	Did not advance
	400 m	47.72	5	Did not advance
Daniel Gyasi		47.07	5	Did not advance
		Did not finish		Did not advance
	1500 m (T54)	3:33.90 SB	4 q	N/A		3:33.40 PB	8
		3:44.44 PB	6	N/A		Did not advance
		3:48.11	6	N/A		Did not advance
Daniel Gyasi Solomon Afful Emmanuel Dasor	4 x 400 metres relay	Disqualified		N/A		Did not advance
	Marathon	N/A				2:33:37	23

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
John Ampomah	Javelin throw	73.85	10 q	69.56	9

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Brent Newdick	Result	11.18	7.22	13.96	1.93	52.87	15.47	42.58	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNF	15
Brent Newdick	Points	817	753	709	740	687	794	717	0	0	0	DNF	15

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Flings Owusu-Agyapong	100 m	11.68	4 q	11.55	5	Did not advance
Gemma Acheampong	200 m	24.90	5	Did not advance
		25.27	5	Did not advance
Janet Amponsah		24.05	2 Q	DQ	8	Did not advance
	400 m	55.74	5	Did not advance
	400 m	55.19	5	Did not advance
Martha Bissah	800 m	2:10.95	8	Did not advance
Anita Fordjour	1500 m (T54)	4:21.24 SB	5 q	N/A		4:11.29 PB	8
		4:21.58 PB	6	N/A		Did not advance
		4:05.04 PB	4 q	N/A		4:30.99	10
	5000 metres	N/A				18:04.61	16
	400 metres hurdles	1:00.94 PB	6	N/A		Did not advance
Flings Owusu-Agyapong Gemma Acheampong Beatrice Gyaman	4 x 100 metres relay	Disqualified		N/A		Did not advance

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
	Triple jump	13.07	12 q	13.00	9
Nadia Eke	Triple jump	13.14 NR	11 q	12.98	10
	High jump	1.71	=18	Did not advance
Julia Agawu	Discus throw	41.79	16	Did not advance
Zuta Mary Nartey	Javelin throw	N/A		48.23	11

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Badminton[]

Mixed team

Pool B

Team v t	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	GD	PW	PL	PD
India	3	3	0	30	0	+30	630	195	+435
Ghana	3	2	1	12	19	−7	457	586	−129
Uganda	3	1	2	11	21	−10	473	593	−120
Kenya	3	0	3	9	22	−13	414	600	−186

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

India
5

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
24 July

Ghana
0

		1	2
1	Kashyap Parupalli Daniel Sam	21 6	21 16
2	Pusarla Venkata Sindhu	21 7	21 5
3	Akshay Dewalkar / Pranaav Jerry Chopra Emmanuel Donkor /	21 7	21 11
4	Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa /	21 4	21 10
5	Srikanth Kidambi / P. C. Thulasi Daniel Sam /	21 5	21 9

Kenya
2

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
24 July

Ghana
3

		1	2
1	/ Lavina Sabastian Martins Daniel Sam /	17 21	15 21
2	Joseph Matheri Githitu Emmanuel Donkor	12 21	14 21
3	Mercy Mwethya Joseph	21 11	21 10
4	Patrick Kinyua Mbogo / Daniel Sam / Emmanuel Donkor	14 21	15 21
5	Mercy Mwethya Joseph / Lavina Sabastian Martins /	21 17	21 16

Uganda
2

Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow
25 July

Ghana
3

		1	2	3
1	/ Margaret Nankabirwa Daniel Sam /	16 21	12 21
2	Edwin Ekiring Emmanuel Donkor	21 14	21 15
3	Daisy Nakalyango	21 8	21 14
4	Edwin Ekiring / Daniel Sam / Emmanuel Donkor	17 21	14 21
5	Daisy Nakalyango / Margaret Nankabirwa /	21 15	17 21	24 26

Cycling[]

Track[]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
	Men's sprint	12.678 56.791	26	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's time trial	Did not start

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
	Men's keirin	7 R	5	Did not advance

Judo[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−60 kg	N/A	(CMR) W 0002-0003	Sigauque (MOZ) L 0004-0002	Did not advance	Buchanan (SCO) L 0001–1000	Did not advance	7
Razak Abugiri	−60 kg	N/A	Tony Lomo (SOL) W 1000-0001	(RSA) L 0002-0000	Did not advance	(WAL) W 0122-0002	Sigauque (MOZ) W 1100-0001
	−66 kg	(CYP) L 0003-0001	Did not advance
Emmanuel Nartey	−73 kg	Bye	Madeira (MOZ) W 0003-0002	Leat (NZL) L 0003-1000	Did not advance	(SCO) L 0102-0101	Did not advance	7
	−81 kg	(CMR) L 0001-1010	Did not advance
	−90 kg	(CMR) L 0004-1001	Did not advance
	−100 kg	(IND) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−63 kg	Yeats-Brown (ENG) L 0001-0102	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m freestyle	25.72	46	Did not advance
Nana Antwi		27.12	61	Did not advance
		26.25	55	Did not advance
Nana Antwi	100 m freestyle	Did not start		Did not advance
		56.87	46	Did not advance
Abeiku Jackson		56.47	44	Did not advance
Nana Antwi	50 m backstroke	33.63	37	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	27.80	39	Did not advance
Abeiku Jackson	50 m butterfly	27.21	33	Did not advance
Abeiku Jackson	100 m butterfly	1:01.40	31	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m freestyle	29.09	44	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	29.66	31	Did not advance

Triathlon[]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
	Men's	25:47	Lapped

Weightlifting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Daniel Darko	62 kg	89	108	197	17
Christian Amoah	77 kg	110	128	238	22
	77 kg	101	145	246	19
Prince Nyarko	85 kg	112	145	257	16
	94 kg	107	138	245	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
	53 kg	71	82	153	10
Dora Abotsi	75 kg	88	104	192	6
Alberta Ampomah	+75 kg	74	101	175	12

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
	Men's 72 kg	137.1	10

References[]

^ Butler, Nick; Osborne, Paul (23 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park". Insidethegames. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
^ "The Commonwealth Games Associations". glasgow2014.com/. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

[flag-1] Butler, Nick; Osborne, Paul (23 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games: The Opening Ceremony from Celtic Park". Insidethegames. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

[2] "The Commonwealth Games Associations". glasgow2014.com/. Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

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