Angola at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Angola
competed in the Olympic Games
for the first time at the 1980 Summer Olympics
in Moscow
, USSR
.
Men's 100m
Men's 200m
Men's 5,000m
Men's 10,000 metres
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Luvambu Filipe (ANG)
Men's 100m Breaststroke - July 21
Men's 100m Butterfly - July 22
Men's 100m Backstroke - July 20
Men's 100m Freestyle - July 26
Men's 200m Freestyle - July 20
Men's 400m Medley Relay - July 24
Women's 100m Freestyle - July 20
Women's 100m Backstroke - July 22
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
competed in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
for the first time at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
in Moscow
Moscow
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, USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
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Athletics
Men's 100m
- Ilídio Coelho
- Heats — 11.42 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m
- Rubén Inácio
- Heats — 22.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000m
- Bernardo Manuel
- Heats — 14:51.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Bernardo Manuel
- Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
- João Luis de AlmeidaJoão Luis de AlmeidaJoão Luis de Almeida was a boxer from Angola. He represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He competed in the Men's Bantamweight division. He received a bye during round one of the competition but eventually lost in round 2 on points to Great Britain boxer...
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Raymond Gilbody (Great Britain) on points (0-5)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
- Abilio Almeida Cabral
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Fitzroy Brown (Guyana) on points (0-5)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
- Alberto Mendes Coelho
- First Round — Lost to Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (0-5)
Luvambu Filipe (ANG)
Swimming
Men's 100m Breaststroke - July 21
- Francisco Lopes SantosFrancisco SantosXeskoFrancisco Santos's primary nom d'art or alter ego.Alan J. BantaThe heteronym Alan J. Banta is described as a civil engineer, born in the year of 1952 in Kakamas, a village located in the Northern Cape, South Africa but living and working in Angola. After independence, in 1975, remained in the...
- Heats — 1:18.95 "National Record" (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100m Butterfly - July 22
- Marcos Daniel
- Heats — 1:07.46 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke - July 20
- Jorge Lima
- Heats — 1:14.33 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle - July 26
- Jorge Lima
- Heats — 59.39 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle - July 20
- Jorge Lima
- Heats — 2:14.37 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Men's 400m Medley Relay - July 24
- Fernando Lopes — Backstroke (1:14.06 - 1:14.06)
- Francisco Lopes SantosFrancisco SantosXeskoFrancisco Santos's primary nom d'art or alter ego.Alan J. BantaThe heteronym Alan J. Banta is described as a civil engineer, born in the year of 1952 in Kakamas, a village located in the Northern Cape, South Africa but living and working in Angola. After independence, in 1975, remained in the...
— Breaststroke (1:17.50 - 2:31.56) - Marcos Daniel — Butterfly (1:04.35 - 3:35.91)
- Jorge Lima — Freestyle (59.20 - 4:35.11)
- Heats — 4:35.11 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle - July 20
- Michele Pessoa
- Heats — 1:09.10 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke - July 22
- Michele Pessoa
- Heats — 1:26.59 (→ did not advance, 26st place)