# Angola at the World Athletics Championships

Angola has competed at the IAAF 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.

## 2007

Angola competed at the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, entering 2 athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final Rank | Final Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Final Rank | Final Rank |
| Nicolau Palanca | Men's 400 metres | 48.60 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 50 |
| Lillian Silva | Women's 800 metres | 2:09.17 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 39 |

## 2011

At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, a team of 2 athletes was announced to represent the country.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank |
| Nicolau Palanca | Men's 400 metres | | | 49.37 SB | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alda Paulo | Women's 100 metres | 12.85 Q, PB | 21 | 13.01 | 55 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 2013

At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, a 1 athlete was announced to represent the country.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Manuel Antonio | Men's 800 metres | 1:57.40 | 46 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## 2015

Angola competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Adriana Alves | Women's 100 metres | 12.19 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 2019

At the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, Angola was represented by 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Neide Dias | Women's 1500 metres | 4:28.27 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 2022

At the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, Angola entered 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Marcos Santos | Men's 200 m | DQ | DQ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## 2023

Angola competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, entering 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Marcos Santos | Men's 200 metres | 21.05 NR | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |