2016 Summer Olympics / Participants (Albania)

ALB

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Albania took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with six athletes, the smallest delegation since Sydney .

Only Luiza Gega had qualified, four other athletes received invitations. In particular, none of the traditionally strong weightlifters were able to qualify, as three Albanians were convicted of doping in December 2014 . One weightlifter was subsequently qualified after the exclusion of Russia .

The marksman Enkeleda Shehaj that in Atlanta in 1996 had set out for Albania, had this year for the United States qualified. The wrestlers Sahit Prizreni and Elis Guri started for Australia and Bulgaria respectively. And the judoka Majlinda Kelmendi , who fought for Albania in London in 2012 , this time represented Kosovo, the country of her birth .

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Women
Evagjelia Veli	Class up to 63 kg	75 kg	9	90 kg	8th	165 kg	8th	8th
Men
Briken Calja	Class up to 69 kg	145 kg	5	181 kg	5	326 kg	5	5

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Luiza Gega	1500 m	not started
	3000 m obstacle	9: 58.49 min	48	-		eliminated		48

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Expanse	rank	Expanse	rank
Men
Izmir Smajlaj	Long jump	7.72 m	21st	eliminated		21st

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Nikol Merizaj	100 m freestyle	59.99 s	43	eliminated				43
Men
Sidni Hoxha	50 m freestyle	22.80 s	41	eliminated				41

Web links

• Portrait of the athletes on the website of the NOK (Albanian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Tirana Times: Rio 2016: Albania to participate with only a handful of athletes. July 8, 2016, accessed August 6, 2016 . 
2. ↑ IWF EB decision on Russian participation at the Rio 2016 OG. International Weightlifting Federation, July 29, 2016, accessed August 6, 2016 .