Albania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Albania sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China which was organised by the National Olympic Committee of Albania.

Albania at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeALB
NOCAlbanian National Olympic Committee
Websitenocalbania.org.al  (in Albanian)
in Beijing
Competitors11 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Sahit Prizreni
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Albania competed with eleven athletes in which of them being seven men and four females, competing in several sports such as athletics, and for the first time in judo. Other sports are swimming, weightlifting, wrestling, and shooting.[1]

Although Albania didn't win any medals, it was an improvement on their performance at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Weightlifter Romela Begaj came the closest to the medal rankings as she finished 5th in the Women's 58 kg category, lifting 216 kg in total.[2]

The Albanians showed also good performances outside weightlifting. Sahit Prizreni, the world wrestling bronze medalist from 2007 in Baku competing for the second time for Albania in the Summer Olympics,[3] He advanced to the round of 16 in Men's freestyle 60 kg, where he lost to Bazar Bazarguruev from Kyrgyzstan.

Elis Guri made his debut at the Summer Olympics in wrestling in the Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg category. In the round of 16 he defeated the Olympic champion of 2004, Karam Gaber, after three matches. In the quarterfinals he faced Mirko Englich of Germany. Despite a first-match win, Guri lost the other two matches and didn't qualify to the semifinals.[4] He finished in 7th place, the best result for Albania so far at this sport.

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Dorian Çollaku Hammer throw 70.98 28 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Klodiana Shala 400 m 54.84 7 Did not advance

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Edmond Topalli Men's −81 kg Bye  Neto (POR)
L 0000–1001		 Did not advance

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lindita Kodra 10 m air pistol 370 40 Did not advance
25 m pistol 570 35 Did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sidni Hoxha 50 m freestyle 24.56 63 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rovena Marku 50 m freestyle 28.15 =58 Did not advance

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Gert Trasha Men's −69 kg 136 DNF — — — DNF
Erkand Qerimaj Men's −77 kg 154 12 187 13 341 13
Romela Begaj Women's −58 kg 98 =3 118 7 216 5

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key
  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Sahit Prizreni −60 kg Bye  Bazarguruev (KGZ)
L 0–3 PO		 Did not advance 15
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Elis Guri −96 kg Bye  Gaber (EGY)
W 3–1 PP		  Englich (GER)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance Bye  Han T-Y (KOR)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance 7

References
  1. "Shqiperia ne Lojrat olimpike"Pekini2008"".
  2. "Historia e shtatë Olimpiadave shqiptare".
  3. "Sahit Prizreni". Olympics.com (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. "Shqipëria olimpike pa medalje olimpike (Pjesa e katërt)".
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