Ghana at the World Athletics Championships

Ghana at the
World Athletics Championships
WA codeGHA
National federationGhana Athletics Association
Websitehttps://ghanaathletics.org/
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)

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

YearGoldSilverBronzeTotal
2005 Helsinki0112
Totals (1 entries)0112

By event

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Long jump0101
Heptathlon0011
Totals (2 entries)0112

By gender

GenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Men0101
Women0011

See also

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.
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