Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Angola took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Olympics is a big event where athletes from many countries compete in many sports. Angola sent athletes to join these competitions. This list shows all the athletes from Angola who competed in the 2008 Olympics. It celebrates the hard work and skill of these sportsmen and women from Angola.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Angola sent male athletes to compete in the athletics events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
João N'Tyamba	Marathon	DNF

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Angola's men's basketball team got to play by winning the FIBA Africa Championship 2007. The team had 12 players.

Men's tournament

Roster

This is the list of players from Angola in the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Group play

Angola men's national basketball team roster – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SF	4	Olimpio Cipriano	26 – (1982-04-09)April 9, 1982	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
G	5	Armando Costa	25 – (1983-06-03)June 3, 1983	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Petro Atlético
SG	6	Carlos Morais	22 – (1985-10-16)October 16, 1985	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Petro Atlético
PG	7	Milton Barros	24 – (1984-06-21)June 21, 1984	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Petro Atlético
G	8	Luis Costa	30 – (1978-06-07)June 7, 1978	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Petro Atlético
G	9	Vladimir Geronimo	30 – (1977-12-12)December 12, 1977	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
F/C	10	Joaquim Gomes	27 – (1980-12-23)December 23, 1980	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
F	11	Felizardo Ambrosio	20 – (1987-12-25)December 25, 1987	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
C	12	Abdel Aziz Moussa	28 – (1980-04-08)April 8, 1980	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
SG	13	Carlos Almeida (C)	31 – (1976-09-24)September 24, 1976	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
F	14	Leonel Paulo	22 – (1986-04-30)April 30, 1986	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Petro Atlético
F	15	Eduardo Mingas	29 – (1979-01-29)January 29, 1979	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Petro Atlético

Head coach

Alberto de Carvalho

Legend

(C) Team captain

Club – describes last
club before the tournament

Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
4	China (H)	5	2	3	366	400	−34	7
5	Germany	5	1	4	330	390	−60	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	321	477	−156	5

10 August 2008
11:15

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Some athletes from Angola took part in the canoeing sprint events at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fortunato Luis Pacavira	Men's C-1 500 m	2:13.265	8	Did not advance
Fortunato Luis Pacavira	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:39.538	7 QS	4:40.697	9	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Angola sent a women's team to play handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team had 14 players.

Women's tournament

The list of players for Angola's women's handball team at the Olympics is shown here.

Head coach: Jerónimo Neto

Group play

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Maria Odeth Tavares	(1976-08-18)18 August 1976 (aged 31)	1.70 m	100		1º de Agosto
2	CB	Maria Teresa Eduardo	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 34)	1.78 m	117	297	ASA Handball
3	LB	Ilda Maria Bengue	(1974-10-30)30 October 1974 (aged 33)	1.78 m	143	308	Petro Atlético
4	RB	Azenaide Carlos	(1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 18)	1.74 m	6	7	ASA Handball
5	RW	Filomena Trindade	(1971-09-26)26 September 1971 (aged 36)	1.65 m	152	503	Petro Atlético
6	P	Bombo Calandula	(1983-02-23)23 February 1983 (aged 25)	1.78 m	26	57	Petro Atlético
8	LB	Nair Almeida	(1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 24)	1.80 m	79	151	1º de Agosto
9	LB	Wuta Dombaxe	(1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 22)	1.68 m	19	132	ASA Handball
10	LW	Isabel Fernandes	(1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 23)	1.80 m	6	18	Petro Atlético
12	GK	Maria Rosa Pedro	(1982-12-29)29 December 1982 (aged 25)	1.73 m	46		Petro Atlético
13	CB	Luisa Kiala	(1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 26)	1.79 m	66	158	Petro Atlético
14	CB	Natalia Bernardo	(1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 21)	1.70 m	37	67	Petro Atlético
15	LW	Elisabeth Cailo	(1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 21)	1.75 m	29	30	1º de Agosto
17	P	Elizabeth Viegas	(1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 23)	1.78 m	13	10	ASA Handball

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Romania	5	4	0	1	150	112	+38	8
China	5	2	0	3	122	135	−13	4
France	5	2	0	3	121	128	−7	4
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109	137	−28	3
Angola	5	0	1	4	109	147	−38	1

9 August 2008 09:00	France	32 – 21	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Herbrecht 8	(13–14)	Bengue, Almeida 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

11 August 2008 14:00	Angola	17 – 31	Norway	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
	Almeida 5	(6–14)	Riegelhuth 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

13 August 2008 15:45	China	32 – 24	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Liu Xiaomei 7	(14–12)	Almeida 8
	3× 5× 1×	Report	4× 2×

15 August 2008 15:45	Romania	28 – 23	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Maier 7	(16–7)	Almeida 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

17 August 2008 10:45	Angola	24 – 24	Kazakhstan	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Bengue 6	(16–14)	three players 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Some men and women from Angola competed in the swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joao Luis Cardoso Matias	100 m butterfly	57.06	63	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Crysna da Silva Romero	50 m freestyle	29.06	65	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Morais Abreu Emanuel Fernandes	Men's	Pool C Emanuel – Ricardo (BRA) L 0 – 2 (8–21, 13–21) Schacht – Slack (AUS) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 9–21) Geor – Gia (GEO) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 13–21)	4	Did not advance