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
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Chermen Valiev Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Islam Dudaev Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg | width="22%" align="left" valign="top"|
Medals by sportSport TotalWrestling0022Total0022 | width="22%" align="left" valign="top"|
Medals by genderGenderTotalFemale0000Male0022Mixed0000Total0022 | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by dateDate Total10 August001111 August0011Total0022
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 1 2Wrestling 3 0 3Total 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):
Track events AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankFranko BurrajMen's 100 m10.60 2 Q10.668Did not advanceLuiza GegaWomen's 3000 m steeplechasecolspan=2 9:27.419colspan=2 Did not advance
Shooting
Albanian shooters achieved one quota places for Paris 2024 based on the allocations of universality spots.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankManjola KoniniWomen's 10 m air pistol54943Did not advanceWomen's 25 m pistol569-10x37Did not advance
Swimming
Albania sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGrisi KoxhakuMen's 100 m freestyle52:3262Did not advanceKaltra MeçaWomen's 200 m freestyle2:12.2127Did 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.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankZelimkhan AbakarovMen's −57 kgW 7–6PPL 0–12STDid not advance8Islam DudaevMen's −65 kgW 10–0L 0–11Did not advanceW 5–0VBW 13–12Chermen ValievMen's −74 kgW 4–3L 5–6Did not advanceW 12–2W 6–2
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