| Ghana at the Commonwealth Games | |
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| CGF code | GHA |
| CGA | Ghana Olympic Committee |
| Website | ghanaolympic |
| Medals Ranked 18th |
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| Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Ghana have competed at seventeen Commonwealth Games, beginning in 1954 and missing only the 1986 Games in Edinburgh. Ghana have won sixty-three medals at the Commonwealth Games, including fifteen gold, with all but one of their medals coming in athletics and boxing. [1]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 Vancouver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 Cardiff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 Perth | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 1966 Kingston | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 1970 Edinburgh | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 1974 Christchurch | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 1978 Edmonton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1982 Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 Edinburgh | did not attend | |||
| 1990 Auckland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1994 Victoria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 Manchester | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 Delhi | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 Glasgow | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 Gold Coast | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 Birmingham | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 15 | 20 | 28 | 63 |
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