Ghana at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Ghana at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	GHA
NOC	Ghana Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.ghanaolympic.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	5 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Ghana participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. The Country delegation team was led by Evans Yeboah.^[1]

Competitors

Sport	Boys	Girls	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Swimming	1	0	1
Weightlifting	0	1	1

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Solomon Diafo	Boys' 400 m	49.08	3	48.47	6	1:37.55	8

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round		Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kelvin Carboo Eric Tsatsu	Boys'	Streli–Hajos (HUN) L 0–2  Lanteri–Palmaro (MON) W 2–1  A. Lezcano–C. Lobo (CRC) L 0–2	3 Q	Amieva–Zelayeta (ARG) L 0–2	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abeiku Jackson	50 m butterfly	24.44	3 Q	24.90	7	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	54.52	2	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Ghana qualified one athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sandra Mensimah Owusu	Girls' -58 kg	65	7	77	7	142	7

References

1. http://www.africansportsmonthly.com/news/goc-names-chefs-dmissions-for-international-competitions?view=full
2. "Girls Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

2. https://ghanabadminton.org/evans-yeboah/