| Angola at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ANG |
| NOC | Angolan Olympic Committee |
| Website | (in Portuguese) |
| inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) | |
| Competitors | 20 (4 men and 16 women) in 5 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Natália Santos Matias Montinho |
| Flag bearer (closing) | N/A |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Angola competed at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared in every Games since1980 with the exception of the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles, when it was part of theSoviet boycott.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games and selected biographies. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Handball | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sailing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 16 | 20 |
Angola received auniversality slot from the World Athletics to send a male athlete to the Olympics.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Aveni Miguel | Men's 100 m | DSQ | Did not advance | ||||||
Key:
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final /BM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Angola women's | Women's tournament |  MontenegroL 22–33 |  NorwayL 21–30 |  NetherlandsL 37–28 |  JapanW 28–25 |  South KoreaD 31–31 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Angola women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the2019 African Qualification Tournament inDakar,Senegal.[3]
The squad was announced on 9 July 2021.[4]
Head coach:Filipe Cruz
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 123 | +47 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 169 | 143 | +26 | 8 | |
| 3 | Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 142 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 147 | 165 | −18 | 3[a] | |
| 5 |  Angola | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 156 | −26 | 3[a] | |
| 6 | Japan(H) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 124 | 150 | −26 | 2 |
| 25 July 2021 14:15 | Montenegro | 33–22 | Angola | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina(RUS) |
| Radičević 12 | (13–12) | Kamalandua 6 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 5× |
| 27 July 2021 19:30 | Angola | 21–30 | Norway | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni(ARG) |
| Guialo,Kassoma 6 | (10–15) | Solberg-Isaksen 7 | ||
| 4× | Report | 2× 3× |
| 29 July 2021 09:00 | Netherlands | 37–28 | Angola | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied(EGY) |
| Van Wetering 7 | (17–15) | Guialo 8 | ||
1× 1× 1× | Report | 5× |
| 31 July 2021 09:00 | Angola | 28–25 | Japan | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni(ARG) |
| three players 5 | (15–13) | Hara 6 | ||
| 1× 2× | Report | 1× 1× |
| 2 August 2021 09:00 | South Korea | 31–31 | Angola | Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura(FRA) |
| Jung,Kang E. 7 | (16–17) | Guialo 8 | ||
| Report | 7× |
Angola qualified one judoka for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the Games.Diassonema Mucungui accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Diassonema Mucungui | Women's −57 kg |  Liparteliani (GEO)L 000–100 | Did not advance | |||||
Angolan sailors qualified a boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Paixão Afonso Matias Montinho | Men's 470 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | EL | 167 | 19 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Angola received auniversality invitation fromFINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Salvador Gordo | Men's 100 m butterfly | 55.96 | 54 | Did not advance | |||
| Catarina Sousa | Women's 100 m freestyle | 59.35 | 47 | Did not advance | |||
