| Noc: | ANG |
| Nocname: | Angolan Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 20 (4 men and 16 women) |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer Close: | N/A |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Angola competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having appeared in every Games since 1980 with the exception of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, when it was part of the Soviet boycott.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Handball | 0 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sailing | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 16 | 20 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Angola received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a male athlete to the Olympics.[2]
See main article: article and Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article, Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Angola women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal.[3]
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Angola qualified one judoka for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the Games. Diassonema Mucungui accepted a continental berth from Africa as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.[4]
See main article: article, Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Angolan sailors qualified a boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal raceSee main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Angola received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Salvador Gordo | Men's 100 m butterfly | 55.96 | 54 | Did not advance | ||||
| Catarina Sousa | Women's 100 m freestyle | 59.35 | 47 | Did not advance | ||||