Angola has competed at the World Athletics Championships on fourteen occasions, and did not send a delegation for the 2009 and 2017 editions. Its competing country code is ANG. The country has not won any medals at the competition and as of 2017 no Angolan athlete has reached the top eight of an event. Its best performance is by João N'Tyamba, who placed thirteenth in the 1999 men's 10,000 metres final.IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Statistics Handbook. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
Results
1983 Angola competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, from August 7 to 14, 1983.World Athletics Statistics HandBook Oregon 2022. World Athletics (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2022-07-09.
Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRubén Inácio100 metres10.9250colspan=6 rowspan=2 200 metres22.3343
2007 Angola competed at the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, entering 2 athletes.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal Final RankResultRankResultRankResultRankNicolau PalancaMen's 400 metres48.608colspan=4 50Lillian SilvaWomen's 800 metres2:09.177colspan=4 39
2011 At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, a team of 2 athletes was announced to represent the country.
AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNicolau PalancaMen's 400 metres49.37 SB34colspan=4 Alda PauloWomen's 100 metres12.85 Q, PB2113.0155colspan=4
2013 At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, a 1 athlete was announced to represent the country.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankManuel AntonioMen's 800 metres1:57.4046did not advance
2015
Angola competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.
AthleteEventPreliminary RoundHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Adriana Alves Women's 100 metres12.1946colspan=6
2019 At the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, Angola was represented by 1 athlete.Angola Doha 2019. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankNeide Dias Women's 1500 metres4:28.2735colspan=4 SUMMARY - 1500 Metres Women - Round 1
2022 At the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, Angola entered 1 athlete.
AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMarcos SantosMen's 200 mdid not advance
2023 Angola competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, entering 1 athlete.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMarcos SantosMen's 200 metres21.05 7colspan=4
2025 Angola competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025, entering 1 male athlete at the tournament..
Men
Track and road events AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMarcos Santos100 metres11.728Did not advance
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