# Albania at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Albania competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, represented by the Albanian National Olympic Committee (KOKSH). It signified the nation's tenth appearance at the summer Olympics, since the official debut in 1972, except for 1976, 1980 due to the US led boycott, 1984 due to USSR led boycott, 1988, the nation's return for the Olympics in 1992.
Albania earned their first Olympic medals in any sport, with wrestler Chermen Valiev winning bronze in the men's freestyle 74 kg category, and later earning their second bronze won by fellow wrestler Islam Dudaev in the men's freestyle 65 kg category.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Chermen Valiev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg | 10 August |
| Bronze | Islam Dudaev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 65 kg | 11 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Male | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals by date :
| Date | | | | Total |
| 10 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 8 |

## Athletics

Albanian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):

### 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

### Track events

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Franko Burraj | Men's 100 m | 10.60 PB | 2 Q | 10.66 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luiza Gega | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | — | 9:27.41 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

Albanian shooters achieved one quota places for Paris 2024 based on the allocations of universality spots.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Manjola Konini | Women's 10 m air pistol | 549 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manjola Konini | Women's 25 m pistol | 569-10x | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Albania sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Grisi Koxhaku | Men's 100 m freestyle | 52:32 | 62 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kaltra Meça | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:12.21 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling

For the first time since 2008, Albania qualified three wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Zelimkhan Abakarov qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; meanwhile Islam Dudaev and Chermen Valiev qualified for the games through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Zelimkhan Abakarov | Men's −57 kg | Iuna Fafé (GBS) W 7–6$^{PP}$ | Sehrawat (IND) L 0–12ST | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
| Islam Dudaev | Men's −65 kg | Akazawa (SAM) W 10–0 | Amouzad (IRI) L 0–11 | Did not advance | Retherford (USA) W 5–0$^{VB}$ | Musukaev (HUN) W 13–12 | |
| Chermen Valiev | Men's −74 kg | Bayramov (AZE) W 4–3 | Zhamalov (UZB) L 5–6 | Did not advance | Kadzimahamedau (AIN) W 12–2 | Rassadin (TJK) W 6–2 | |