# Angola at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Angola competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of its participation in the Soviet boycott.
The Angolan Olympic Committee (Portuguese: Comité Olímpico Angolano) selected a total of 25 athletes, 8 men and 17 women, for the Games, competing in seven different sports. The nation's team size was roughly ten athletes smaller than the team sent to London four years earlier, and had the second largest share of women in its Summer Olympic history. Women's handball was the only team-based sport in which Angola had its representation at these Games, unable to send any of the nation's basketball teams to the Olympics for the first time since 1988. Among the sports played by the athletes, Angola marked its debut in rowing and a return in sailing and shooting from a two-decade absence.
Notable Angolan athletes featured three-time judoka Antónia Moreira, medley swimmer Pedro Pinotes, trap shooter João Paulo da Silva, who sought for his Olympic comeback in Rio after a 16-year absence, and four-time Olympian and handball team captain Luísa Kiala, who became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Angola, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

## Athletics

Angola has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

### Key

* Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hermenegildo Leite | Men's 100 m | 11.65 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liliana Neto | Women's 100 m | 13.58 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Handball
### Summary

Key:
* ET – After extra time
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Angola women's | Women's tournament | Romania W 23–19 | Montenegro W 27–25 | Norway L 20–30 | Brazil L 24–28 | Spain L 22–26 | 4 | Russia L 27–31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

### Women's tournament

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

#### Team roster

The following is the Angola roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Filipe Cruz
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Neyde Barbosa
* (1980-09-23)23 September 1980 (aged 35)
* 1.77 m
* 38
* 1
* Progresso do Sambizanga
* 6
* RW
* Juliana Machado
* (1994-11-06)6 November 1994 (aged 21)
* 1.70 m
* 25
* 48
* Primeiro de Agosto
* 8
* CB
* Lurdes Monteiro
* (1984-07-11)11 July 1984 (aged 32)
* 1.70 m
* 32
* 49
* Primeiro de Agosto
* 9
* CB
* Natália Bernardo
* (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 29)
* 1.70 m
* 73
* 192
* Primeiro de Agosto
* 10
* P
* Albertina Kassoma
* (1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 20)
* 1.90 m
* 14
* 39
* Primeiro de Agosto
* 11
* LB
* Luísa Kiala
* (1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 34)
* 1.72 m
* 104
* 194
* Petro de Luanda
* 12
* GK
* Cristina Branco
* (1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 31)
* 1.70 m
* 59
* 0
* Primeiro de Agosto
* 15
* RB
* Azenaide Carlos
* (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 26)
* 1.75 m
* 50
* 150
* Petro de Luanda
* 16
* GK
* Teresa Almeida
* (1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 28)
* 1.78 m
* 32
* 0
* Petro de Luanda
* 17
* RB
* Wuta Dombaxe
* (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 30)
* 1.73 m
* 32
* 64
* Primeiro de Agosto
* 21
* LB
* Magda Cazanga
* (1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 25)
* 1.84 m
* 21
* 28
* Petro de Luanda
* 25
* P
* Liliana Venâncio
* (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 20)
* 1.86 m
* 6
* 3
* Primeiro de Agosto
* 31
* LW
* Janete dos Santos
* (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 25)
* 1.75 m
* 10
* 0
* Progresso do Sambizanga
* 90
* CB
* Isabel Guialo
* (1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 26)
* 1.72 m
* 33
* 60
* Primeiro de Agosto

#### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 117 | +21 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 121 | +20 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 116 | +9 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Angola | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 116 | 128 | −12 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 119 | −11 | 4 | |
| 6 | Montenegro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 107 | 134 | −27 | 0 | |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:50 | Romania | 19–23 | Angola | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,465 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:50 | Neagu 8 | (9–11) | Guialo 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,465 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 19:50 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 5× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,465 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 21:50 | Angola | 27–25 | Montenegro | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 21:50 | Guialo 7 | (12–12) | K. Bulatović 9 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 21:50 | 2× 8× 1× | Report | 2× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 16:40 | Norway | 30–20 | Angola | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 16:40 | Mørk 8 | (16–8) | Guialo 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 16:40 | 2× 3× | Report | 2× 4× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 09:30 | Angola | 24–28 | Brazil | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 09:30 | Bernardo 8 | (13–13) | Belo 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 09:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 4× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Røen, Arntsen (NOR) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 19:50 | Spain | 26–22 | Angola | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 19:50 | Cabral, Martín 7 | (13–12) | Guialo 6 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 19:50 | 4× 5× | Report | 3× 8× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

#### Quarterfinal

| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:30 | Russia | 31–27 | Angola | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:30 | Kuznetsova 5 | (18–14) | Bernardo 8 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 20:30 | 2× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

## Judo

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 30 May 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Antónia Moreira | Women's −70 kg | Rodríguez (VEN) W 100–000 | Koch (GER) L 000–000 S | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

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.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| André Matias Jean-Luc Rasamoelina | Men's lightweight double sculls | 6:58.93 | 5 R | 7:29.73 | 6 SC/D | 7:39.59 | 4 FD | 7:01.74 | 20 |
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

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. Another boat was also awarded to the Angolan sailor competing in the men's Laser through a Tripartite Commission invitation.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Manuel Lelo | Men's Laser | 44 | 43 | 45 | 45 | DNF | 43 | 43 | 38 | 46 | 43 | EL | 390 | 46 |
| Paixão Afonso Matias Montinho | Men's 470 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | EL | 229 | 26 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

## Shooting

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 31 March 2016. This also signified the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2000.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| João Paulo de Silva | Men's trap | 98 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

## Swimming

Angola has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pedro Pinotes | Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:25.84 | 25 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ana Nóbrega | Women's 100 m freestyle | 59.23 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |