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For the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Albania sent seven athletes—4 female and 3 male. Mirela Manjani was the flag bearer for the Olympic Games that year. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Albania's delegation consisted of two male and two female athletes. They had seven competitors (two female, five male) in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. In Beijing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the nation sent eleven athletes (four female and seven male), their highest ever total.
For the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Albania sent nine athletes consisting of three women and six men. Romela Begaj, who was the flag bearer for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, competed in the women's 58 kg weightlifting category finishing in 9th after lifting 216 kg in total.
Briken Calja achieved the best result for Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in men's 69 kg weightlifting after lifting 320 kg. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 5th place in the men's 69 kg weightlifting after lifting 326 kg. Calja would compete at the following 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 73 kg weightlifting category. The European Weightlifting champion in 2018 would finish in 4th after lifting 341 kg. His 4th place finish was the best result in the history for Albania at the Summer Olympics until 2024. Also in the 2020 Summer Olympics Luiza Gega became the first athlete from Albania to qualify for the finals in athletics. She finished in 5th place in the heats for the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase with a time of 9:23.85, a season's best. In the final run, Gega finished in 13th place.
In 1964, Albania participated for the first time in qualifiers for the football tournament at the Olympics. Albania faced Bulgaria in the opening round, losing both matches 1–0 and failing to qualify for the next round. Albania participated in the qualifiers for the football tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics. They faced Romania in the opening round, losing both legs 2-1, despite goals from Medin Zhega and Panajot Pano, respectively.
Albania men's national basketball team has tried twice to qualify in basketball at the Summer Olympics. In 1972, Albania participated in the Olympic qualifiers for basketball. They played three qualifying matches, losing all three games, however two were close encounters, with Albania losing 83–82 against Belgium and 84–81 against the Netherlands. This was Albania's best ever Olympic qualification attempt in their Basketball History. Albania next participated in the basketball qualifiers 20 years later in 1992 competing in Group B. Albania secured their first win at this competition against Switzerland 84–85, which was their only win in their campaign. Albania failed to qualify for the Olympics, with a 5th-place finish in the group. Albania has never participated in an Olympic Team sport discipline in their entire Olympic history.
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