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Angola at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Angola at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ANG
NOC	Angolan Olympic Committee
Website	(in Portuguese)
in Beijing
Competitors	32 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	João N'Tyamba
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Angola competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This is a list of all of the Angolan athletes who qualified for the Olympics.^[1]

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	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
João N'Tyamba	Marathon	DNF

Basketball

The men's team qualified by winning the FIBA Africa Championship 2007 tournament.

Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Angola roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

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

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

10 August 2008
11:15

Report

Germany	95–66	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 29–13, 24–18, 17–14
Pts: Kaman 24 Rebs: Jagla 11 Asts: Hamann 4		Pts: Mingas 24 Rebs: Gomes 8 Asts: Cipriano 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

12 August 2008
20:00

Report

Angola	76–97	United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 19–26, 16–26, 23–16
Pts: Morais 24 Rebs: Gomes 8 Asts: Costa, Ambrosio 2		Pts: Wade 19 Rebs: Anthony 6 Asts: James 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG)

14 August 2008
14:30

Report

Angola	68–85	China
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 27–16, 9–21, 17–20
Pts: Gomes 17 Rebs: Mingas 5 Asts: Gomes 3		Pts: Yao 30 Rebs: Yi 11 Asts: Zhu, Li 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

16 August 2008
09:00

Report

Greece	102–61	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 31–17, 38–14, 21–19
Pts: Bourousis 22 Rebs: Glyniadakis, Fotsis 7 Asts: Fotsis 5		Pts: Mingas 25 Rebs: Geronimo 7 Asts: Costa 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: José Carrión (PUR)

18 August 2008
16:45

Report

Angola	50–98	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 7–25, 11–31, 9–27
Pts: Mingas 10 Rebs: Mingas, Ambrosio 5 Asts: Costa 5		Pts: P. Gasol 31 Rebs: P. Gasol 9 Asts: Rodríguez, Rubio 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Canoeing

Sprint

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

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

Handball

Angola hadqualified a women's team.

Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Angola roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Jerónimo Neto

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

Group play

Team v t e	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Men

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

Women

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

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

References

^ "Athletes for Angola- 2008 Olympics". CNN Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
^ "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Angola roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
^ "Women's Handball Team Roster – Angola (ANG)". Handball Official Results Book. Official Report of the XXIX Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. 23 August 2008. p. 2. Retrieved 12 August 2020.