Angola has competed in 11 Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not yet won any Olympic medals and has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games. The best positions of the nation, 7th in 1996 and 8th in 2016, were both achieved by the Angolan women's national handball team.
Angola sent to the Summer Olympics in 2012 its largest contingent yet of athletes (34) and competed in the most events (7) out of all the countries in Central Africa. They did not win a medal however. Angola's youngest athlete in 2016 was Leite Hermenegildo, who was 16. Angola's oldest athlete was Joao Paulo de Leiria E Silva who was 52 and competed in Shooting.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Flagbearers
Games Athlete Sport Fernando LopesSwimming João N'Tyamba (??) Athletics Jean-Jacques ConceiçãoBasketball Palmira Barbosa Handball Nádia Cruz Swimming Ângelo Victoriano Basketball João N'Tyamba Athletics Antónia Moreira Judo Luísa Kiala Handball Natália Bernardo & Matias Montinho Handball (Bernardo) & Sailing (Montinho) Azenaide Carlos & Edmilson Pedro Handball (Carlos) & Judo (Pedro)
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