Ghana at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
# Ghana at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Ghana qualified two athletes.

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)

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Rank | Distance | Rank |
| Precious Attipoe | Triple jump | 15.08 | 8 Q | 14.64 | 8 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Martha Bissah | 800 m | 2:07.67 | 2 Q | 2:04.90 | |

## Badminton

Ghana was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Doubles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Beach Volleyball

Ghana qualified a boys' and girls' team by their performance at the CAVB Qualification Tournament.

| Athletes | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 24 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Standing | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Philip Amissah Nicholas Tetteh | Boys' | Gathier/Loiseau (FRA) L 0 – 2 | 3 Q | MacNeil/Richards (CAN) L 0 – 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 25 |
| Philip Amissah Nicholas Tetteh | Boys' | Figueroa/Rivera (PUR) L 0 – 2 | 3 Q | MacNeil/Richards (CAN) L 0 – 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 25 |
| Philip Amissah Nicholas Tetteh | Boys' | Rosa/Sweeney (ISV) W 2 – 1 | 3 Q | MacNeil/Richards (CAN) L 0 – 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 25 |
| Philip Amissah Nicholas Tetteh | Boys' | Bramon-Arias/Heredia (PER) W 2 – 1 | 3 Q | MacNeil/Richards (CAN) L 0 – 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 25 |
| Philip Amissah Nicholas Tetteh | Boys' | Shobeiri/Sahneh (IRI) W INJ | 3 Q | MacNeil/Richards (CAN) L 0 – 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 25 |
| Doris Douduwa Esther Essumang | Girls' | Radl/Gesslbauer (AUT) L 0 – 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Doris Douduwa Esther Essumang | Girls' | Tangkaeo/Kawfong (THA) L 0 – 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Doris Douduwa Esther Essumang | Girls' | Mongelos/Valiente (PAR) L 0 – 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Doris Douduwa Esther Essumang | Girls' | Richard/Placette (FRA) L 0 – 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Doris Douduwa Esther Essumang | Girls' | Giron/Bethancourt (GUA) L 0 – 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Ghana qualified two swimmers.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kwaku Addo | 50 m freestyle | 24.66 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kwaku Addo | 50 m butterfly | 27.45 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ophelia Swayne | 50 m freestyle | 28.76 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ophelia Swayne | 50 m butterfly | 29.51 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Ghana was given a quota to compete in a girls' event by the tripartite committee.

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Juliana Arkoh | −63 kg | 62 | 8 | 82 | 8 | 144 | 8 |
