Angola at the Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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Angola has competed in 11 Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not yet won any Olympic medals and has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games.[1] The best positions of the nation, 7th in 1996 and 8th in 2016, were both achieved by the Angolan women's national handball team.
Angola sent to the Summer Olympics in 2012 its largest contingent yet of athletes (34) and competed in the most events (7) out of all the countries in Central Africa. They did not win a medal however. Angola's youngest athlete in 2016 was Leite Hermenegildo, who was 16. Angola's oldest athlete was Joao Paulo de Leiria E Silva who was 52 and competed in Shooting.[citation needed]
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1980 Moscow | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1984 Los Angeles | boycotted | |||||
 1988 Seoul | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1992 Barcelona | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 Atlanta | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2000 Sydney | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2004 Athens | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2008 Beijing | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2012 London | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2020 Tokyo | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2024 Paris | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2028 Los Angeles | future event | |||||
| 2032 Brisbane | ||||||
| Total (11/30) | 286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Flagbearers
| Games | Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 Moscow | Fernando Lopes | Swimming |
| 1988 Seoul | João N'Tyamba (??) | Athletics |
| 1992 Barcelona | Jean-Jacques Conceição | Basketball |
| 1996 Atlanta | Palmira Barbosa | Handball |
| 2000 Sydney | Nádia Cruz | Swimming |
| 2004 Athens | Ângelo Victoriano | Basketball |
| 2008 Beijing | João N'Tyamba | Athletics |
| 2012 London | Antónia Moreira | Judo |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Luísa Kiala | Handball |
| 2020 Tokyo | Natália Bernardo & Matias Montinho | Handball (Bernardo) & Sailing (Montinho) |
| 2024 Paris | Azenaide Carlos & Edmilson Pedro | Handball (Carlos) & Judo (Pedro) |