Angola at the 2024 Summer Olympics

In February 2024, the delegation was put at risk of facing a ban on using the Angolan flag at the Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tagged the Angolan Olympic Committee for non-compliance with doping regulations.^[1][2] The issue would be resolved by July 5, 2024, 3 weeks before the start of the Olympics, when the WADA cleared Angola.^[3]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Angola sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Track and road events

For the first time since 2012, Angola male canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the gold medal result in the C-2 500 metres event at the 2023 African Olympic Qualifiers in Abuja, Nigeria.

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Angola women's	Women's tournament	Netherlands L 31–34	Spain W 26–21	Hungary D 31–31	France L 24–38	Brazil L 19–30	5	Did not advance			9

Angola women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics, after winning the gold medal, and securing an outright berth at the 2023 African Qualification Tournament in Luanda, Angola.^[5]

Team roster

An 18-player squad was announced on 17 June 2024.^[6] It was reduced to 15 players on 7 July 2024.^[7]

Head coach: Carlos Viver^[8]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marta Alberto (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 29) 1.82 m 22 1 Petro de Luanda 2 LB Vilma Nenganga (1996-09-12)12 September 1996 (aged 27) 1.77 m 14 22 Petro de Luanda 5 P Liliane Mario (2004-11-16)16 November 2004 (aged 19) 1.77 m 20 57 Primeiro de Agosto 6 RB Juliana Machado (1994-11-06)6 November 1994 (aged 29) 1.72 m 74 137 Primeiro de Agosto 7 RW Dolores Rosário (2003-04-01)1 April 2003 (aged 21) 1.76 m 20 32 Primeiro de Agosto 8 CB Helena Paulo (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 26) 1.73 m 48 184 Târgu Jiu 9 LW Natália Santos (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 37) 1.73 m 289 230 Primeiro de Agosto 10 P Albertina Kassoma (1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 28) 1.85 m 86 243 Rapid București 11 LW Marília Quizelete (1997-06-03)3 June 1997 (aged 27) 1.73 m 23 45 Petro de Luanda 13 RW Natália Kamalandua Fonseca (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 (aged 25) 1.64 m 30 85 CSM Corona Brașov 18 CB Chelcia Gabriel (2000-09-24)24 September 2000 (aged 23) 1.70 m 11 25 Petro de Luanda 20 LB Stelvia Pascoal (2002-10-20)20 October 2002 (aged 21) 1.72 m 29 32 Saint-Amand Handball 30 GK Eliane Paulo (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.81 m 7 0 Târgu Jiu 35 RB Azenaide Carlos (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 34) 1.73 m 96 116 CSM Corona Brașov

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	5	5	0	0	159	124	+35	10	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	152	137	+15	8
3	Hungary	5	2	1	2	137	140	−3	5
4	Brazil	5	2	0	3	127	119	+8	4
5	Angola	5	1	1	3	131	154	−23	3
6	Spain	5	0	0	5	111	143	−32	0

25 July 2024 11:00	Netherlands	34–31	Angola	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,686 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Malestein, Polman 8	(19–18)	Nenganga, H. Paulo 6
	1× 1×	Report	3×

28 July 2024 19:00	Angola	26–21	Spain	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,748 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Nenganga 7	(14–15)	Campos 6
	4× 1×	Report	3× 1×

30 July 2024 16:00	Hungary	31–31	Angola	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,834 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Klujber 9	(15–16)	Kassoma 9
	1× 2×	Report	2×

1 August 2024 16:00	Angola	24–38	France	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,816 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	three players 5	(14–18)	Kanor 7
	2× 1×	Report	1×

3 August 2024 14:00	Brazil	30–19	Angola	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,801 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Bitolo 7	(14–6)	Pascoal 4
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1×

Angola qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Edmilson Pedro (men's half-lightweight, 66 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edmilson Pedro	Men's –66 kg	—	Rahimov (TKM) L 01–10	Did not advance

For the first time since 2016, Angolan rowers qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games through the 2023 African Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia.^[10]

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

Angolan sailors qualified one boat in the following classes through the 2023 African Regatta in Soma Bay, Egypt;^[11] and 2024 470 World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Medal race events

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

Angola sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, through the allocation of universality places.