Ghana competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in
Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the
COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having taken part in all but three editions since its debut (as the
Gold Coast) in
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
. Ghana did not attend
Montreal 1976 because of the
African boycott, as well as the
Moscow 1980, when the nation joined the
United States-led boycott.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Athletics
Ghanaian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
;Track & road events
;Field events
Boxing
Ghana entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian
Sulemanu Tetteh
Sulemanu Tetteh (born 18 August 1992) is a Ghanaian boxer. He competed in the Men's light flyweight division in the boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round to Jantony Ortíz of Puerto Rico. Commenting on the bout, he said ...
(men's flyweight) and rookie Samuel Takyi (men's featherweight) scored a box-off victory each to secure places in their respective weight divisions at the
2020 African Qualification Tournament in
Diamniadio,
Senegal. Shakul Samed completed the nation's boxing lineup by topping the list of eligible boxers from Africa in the men's light heavyweight division of the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.
Judo
Ghana qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games. Kwadjo Anani accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.
Swimming
Ghana received a universality invitation from
FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
Weightlifting
Ghana entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian
Christian Amoah topped the list of weightlifters from Africa in the men's 96 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.
References
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Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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