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Ghana at the Olympic Games
Flag of Ghana IOC code  GHA NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
Olympic history
Summer Games
1952* • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 *As the Gold Coast

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 has never participated at the Winter Olympic Games although it will participate in 2010.

Ghanaian athletes have won a total of four Olympics medals, three 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 1952 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year.

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	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

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Ghana

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-20.  
• "Ghana Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=GHA. Retrieved 2007-12-20.