Ghana at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Ghana at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeGHA
NOCGhana Olympic Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors10 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Medalists

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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 Ayittey Boys' Singles  Y Shi (CHN)
L w/o 		 B Ong (SIN)
L w/o 		 Seo (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

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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 25
 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

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ "BWF Junior World Rankings: Boys' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 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. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Universality Places" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. July 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.