Angola competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics, since the nation's official debut in 1980, except for 1984, due to USSR led boycott.
Background Averted WADA sanction In February 2024, the delegation was put at risk of facing a ban on using the Angolan flag at the Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tagged the Angolan Olympic Committee for non-compliance with doping regulations. The issue would be resolved by July 5, 2024, 3 weeks before the start of the Olympics, when the WADA cleared Angola.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 0 1Canoeing 2 0 2Handball 0 14 14Judo 1 0 1Rowing 1 0 1Sailing 2 1 3Swimming 1 1 2 Total 8 16 24
Athletics
Angola sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Track and road events AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarcos SantosMen's 100 m10.31 NR2 Q10.407colspan=2 Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint For the first time since 2012, Angola male canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the gold medal result in the C-2 500 metres event at the 2023 African Olympic Qualifiers in Abuja, Nigeria.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBenilson SandaMen's C-1 1000 m4:11.4054:12.735Did not advanceManuel AntónioBenilson SandaMen's C-2 500 m1:51.5361:49.004 FBcolspan=2 1:55.7412 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAngola women'sWomen's tournamentL 31–34W 26–21D 31–31L 24–38L 19–305Did not advance9
Women's tournament
Angola women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics, after winning the gold medal, and securing an outright berth at the 2023 African Qualification Tournament in Luanda, Angola.
Team roster
Group play
Judo
Angola qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Edmilson Pedro (men's half-lightweight, 66 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEdmilson PedroMen's –66 kg L 01–10Did not advance
Rowing
For the first time since 2016, Angolan rowers qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndré MatiasMen's single sculls7:52.786 R8:01.985 SE/FDid not advance8:01.634 FF7:30.4332 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
Angolan sailors qualified one boat in the following classes through the 2023 African Regatta in Soma Bay, Egypt; and 2024 470 World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Medal race events AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Filipe AndréMen's ILCA 741231240403041Colspan=2colspan=2 EL22739Matias MontinhoManuela PauloMixed 47016182019181718Colspan=2colspan=2 EL12619
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Swimming
Angola sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the allocation of universality places.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHenrique MascarenhasMen's 100 m freestyle52.5264Did not advanceLia LimaWomen's 200 m butterfly2:22.1919Did not advance
References