As the 2026 Commonwealth Games unfolds in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 23 to August 02, www.sports24ghana.com would like to take its readers through the performance of Ghana over the years.
Even though the Commonwealth Games – The quadrennial international multi-sport event that brings together athletes from across the Commonwealth Games was first held in 1930 [then known as the British Empire Games], Ghana first participated in the 1954 Commonwealth Games which was held in Vancouver, British Columbia from 30 July to August 7th.
Since then Ghana has showed up at seventeen Commonwealth Games, missing only in the 1986 Games in Edinburgh. Ghana have won sixty-three [63] medals in the history of the Commonwealth Games – Gold [15], Silver [20], Bronze [28].
Ghana did not win any medal in the 1954 Commonwealth Games, same [0] as the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia [Queensland], however, Robert Kotei became the first ever Ghanaian to win a medal in the history of the Commonwealth Games having jumped 2.01 meters to win bronze in the men’s high jump, behind Chilla Porter [Australia], and Ernle Haisley of Jamaica who won gold.
Michael Ahey became the first athlete to gift Ghana a Commonwealth Games gold medal having lept 8.05m in the men’s long jump event to topple Dave Norris, and Wellesley Clayton from Jamaica.
Below is the Commonwealth Games all-time medal table, ranked first in order of gold medals won.
1 Australia
Gold 1003. Silver 834. Bronze 767.
Total – 2,604
2 England
Gold 773. Silver 783. Bronze 766.
Total – 2,322
3 Canada
Gold 510. Silver 548. Bronze 589.
Total – 1,647
4 India
Gold 203. Silver 190. Bronze 171.
Total – 564
5 New Zealand
Gold 179. Silver 232. Bronze 295.
Total – 706
6 South Africa
Gold 137. Silver 132. Bronze 147.
Total – 416
7 Scotland
Gold, 132. Silver 143. Bronze 227.
Total – 502
8 Kenya
Gold 91. Silver 80. Bronze 87.
Total – 258
9 Nigeria
Gold 82. Silver 84. Bronze 105.
Total – 271
10 Wales
Gold 75. Silver 104. Bronze 155.
Total – 334
11 Malaysia
Gold 66. Silver 73. Bronze 89.
Total – 228
12 Jamaica
Gold 65. Silver 53. Bronze 58.
Total – 176
13 Singapore
Gold 40. Silver 31. Bronze 36.
Total – 107
14 Northern Ireland
Gold 37. Silver 46. Bronze 59.
Total – 142
15 Pakistan
Gold 27. Silver 27. Bronze 29.
Total – 83
16 Cyprus
Gold 25. Silver 16 Bronze 23.
Total – 64
17 Uganda
Gold 19. Silver 16. Bronze 25.
Total – 60
18 Ghana
Gold 15. Silver 20. Bronze 28.
Total – 63
Totals for Ghana include all medals won as Gold Coast.
19 Trinidad and Tobago
Gold 13. Silver 23. Bronze 26.
Total – 62
20 Bahamas
Gold 11. Silver 14. Bronze 13.
Total – 38
By James K. Attaglo Wilson
