Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ANG
Nocname:	Angolan Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	32
Sports:	6
Flagbearer:	João N'Tyamba
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

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

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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

Group play

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	Fortunato Luis Pacavira	Men's C-1 500 m	2:13.265	8	Did not advance
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

See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Angola hadqualified a women's team.

• Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Women's tournament

Roster

Group play

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beach

See also

• Angola at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletes for Angola- 2008 Olympics. CNN Sports Illustrated. 2008-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20080902222419/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2008/athletes/bio/ang.html. 2 September 2008 . live.