Angola has competed in ten Summer Olympic Games. They have not yet won an Olympic medal and never complete the Winter Olympic Games until its debut.[1] The best positions of the nation, 7th in 1996 and 8th in 2016, were both achieved by Angola women's national handball team.
| Angola at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ANG |
| NOC | Angolan Olympic Committee |
| Website | (in Portuguese) |
| Medals |
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| Summer appearances | |
Angola sent at the Summer Olympics 2016 the most athletes (26) 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. Leite competed in Athletics. Angola's oldest athlete was Joao Paulo de Leiria E Silva who was 52 and competed in Shooting.
Medal tables
editMedals by Summer Games
edit| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912–1972 | occupied by  Portugal
| |||||
| 1976 Montreal | did not participate | |||||
| 1980 Moscow | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1984 Los Angeles | did not participate | |||||
| 1988 Seoul | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992 Barcelona | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 Atlanta | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000 Sydney | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2004 Athens | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2008 Beijing | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2012 London | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020 Tokyo | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2024 Paris | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2028 Los Angeles | Future event | |||||
| 2032 Brisbane | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Flagbearers
edit| Games | Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 Moscow | Fernando Lopes | Swimming |
| 1988 Seoul | João N'Tyamba (??) | Athletics |
| 1992 Barcelona | Jean-Jacques Conceição | Basketball |
| 1996 Atlanta | Palmira Barbosa | Handball |
| 2000 Sydney | Nádia Cruz | Swimming |
| 2004 Athens | Ângelo Victoriano | Basketball |
| 2008 Beijing | João N'Tyamba | Athletics |
| 2012 London | Antónia Moreira | Judo |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Luísa Kiala | Handball |
| 2020 Tokyo | Natália Bernardo & Matias Montinho | Handball (Bernardo) & Sailing (Montinho) |
References
edit- ^ "The 10 Most Populous Countries To Never Win An Olympic Medal". BuzzFeed Community. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
External links
edit- "Angola". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
- "Angola". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/ANG". olympanalyt.com.
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