Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Angola at the Olympic Games

Flag of Angola
IOC code  ANG
NOC Angolan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.comiteolimpicoangolano.com/pt (Portuguese)
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
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games

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 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 Angola
G 5 Costa, Armando 25 – June 3, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Petro Atlético Angola
SG 6 Morais, Carlos 22 – October 16, 1985 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Petro Atlético Angola
PG 7 Barros, Milton 24 – June 21, 1984 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Petro Atlético Angola
G 8 Costa, Luis 30 – June 7, 1978 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Petro Atlético Angola
G 9 Geronimo, Vladimir 30 – December 12, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Primeiro de Agosto Angola
F/C 10 Gomes, Joaquim 27 – December 23, 1980 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Primeiro de Agosto Angola
F 11 Ambrosio, Felizardo 20 – December 25, 1987 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Primeiro de Agosto Angola
C 12 Moussa, Abdel Aziz 28 – April 8, 1980 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Primeiro de Agosto Angola
SG 13 Almeida, Carlos (C) 31 – September 24, 1976 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Primeiro de Agosto Angola
F 14 Paulo, Leonel 22 – April 30, 1986 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Petro Atlético Angola
F 15 Mingas, Eduardo 29 – January 29, 1979 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Petro Atlético Angola
Head coach
  • Portugal 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
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
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
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
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
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 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 Angola 1º de Agosto
2 RW Eduardo, Maria TeresaMaria Teresa Eduardo 17 September 1973 (aged 34) 1.78 m 117 297 Angola ASA Handball
3 RW Bengue, Ilda MariaIlda Maria Bengue 30 October 1974 (aged 33) 1.78 m 143 308 Angola Petro Atlético
4 RW Carlos, AzenaideAzenaide Carlos 14 June 1990 (aged 18) 1.74 m 6 7 Angola ASA Handball
5 RW Trindade, FilomenaFilomena Trindade 26 September 1971 (aged 36) 1.65 m 152 503 Angola Petro Atlético
6 P Calandula, BomboBombo Calandula 23 February 1983 (aged 25) 1.78 m 26 57 Angola Petro Atlético
8 RW Almeida, NairNair Almeida 23 January 1984 (aged 24) 1.80 m 79 151 Angola 1º de Agosto
9 LW Dombaxe, WutaWuta Dombaxe 5 April 1986 (aged 22) 1.68 m 19 132 Angola ASA Handball
10 RW Fernandes, IsabelIsabel Fernandes 5 June 1985 (aged 23) 1.80 m 6 18 Angola Petro Atlético
12 GK Pedro, Maria RosaMaria Rosa Pedro 29 December 1982 (aged 25) 1.73 m 46 Angola Petro Atlético
13 CB Kiala, LuisaLuisa Kiala 25 January 1982 (aged 26) 1.79 m 66 158 Angola Petro Atlético
14 LW Bernardo, NataliaNatalia Bernardo 25 December 1986 (aged 21) 1.70 m 37 67 Angola Petro Atlético
15 LW Cailo, ElisabethElisabeth Cailo 2 July 1987 (aged 21) 1.75 m 29 30 Angola 1º de Agosto
17 P Viegas, ElizabethElizabeth Viegas 20 January 1985 (aged 23) 1.78 m 13 10 Angola 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×Red card 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

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.