Ghana relay team narrowly misses medal at World Athletics Championships

Ghana’s men’s 4×100m relay team put up a spirited performance at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, finishing fourth in the final and narrowly missing out on a podium finish.

The quartet — Ibrahim Fuseini, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Paul Amoah, and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu — clocked a time of 37.93 seconds, just short of the bronze medal spot.

Their performance, though disappointing for a medal-hungry Ghanaian athletics community, has been hailed as one of the nation’s best showings in recent years.

Road To The Final

The team qualified strongly from the heats, running 37.79 seconds, a time that raised hopes of a medal push in the final.

However, in a highly competitive race, the United States proved untouchable, storming to gold with a world-leading time of 37.29 seconds.

Canada took silver in 37.55 seconds, while the Netherlands edged Ghana to the bronze medal with a national record of 37.81 seconds.

The result meant Ghana fell just 0.12 seconds shy of a medal — a heartbreakingly slim margin in sprinting terms.

Historical Significance

Ghana has a long but intermittent history in global sprinting.

The country last made a major statement on the world stage in relay competitions during the late 1990s and early 2000s, when teams featuring legends like Aziz Zakari and Emmanuel Tuffour reached finals at the World Championships and Olympics.

The current crop of sprinters — most of whom train and compete in the United States — has been seen as a revival of that golden generation.

Despite falling short of a medal in Tokyo 2021 and Budapest 2023, Ghana’s relay squad has consistently qualified for global finals, a sign of steady progress.

Their 2025 performance confirms that the team remains among the world’s elite, with just minor margins separating them from glory.

Rose Yeboah Makes History In High Jump

Away from the track relays, Ghana’s Rose Yeboah also made headlines despite finishing 15th in the women’s high jump final.

She failed to clear 1.93 metres, but her presence was historic — she became the first Ghanaian in 20 years to reach a World Championships final in an individual field event.