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

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

Athletics

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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