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.[5] At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Albania's delegation consisted of two male and two female athletes.[6] They had seven competitors (two female, five male) in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.[7] In Beijing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the nation sent eleven athletes (four female and seven male), their highest ever total.[8]
For the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Albania sent nine athletes consisting of three women and six men.[9]Romela Begaj, who was the flag bearer for Albania at the2012 Summer Olympics, competed in thewomen's 58 kg weightlifting category finishing in 9th after lifting 216 kg in total.
In 1964, Albania participated for the first time inqualifiers for the football tournament at the Olympics.Albania facedBulgaria in the opening round, losing both matches 1–0 and failing to qualify for the next round.[13] Albania participated in thequalifiers for the football tournament at the1972 Summer Olympics. They facedRomania in the opening round, losing both legs 2-1, despite goals fromMedin Zhega andPanajot Pano, respectively.[14]
Albania men's national basketball team has tried twice toqualify inbasketball at the Summer Olympics. In 1972, Albania participated in the Olympic qualifiers forbasketball. They played three qualifying matches, losing all three games, however two were close encounters, with Albania losing 83–82 againstBelgium and 84–81 against theNetherlands. This was Albania's best-ever Olympic qualification attempt in their Basketball History.[15][16][17] Albania next participated in thebasketball qualifiers 20 years later in1992 competing in Group B. Albania secured their first win at this competition againstSwitzerland 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.[18][19] Albania has never participated in an Olympic Team sport discipline in their entire Olympic history.
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