Ghana competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. Ghana competed in 14 sports. Ghana's participation was made possible by financial support from the Ghanaian government. In total, athletes representing Ghana won two gold medals, two silver medals and nine bronze medals and the country finished in 15th place in the medal table.
Medal summary
Medal table
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Sean Safo-AntwiBenjamin Azamati-KwakuMartin Owusu-AntwiJoseph Amoah Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Athletics Women's high jump Weightlifting Men's 89 kg Clean & Jerk Athletics Women's long jump Weightlifting Women's 45 kg Snatch Weightlifting Women's 45 kg Clean & Jerk Weightlifting Women's 45 kg Weightlifting Men's 61 kg Clean & Jerk Boxing Men's light heavyweight (81kg) Athletics Women's 400 metres Weightlifting Men's 89 kg Snatch Weightlifting Men's 89 kg Clean & Jerk Weightlifting Men's 89 kg | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics2114Boxing0011Weightlifting0178Total22913
Athletics
Ghana competed in athletics. The following male athletes competed: Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati, Edwin Gadayi, Joseph Paul Amoah, Martin Owusu Antwi, Jeff Hammond and Abubakar Mohammed. The following female athletes competed: Hor Halutie, Flings Owusu Agyapong, Gemima Acheampong, Persis William-Mensah, Regina Yeboah, Grace Obour, Deborah Acquah, Rose Yeboah and Abigail Kwarteng.
Sean Safo-Antwi, Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku, Martin Owusu-Antwi and Joseph Amoah won the gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay event.
Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah won the gold medal in the women's high jump event.
Deborah Acquah won the silver medal in the women's long jump event.
Grace Obour won the bronze medal in the women's 400 metres event.
Badminton
Ghana competed in badminton with four male athletes: Ebenezer Andrews, Michael Baah, Emmanuel Botwe and Daniel Sam.
They competed in the men's singles event and in the men's doubles event.
Beach volleyball
Kelvin Katey Carboo and Samuel Tetteh Essilfie competed in beach volleyball in the men's tournament. They finished in 8th place.
Boxing
Ghana competed in boxing. In total, eight men and two women represented Ghana in boxing.
Cycling
Ghana competed in cycling.
Fencing
Ghana competed in fencing. Abubakari Alhassan Samba, Bashiru Iddrisu, Eric Mallick and Isaac Teinor competed in several events in fencing.
Football
Ghana's national under-20 football team competed in the men's tournament at the 2019 African Games. Emmanuel Toku was the team captain.
The team played in three matches in the group stage and did not advance to the semi-finals.
Judo
Five athletes competed in judo: Victor Ahiavor, Eleazer Dodoo, Lambert Fiazuku, Frank Terkpor and Bismark Yartey.
Karate
Edmund Asante Amoako, Dickson Acolatse, Patrick Amakye, Emmanuel Kobina Agyei and Felix Donkor competed in karate.
Swimming
Three athletes represented Ghana in swimming:
Men AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankJason Arthur50 m backstroke27.469did not advance100 m backstroke57.615 Q57.546200 m backstroke2:08.767 Q2:09.288Abeku Jackson50 m freestyle23.5710did not advance50 m butterfly24.626 Q24.507100 m butterfly55.209did not advanceNiklas Yeboah50 m backstroke28.2011did not advance100 m backstroke1:02.5912did not advance50 m butterfly25.4113did not advance100 m butterfly57.3615did not advance
Table tennis
Ghana competed in table tennis. No medals were won.
Derek Abrefa was among the table tennis players to represent Ghana.
Taekwondo
Five athletes competed in Taekwondo.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKezia GbedzeWomen's –46 kgL 11–37did not advanceHenrietta AmarhWomen's –49 kgW 29–8L 24–14did not advanceBenson Nii Adom AddoMen's –58 kgL 9–17did not advanceSelasi DamalieMen's –63 kgL 3–23did not advanceJulian Nii AryeeMen's –68 kgL 2–28did not advance
Tennis
Herman Abban, Isaac Teitei Nortey, Benjamin Palm, Johnson Acquah and coach Fred Egyir represented Ghana in tennis.
Weightlifting
Ghana competed in weightlifting. In total, athletes representing Ghana won one silver medal and seven bronze medals in weightlifting.
Winnifred Ntumi won all three bronze medals in the women's 45 kg events.
David Akwei won the bronze medal in the men's 61 kg Clean & Jerk event.
Christian Amoah won the bronze medals in the men's 89 kg events. Forrester Osei also won the silver medal in the men's 89 kg Clean & Jerk event.
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