Angola at the World Athletics Championships
sporting event delegation
Angola has competed at the 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.
Results
1983
Angola competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, from August 7 to 14, 1983.
Men
Track and road events
2007
Angola competed at the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, entering 2 athletes.
2011
At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, a team of 2 athletes was announced to represent the country.
2013
At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, a 1 athlete was announced to represent the country.
2015
Angola competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22 to 30 August 2015.
2019
At the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, Angola was represented by 1 athlete.
2022
At the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, Angola entered 1 athlete.
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