List of Ghanaian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Ghana maintained by Ghana's national athletics federation: Ghana Athletics Association (GAA).

Outdoor

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification   Record not kept by GAA

h = hand timing
* = doubtful distance
A = affected by altitude
NWI = no wind information
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)
# = not ratified by federation
y = denotes one mile

Men
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
100 y 9.40 NWI Kofi Okyir 12 April 1974 Austin, United States
100 m 9.98 (+1.6 m/s) Leonard Myles-Mills 5 June 1999 Boise, United States
200 m 20.08 (+2.0 m/s) Joseph Amoah 5 June 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Austin, United States
400 m 45.13 Ibrahim Hassan 21 April 1996 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, United States
800 m 1:44.80 Alex Amankwah 19 May 2017 Meet of Champions Marietta, United States [1]
1500 m 3:40.23 Sampson Laari 2 June 2018 Nashville, United States
Mile 4:00.34 Sampson Laari 22 May 2018 Atlanta, United States [2]
3000 m 8:41.83 Frederick Adongo 10 May 1998 Marietta, United States
5000 m 14:02.22 Sampson Laari 15 April 2016 Mt. SAC Relays Norwalk, United States [3]
10000 m 30:10.2 Alhaji Alhassan 30 September 1989 Accra, Ghana
29:07.39 # Godwin Adukpo 11 June 2016 National Circuit Championships Cape Coast, Ghana [4]
Half marathon 1:07:12 David Zigah 22 February 2003 Dakar, Senegal
1:05:38 William Amponsah 22 October 2019 Onista, Nigeria
Marathon 2:18:43 Emanuel Amoo 11 November 1990 Lagos, Nigeria
110 m hurdles 13.60 (-0.2 m/s) Keith Nkrumah 13 April 2013 Norfolk State University Relays Norfolk, United States [5]
400 m hurdles 50.40 Keith Nkrumah 5 May 2012 MEAC Championships Greensboro, United States [6]
3000 m steeplechase 8:57.54 Robert Hackman 1 September 1972 Olympic Games Munich, West Germany
High jump 2.24 m Kwaku Boateng 8 August 1996 Kitchener, Canada
Pole vault 5.40 m Jordan Yamoah 25 May 2013 NCAA Division II Championships Pueblo, United States [7]
9 April 2016 ASU David Noble Relays San Angelo, United States [8]
Long jump 8.43 m (-0.2 m/s) Ignisious Gaisah 14 July 2006 Golden Gala Rome, Italy
Triple jump 17.23 m (-0.5 m/s) Andrew Owusu 19 August 1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal
Shot put 17.97 m Kwabena Keene 20 April 2012 ACC Championships Charlottesville, United States [9]
Discus throw 52.98 m Kwabena Keene 15 April 2010 ACC Championships Clemson, United States [10]
Hammer throw 50.56 m David Dadzie 20 May 2016 Great Lakes Elite Meet Ohio, United States [11]
Javelin throw 83.09 m John Ampomah 8 July 2016 Soga-Nana Memorial Cape Coast, Ghana [12]
Decathlon 7811 pts Atsu Nyamadi 21–22 April 2017 Virginia Challenge Charlottesville, United States [13]
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
11.24 (+1.2 m/s) 7.62 m (+1.7 m/s) 13.71 m 1.93 m 50.49 14.71 (+1.9 m/s) 45.76 m 4.40 m 59.54 m 4:42.51
20 km walk (road) 1:32:54 * Ahmed Tijani Sanni 29 April 2006 Cape Coast, Ghana
50 km walk (road) 4:42:15 * Kofi Ali 29 April 2006 Cape Coast, Ghana
4 × 100 m relay 38.12  Ghana
Abu Duah
Eric Nkansah
Aziz Zakari
Emmanuel Tuffour		 9 August 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece
4 × 400 m relay 3:04.76  Ghana
George Effah
Daniel Gyasi
Kwadwo Acheampong
Emmanuel Dasor		 24 July 2015 Warri Relays Warri, Nigeria [14]

Women
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 11.14 (0.0 m/s) Vida Anim 20 August 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece [15]
200 m 22.67 (+0.9 m/s) Janet Amponsah 21 April 2018 War Eagle Invitational Auburn, United States [16]
400 m 51.82 Akua Obeng-Akrofi 25 May 2018 NCAA East Preliminary Round Tampa, United States [17]
800 m 1:59.60 Akosua Serwah 2 July 2004 Golden Gala Rome, Italy
1500 m 4:17.75 Agnes Abu 21 April 2017 War Eagle Invitational Auburn, United States [18]
3000 m 9:31.97 Lydia Mato 9 May 2015 Nebraska Invitational Lincoln, United States [19]
5000 m 16:31.8 Millicent Boadi 30 July 1999 Kumasi, Ghana
10000 m 35:27.23 Lydia Mato 14 May 2015 National Junior College Championships Hutchinson, United States [20]
Half marathon 1:16:30 Millicent Boadi 19 November 2005 Lagos, Nigeria
Marathon 2:42:12 Sakat Lariba 21 September 2015 Accra Milo Marathon Accra, Ghana
100 m hurdles 13.02 (+1.8 m/s) Vida Nsiah 27 April 2001 Penn Relays Philadelphia, United States
13.02 (-1.6 m/s) 28 April 2001
400 m hurdles 59.13 Ruky Abdulai 4 June 2006 Abbotsford, ?
3000 m steeplechase
High Jump 1.87 m Abigail Kwarteng 5 May 2018 Lubbock, United States [21]
Pole vault
Long jump 6.70 m (+1.0 m/s) Ruky Abdulai 24 May 2007 Fresno, United States [22]
Triple jump 14.33 m (+0.8 m/s) Nadia Eke 8 June 2019 Kingston, Jamaica [23]
Shot put 16.01 m Claudia Ababio 24 May 2018 NCAA Division 1 East Preliminary Round Tampa, United States [24]
Discus throw 55.08 m Claudia Ababio 8 April 2017 Virginia Quad Charlottesville, United States [25]
Hammer throw 61.95 m Claudia Ababio 20 April 2018 Virginia Challenge Charlottesville, United States [26]
Javelin throw 56.36 m [27] Margaret Simpson 7 August 2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland [28]
Heptathlon 6423 pts Margaret Simpson 28–29 May 2005 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria
13.41 (-0.8 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.85 m (high jump), 13.01 m (shot put), 24.55 (+1.0 m/s) (200 m) /
6.32 m (+0.7 m/s) (long jump), 52.71 m (javelin), 2:21.71 (800 m)
Decathlon 6915 pts h # Margaret Simpson 18–19 April 2007 Réduit, Mauritius
100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m
20 km walk (road) 1:55:42 * Jacqueline Ado Bludo 29 April 2006 Cape Coast, Ghana
50 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay 42.67  Ghana
Flings Owusu-Agyapong
Gemma Acheampong
Beatrice Gyaman
Janet Amponsah		 8 July 2016 Soga-Nana Memorial Cape Coast, Ghana [29]
4 × 400 m relay 3:35.55  Ghana
Helena Opoku
Grace Bakari
Georgina Aidoo
Hannah Afriyie		 27 July 1978 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria

Indoor

Men
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
50 m 5.62+ Eric Nkansah 21 February 1999 Meeting Pas de Calais Liévin, France
55 m 6.02 A Leonard Myles-Mills 22 February 1997 Colorado Springs, United States
60 m 6.45 A Leonard Myles-Mills 20 February 1999 Colorado Springs, United States
200 m 20.80 Joseph Amoah 5 March 2017 IC4A/ECAC Championships Boston, United States [30]
20.79 Martin Owusu-Antwi 25 February 2018 Boston University Last Chance Qualifier Boston, United States [31]
20.75 Joseph Amoah 1 February 2020 Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational Boston, United States [32]
20.61 A OT Leonard Myles-Mills 20 February 1999 Colorado Springs, United States
400 m 46.21 Emmanuel Dasor 25 February 2016 Conference USA Championships Birmingham, United States [33]
500 m 1:02.28 Alex Amankwah 12 January 2018 Blazer Invite Birmingham, United States [34]
600 m 1:16.54 Alex Amankwah 19 January 2018 Larry Wieczorek Invitational Iowa City, United States [35]
800 m 1:46.86 OT Alex Amankwah 24 January 2015 Vanderbilt Invitational Nashville, United States [36]
1500 m 3:58.75y Sampson Laari 26 February 2017 BU Last Chance Meet Boston, United States [37]
Mile 3:58.75 Sampson Laari 26 February 2017 BU Last Chance Meet Boston, United States [38]
3000 m 8:22.23 Sampson Laari 19 February 2017 Birmingham, United States
8:05.88 OT Sampson Laari 13 January 2017 Vanderbilt Commodore Invite Nashville, United States [39]
60 m hurdles 8.00 Joseph Squire 25 January 2019 Texas Tech Classic Lubbock, United States [40]
High jump 2.08 m Kingsley Adams 1973 United States
Pole vault 5.41 m [41] Jordan Yamoah 12 March 2016 NCAA Division II Championships Pittsburg, United States [42]
Long jump 8.36 m Ignisious Gaisah 2 February 2006 GE Galan Stockholm, Sweden
Triple jump 16.91 m Andrew Owusu 24 January 1998 Lincoln, United States
Shot put 17.81 m Kwabena Keene 27 February 2010 ACC Championships Blacksburg, United States [43]
Heptathlon 5465 pts Atsu Nyamadi 24–25 February 2016 Conference USA Championships Birmingham, United States [44]
7.10 (60 m), 7.13 m (long jump), 13.27 m (shot put), 2.00 m (high jump) / 8.50 (60 m hurdles), 4.00 m (pole vault), 2:45.93 (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
55 m 7.03 Gemma Acheampong 5 February 2016 Crimson Elite Cambridge, United States [45]
60 m 7.18 Vida Anim 27 February 2004 Chemnitz, Germany
Flings Owusu-Agyapong 16 January 2015 Gotham Cup New York City, United States [46]
Gemma Acheampong 22 February 2015 Patriot League Championships Annapolis, United States [47]
6.9 h Alice Annum 17 June 1975 Mainz, West Germany
200 m 23.34 Flings Owusu-Agyapong 12 February 2016 David Hemery Invitatonal Boston, United States [48]
300 m 39.50 Gemma Acheampong 6 December 2014 Boston University Opener Boston, United States [49]
400 m 56.10 Akosua Serwaa 11 January 2004 Leverkusen, Germany
55.10 # Ruky Abdulai 16 February 2002 Ghent, Belgium
54.0 OT Ruky Abdulai 10 February 2007 Seattle, United States
53.39 Akua Obeng-Akrofi 2 March 2018 ECAC IC4A Championships Boston, United States [50]
500 m 1:11.48 Akua Obeng-Akrofi 2 February 2018 Metropolitan Indoor Championships New York City, United States [51]
800 m 2:04.61 Akosua Serwaa 29 February 2004 Leipzig, Germany
2:02.30 Agnes Abu 25 February 2018 Boston University Last Chance Qualifier Boston, United States [52]
1000 m 2:58.42 A Lydia Mato 7 March 2015 NJCAA Championships Albuquerque, United States [53]
1500 m 4:43.61y Agnes Abu 19 February 2017 Conference USA Championships Birmingham, United States [54]
Mile 4:56.83 Agnes Abu 25 February 2016 Conference USA Championships Birmingham, United States [55]
4:43.61 Agnes Abu 19 February 2017 Conference USA Championships Birmingham, United States [56]
4:43.34 Martha Bissah 16 February 2019 JDL DMR Invitational Winston-Salem, United States [57]
3000 m 10:10.73 A Lydia Mato 6 March 2015 NJCAA Championships Albuquerque, United States [58]
9:57.62 OT Lydia Mato 4 March 2017 Johnson City, United States [59]
9:48.53 Martha Bissah 8 December 2019 CNU Holiday Open Newport News, United States [60]
5000 m 17:14.40 Lydia Mato 16 January 2015 Holiday Inn Invite Lincoln, United States [61]
60 m hurdles 8.03 Vida Nsiah 8 March 1997 World Championships Paris, France
High jump 1.81 m Ruky Abdulai 28 January 2006 Seattle, United States
27 January 2007
1.82 m Abigail Kwarteng 22 February 2019 SEC Championships Fayetteville, United States [62]
Pole vault
Long jump 6.34 m Ruky Abdulai 10 March 2006 Johnson City, United States
6.57 m Deborah Acquah 18 January 2020 Ted Nelson Invitational College Station, United States [63]
6.58 m Deborah Acquah 1 February 2020 Texas Tech Invitational Lubbock, United States [64]
Triple jump 13.60 m Nadia Eke 14 January 2017 New York City, United States [65]
13.77 m Deborah Acquah 8 February 2020 Charlie Thomas Invitational College Station, United States [66]
Shot put 14.84 m Julia Agawu 1 March 2013 Fayetteville Arkansas Final Qualifier Fayetteville, United States
Weight throw 19.59 m Emelda Malm-Annan 11 December 2015 University of Wyoming Power Meet Laramine, United States [67]
Pentathlon 3742 pts Elizabeth Dadzie 24 February 2016 Conference USA Championships Birmingham, United States [68]
8.72 (60 m hurdles), 1.57 m (high jump), 10.50 m (shot put), 5.99 m (long jump), 2:32.35 (800 m)
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

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