Ghana at the World Athletics Championships

Ghana at the World Athletics Championships
WA code	GHA
National federation	Ghana Athletics Association
Website	https://ghanaathletics.org/
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2025

Ghana participates regularly in the World Athletics Championships. Its first participation was in the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.

Medalists

Ghana's most successful championship was the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. when it won two medals. Ignisious Gaisah was the first man to win a world medal for Ghana. He went on to win further medals for the Netherlands. Margaret Simpson was the first female to win a world medal which she did in the same championship. ^[1]

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Silver	Ignisious Gaisah [2]	2005 Helsinki	Men's long jump
Bronze	Margaret Simpson [3]	2005 Helsinki	Women's heptathlon

Medal tables

By championships

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2005 Helsinki	0	1	1	2
Totals (1 entries)	0	1	1	2

By event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Long jump	0	1	0	1
Heptathlon	0	0	1	1
Totals (2 entries)	0	1	1	2

By gender

Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Men	0	1	0	1
Women	0	0	1	1

See also

• Ghana at the Olympics

References

1. Mark Butler (2022). "World Athletics Championship Oregon 22 Statistics Handbook" (PDF). World Athletics Communications Department with Association of Track and Field Statisticians. p. 381. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
2. "Long Jump men 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics FINLANDHELSINKI (OLYMPIC STADIUM), FINLAND 06 AUG 2005 - 14 AUG 2005". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
3. "Biographies - Simpson Margaret GHA". iaaf.org. International Amateur Athletic Federation. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2025.