Angola at the World Athletics Championships

Angola at the World Championships in Athletics
WA code	ANG
National federation	Angolan Athletics Federation
Website	aaf.al
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

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]

2007

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]	Did not advance				50
Lillian Silva	Women's 800 metres	2:09.17	7[3]	Did not advance				39

2011

At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, a team of 2 athletes was announced to represent the country.[4]

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	21	13.01	55	Did not advance

2013

At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, a 1 athlete was announced to represent the country.[5]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Manuel Antonio	Men's 800 metres	1:57.40	46	did not advance

2015

Angola competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round		Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adriana Alves	Women's 100 metres	12.19	46	Did not advance

2019

At the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, Angola was represented by 1 athlete.[7]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Neide Dias	Women's 1500 metres	4:28.27	35	Did not advance[8]

2022

At the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, Angola entered 1 athlete.[9]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marcos Santos	Men's 200 m	DQ		did not advance

2023

Angola competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, entering 1 athlete.[10]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marcos Santos	Men's 200 metres	21.05 NR	7	Did not advance

References

1. IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Statistics Handbook. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
2. "Men's 400m. Heat 5 results". International Association of Athletics Federations. 25 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
3. "Women's 800m. Heat 2 results". International Association of Athletics Federations. 26 August 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
4. IAAF (21 August 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved 21 August 2011
5. Athletes – 14th IAAF World Championships, IAAF, 2 August 2013, retrieved 9 August 2013
6. "Provisional entry list as at 15 August – IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
7. Angola Doha 2019. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
8. SUMMARY - 1500 Metres Women - Round 1
9. "Entry Lists by Country and Event" (PDF). worldathletics.org. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
10. "Entry List" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.