# Angola at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Angola competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighth Olympic appearance at the Olympics, except the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of its participation in the Soviet boycott.
Comité Olímpico Angolano sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, surpassing the Beijing delegation by three athletes. A total of 35 athletes, 5 men and 30 women, competed in 7 sports. For the second time in its history, Angola was represented by more female than male athletes at an Olympic event. Women's basketball and women's handball were the only team-based sports in which Angola had its representation to these Olympic games. The men's national basketball team, however, did not compete at the Olympics for the first time since 1988. Judoka Antonia Moreira was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Angola, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.

## Athletics
### 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Manuel Antonio | 800 m | 1:52.54 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Felismina Cavela | 800 m | 2:10.95 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Basketball

Angola has qualified a women's team. It will be made up of 12 athletes.

### Women's tournament
#### Roster

The following is the Angola roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 462 | 279 | +183 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 343 | 316 | +27 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 346 | 363 | −17 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 346 | 332 | +14 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 324 | 379 | −55 | 6 | |
| 6 | Angola | 5 | 0 | 5 | 243 | 395 | −152 | 5 | |
* 28 July 2012 14:30
* Report
| Turkey | 72–50 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 14–17, 23–14, 14–11 |||
| Pts: Palazoğlu 13 Rebs: Çağlar 7 Asts: Vardarlı 5 | | Pts: Mauricio 11 Rebs: Tomas, Manuel 5 Asts: Camufal 2 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Elena Chernova (RUS), Vitalis Gode (KEN), Fernando Sampietro (ARG)
* 30 July 2012 22:15
* Report
| Angola | 38–90 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 6–19, 11–28, 9–21 |||
| Pts: Guadalupe 11 Rebs: Mauricio, Manuel 6 Asts: Manuel 2 | | Pts: Parker 14 Rebs: Parker 12 Asts: Bird 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Carole Delauné (FRA), Marcos Benito (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER)
* 1 August 2012 11:15
* Report
| China | 76–52 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–18, 24–6, 19–15 |||
| Pts: Ma Zengyu 15 Rebs: Gao Song 9 Asts: Miao Lijie 5 | | Pts: Guadalupe 12 Rebs: Tomas 9 Asts: three players 2 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Shenal Bendke (IND)
* 3 August 2012 09:00
* Report
| Angola | 56–75 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 14–17, 11–18, 13–16 |||
| Pts: Tomas 15 Rebs: Mauricio, Tomas 8 Asts: Mauricio 4 | | Pts: Lelas 23 Rebs: Ivanković 7 Asts: Mandir 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Shoko Sugruro (JPN), Peng Ling (CHN)
* 5 August 2012 11:15
* Report
| Angola | 47–82 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 7–17, 10–18, 12–24 |||
| Pts: Mauricio 18 Rebs: Manuel 12 Asts: Eusébio, Guadalupe 2 | | Pts: Zrůstová 20 Rebs: Horáková 9 Asts: Elhotová 4 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LIB), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Vitalis Gode (KEN)

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tumba Silva | Heavyweight | Russo (ITA) L WO | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

Angola has qualified a boat for the following event
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nelson Henriques | Men's C-1 200 m | 55.268 | 6 Q | 50.876 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fortunato Luis Pacavira | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:39.723 | 6 Q | 4:43.027 | 7 FB | 4:35.017 | 14 |
| Nelson Henriques Fortunato Luis Pacavira | Men's C-2 1000 m | 4:16.478 | 6 Q | 4:18.543 | 5 FB | 4:15.497 | 12 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Handball

Angola has qualified a women's team.
* Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

### Women's tournament

The following is the Angola roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Head coaches: Vivaldo Eduardo
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Neide Barbosa
* (1980-09-23)23 September 1980 (aged 31)
* 1.78 m
* Petro Atlético
* 2
* LW
* Joelma Viegas
* (1986-10-15)15 October 1986 (aged 25)
* 1.68 m
* 1º de Agosto
* 7
* RW
* Carolina Morais
* (1986-04-13)13 April 1986 (aged 26)
* 1.67 m
* 1º de Agosto
* 8
* LB
* Nair Almeida
* (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 28)
* 1.80 m
* 1º de Agosto
* 9
* CB
* Isabel Guialo
* (1980-04-08)8 April 1980 (aged 32)
* 1.68 m
* ASA
* 10
* LB
* Isabel Fernandes
* (1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 27)
* 1.80 m
* Petro Atlético
* 11
* RB
* Luisa Kiala
* (1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 30)
* 1.79 m
* Petro Atlético
* 12
* GK
* Cristina Direito
* (1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 27)
* 1.66 m
* 1º de Agosto
* 14
* LW
* Natalia Bernardo
* (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 25)
* 1.70 m
* Petro Atlético
* 15
* RB
* Azenaide Carlos
* (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 22)
* 1.74 m
* 1º de Agosto
* 17
* P
* Ana Barros
* (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 19)
* 1.73 m
* Petro Atlético
* 18
* CB
* Marcelina Kiala
* (1979-11-09)9 November 1979 (aged 32)
* 1.77 m
* Petro Atlético
* 20
* RW
* Marta Santos
* (1988-12-25)25 December 1988 (aged 23)
* 1.58 m
* Petro Atlético
* 21
* LB
* Magda Cazanga
* (1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 21)
* 1.72 m
* Petro Atlético

#### Group play

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Brazil | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 122 | +15 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Croatia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 145 | 115 | +30 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 125 | +26 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 123 | +14 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| Angola | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 142 | −10 | 2 | |
| Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 166 | −75 | 0 | |
| 28 July 2012 09:30 | Russia | 30 – 27 | Angola | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,604 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 28 July 2012 09:30 | Postnova 5 | (16–11) | Guialo 5 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,604 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 28 July 2012 09:30 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,604 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 30 July 2012 09:30 | Angola | 23 – 28 | Croatia | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,892 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
| 30 July 2012 09:30 | Guialo, M. Kiala 5 | (11–13) | Zebić 9 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,892 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
| 30 July 2012 09:30 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 2× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,892 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
| 1 August 2012 11:15 | Montenegro | 30 – 25 | Angola | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,354 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| 1 August 2012 11:15 | Popović, K. Bulatović 6 | (13–14) | Carlos 7 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,354 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| 1 August 2012 11:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,354 Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT) |
| 3 August 2012 09:30 | Angola | 31 – 25 | Great Britain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,081 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU) |
| 3 August 2012 09:30 | Almeida 8 | (14–10) | Gerbron 9 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,081 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU) |
| 3 August 2012 09:30 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,081 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU) |
| 5 August 2012 11:15 | Brazil | 29 – 26 | Angola | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,585 Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR) |
| 5 August 2012 11:15 | three players 5 | (14–9) | Kiala 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,585 Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR) |
| 5 August 2012 11:15 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,585 Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR) |

## Judo

| 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 |
| Antonia Moreira | Women's −70 kg | Bye | Alvear (COL) L 0001–0100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Angolan swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pedro Pinotes | 400 m individual medley | 4:24.69 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mariana Henriques | 50 m freestyle | 31.36 | 61 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |