Angola at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Angola at the Olympic Games

Flag of Angola
IOC code  ANG
NOC Angolan Olympic Committee
Website www.comiteolimpicoangolano.com/pt (Portuguese)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 21 in 5 sports
Medals Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games

Angola is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

Handball

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Women's tournament

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Angola women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 Africa Qualification Tournament in Luanda.[1] They were drawn in Group A of the preliminary round.

Team roster
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players
Preliminary round

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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06)
19:50
v
Romania  v  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
21:50
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Angola  v  Montenegro Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)
16:40
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Norway  v  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12)
09:30
v
Angola  v  Brazil Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
19:50
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Spain  v  Angola Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

Judo

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Angola has qualified one judoka for the women's middleweight category (70 kg) at the Games. Remarkably going to her third Olympics, Antónia Moreira earned a continental quota spot from the African region as the highest-ranked Angolan judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
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Rank
Antónia Moreira Women's −70 kg

Rowing

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Angola has qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games at the 2015 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.[3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
André Matias
Jean-Luc Rasamoelina
Lightweight double sculls

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

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Angolan sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships, and African qualifying regattas, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 1992.[5][6] Another boat was also awarded to the Angolan sailor competing in the men's Laser through a Tripartite Commission invitation.

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Manuel Lelo Laser
Paixão Afonso
Matias Montinho
470

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

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Angola has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a men's trap shooter to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was met by March 31, 2016. This also signified the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2000.[7][8]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
João Paulo de Silva Men's trap

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

References

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