Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Angola at the Olympic Games
Flag of Angola IOC code  ANG NOC Angolan Olympic Committee
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	32 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	João N'Tyamba
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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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
		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. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. SF 4 Cipriano, Olimpio 26 – April 9, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Primeiro de Agosto G 5 Costa, Armando 25 – June 3, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Petro Atlético SG 6 Morais, Carlos 22 – October 16, 1985 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Petro Atlético PG 7 Barros, Milton 24 – June 21, 1984 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Petro Atlético G 8 Costa, Luis 30 – June 7, 1978 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Petro Atlético G 9 Geronimo, Vladimir 30 – December 12, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Primeiro de Agosto F/C 10 Gomes, Joaquim 27 – December 23, 1980 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Primeiro de Agosto F 11 Ambrosio, Felizardo 20 – December 25, 1987 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Primeiro de Agosto C 12 Moussa, Abdel Aziz 28 – April 8, 1980 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Primeiro de Agosto SG 13 Almeida, Carlos (C) 31 – September 24, 1976 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Primeiro de Agosto F 14 Paulo, Leonel 22 – April 30, 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Petro Atlético F 15 Mingas, Eduardo 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

Qualified for the quarterfinals

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

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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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

Angola has qualified 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][4]

Head coach: Geronimo Neto

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Tavares, Maria OdethMaria Odeth Tavares 18 August 1976 (aged 31) 1.70 m 100 1º de Agosto 2 RW Eduardo, Maria TeresaMaria Teresa Eduardo 17 September 1973 (aged 34) 1.78 m 117 297 ASA Handball 3 RW Bengue, Ilda MariaIlda Maria Bengue 30 October 1974 (aged 33) 1.78 m 143 308 Petro Atlético 4 RW Carlos, AzenaideAzenaide Carlos 14 June 1990 (aged 18) 1.74 m 6 7 ASA Handball 5 RW Trindade, FilomenaFilomena Trindade 26 September 1971 (aged 36) 1.65 m 152 503 Petro Atlético 6 P Calandula, BomboBombo Calandula 23 February 1983 (aged 25) 1.78 m 26 57 Petro Atlético 8 RW Almeida, NairNair Almeida 23 January 1984 (aged 24) 1.80 m 79 151 1º de Agosto 9 LW Dombaxe, WutaWuta Dombaxe 5 April 1986 (aged 22) 1.68 m 19 132 ASA Handball 10 RW Fernandes, IsabelIsabel Fernandes 5 June 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 6 18 Petro Atlético 12 GK Pedro, Maria RosaMaria Rosa Pedro 29 December 1982 (aged 25) 1.73 m 46 Petro Atlético 13 CB Kiala, LuisaLuisa Kiala 25 January 1982 (aged 26) 1.79 m 66 158 Petro Atlético 14 LW Bernardo, NataliaNatalia Bernardo 25 December 1986 (aged 21) 1.70 m 37 67 Petro Atlético 15 LW Cailo, ElisabethElisabeth Cailo 2 July 1987 (aged 21) 1.75 m 29 30 1º de Agosto 17 P Viegas, ElizabethElizabeth Viegas 20 January 1985 (aged 23) 1.78 m 13 10 ASA Handball

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10
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
	4× 3×	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	2× 3×

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

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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
		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
		Opposition Score		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

See also

• Angola at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Athletes for Angola- 2008 Olympics". CNN Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
2. "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Angola roster". FIBA. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
3. "Angola women's handball team roster". NBC Olympics. 1 February 2013.
4. "Women's Handball Team Roster – Angola (ANG)" (PDF). 2008 Beijing. LA84 Foundation. 1 February 2013. p. 2226.