Ghana at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Ghana at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	GHA
NOC	Ghana Olympic Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors	10 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 49th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014

Ghana will compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bissah, MarthaMartha Bissah	Athletics	Girls' 800 m	23 August

Athletics

Ghana qualified two athletes.^[1]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Precious Attipoe	Triple jump	15.08	8 Q	14.64	8

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Martha Bissah	800 m	2:07.67	2 Q	2:04.90

Badminton

Ghana was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Abraham Ayittry	Boys' Singles	Y Shi (CHN) L w/o	B Ong (SIN) L w/o	S Sun (KOR) L w/o	4	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ruthvika Shivani (IND)  Abraham Ayittey (GHA)	Mixed Doubles	T Hendahewa (SRI)  B Ong (SIN) L w/o	L Courtois (FRA)  D Sebunnya (UGA) L w/o	He Bingjiao (CHN)  Sanchin Dias (SRI) L w/o	4	Did not advance

Beach Volleyball

Ghana qualified a boys' and girls' team by their performance at the CAVB Qualification Tournament.^[3]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Philip Amissah Nicholas Tetteh	Boys'	Gathier/Loiseau (FRA) L 0 – 2	3 Q	MacNeil/Richards (CAN) L 0 – 2	Did not advance
		Figueroa/Rivera (PUR) L 0 – 2
		Rosa/Sweeney (ISV) W 2 – 1
		Bramon-Arias/Heredia (PER) W 2 – 1
		Shobeiri/Sahneh (IRI) W INJ
Doris Douduwa Esther Essumang	Girls'	Radl/Gesslbauer (AUT) L 0 – 2	6	Did not advance
		Tangkaeo/Kawfong (THA) L 0 – 2
		Mongelos/Valiente (PAR) L 0 – 2
		Richard/Placette (FRA) L 0 – 2
		Giron/Bethancourt (GUA) L 0 – 2

Swimming

Ghana qualified two swimmers.^[4]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kwaku Addo	50 m freestyle	24.66	38	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	27.45	41	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ophelia Swayne	50 m freestyle	28.76	37	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	29.51	27	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Ghana was given a quota to compete in a girls' event by the tripartite committee.^[5]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juliana Arkoh	−63 kg	62	8	82	8	144	8

References

1. "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
2. "BWF Junior World Rankings: Boys' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
3. "Sierra Leone men and Rwanda women top podium of African qualifiers for Youth Olympic Games". FIVB. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
4. "Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
5. "Universality Places" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.