- Ghana at the Olympics
Ghana first participated at theOlympic Games in 1952, when it was known by the colonial name of Gold Coast. The nation has sent athletes to compete in mostSummer Olympic Games since then, missing the 1956 Games, boycotting the 1976 Games in protest of the participation ofNew Zealand (who still had sporting links withapartheid South Africa ), and joining theAmerican-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics . Ghana has never participated at theWinter Olympic Games .Ghanaian athletes have won a total of four Olympics medals, three in
boxing , and a bronze medal by the under-23Ghana national football team in 1992.The
National Olympic Committee for Ghana was created in 1952 and recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee that same year.__TOC__List of medalists
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