The Ghana Olympic Committee sent a total of 9 athletes, 6 men and 3 women, to compete in 4 sports.

This equaled the record number of Ghanaian athletes sent to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.

Alberta Ampomah became the first Ghanaian to compete in weightlifting at the Olympic Games.

Heavyweight boxer and African champion Maxwell Amponsah, who later withdrew from the Games because of sustained injuries, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

[4] Heavyweight boxer Maxwell Amponsah withdrew from the Games after failing to recover from an injury sustained during a qualification match months before the competition.