Angola competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. 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 the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared in every Games since 1980 with the exception of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, when it was part of the Soviet boycott.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games and selected biographies. Note that reserves in handball are not counted: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 0 1Handball 0 14 14Judo 0 1 1Sailing 2 0 2Swimming 1 1 2 Total 4 16 20
Athletics
Angola received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male athlete to the Olympics.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAveni MiguelMen's 100 mDid not advance
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAngola women'sWomen's tournamentL 22–33L 21–30L 37–28W 28–25D 31–315Did not advance
Women's tournament
Angola women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.
Team roster
Group play
Judo
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 28 June 2021.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDiassonema MucunguiWomen's −57 kgL 000–100Did not advance
Sailing
Angolan sailors qualified a boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Paixão AfonsoMatias MontinhoMen's 470181919191818191919EL16719 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Swimming
Angola received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of 28 June 2021.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSalvador GordoMen's 100 m butterfly55.9654Did not advanceCatarina SousaWomen's 100 m freestyle59.3547Did not advance
References
External links Angola at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Olympedia