| Iaaf: | ANG |
| Fedname: | Angolan Athletics Federation |
| Games: | World Championships in Athletics |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1983 |
Angola has competed at the IAAF World Athletics Championships on fourteen occasions, and did not send a delegation for the 2009 and 2017 editions. Its competing country code is ANG. The country has not won any medals at the competition and as of 2017 no Angolan athlete has reached the top eight of an event. Its best performance is by João N'Tyamba, who placed thirteenth in the 1999 men's 10,000 metres final.[1]
Angola competed at the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, entering 2 athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | Final Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Nicolau Palanca | Men's 400 metres | 48.60 | 8[2] | 50 | |||||
| Lillian Silva | Women's 800 metres | 2:09.17 | 7[3] | 39 | |||||
At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, a team of 2 athletes was announced to represent the country.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | Time Width Height | Rank | |||||
| Nicolau Palanca | Men's 400 metres | 49.37 SB | 34 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Alda Paulo | Women's 100 metres | 12.85 Q, PB | align=center style="border-right:double" | 21 | 13.01 | align=center style="border-right:double" | 55 | Did not advance | ||||
At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, a 1 athlete was announced to represent the country.
Angola competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.[4]
At the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, Angola was represented by 1 athlete.[5]
At the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, Angola entered 1 athlete.[6]
Angola competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, entering 1 athlete.[7]