Ghana at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Ghana at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Ghana.svg
IOC code GHA
NOC Ghana Olympic Committee
in París, France
July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) – August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors6 in 1 sport
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Ghana is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having taken part in all but three editions since its debut (as the Gold Coast) in 1952. 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.

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 516
Total516

Athletics

Ghanaian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events: [1] [2]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Abdul-Rasheed Saminu Men's 200 m




Men's 4 × 400 m relay
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah Women's high jump

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References

  1. "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics . Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. Simon Asare (6 May 2024). "Official: Ghana's men's quartet secure qualification to Paris 2024 Olympics". MSN . Retrieved 8 May 2024.