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Albania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Albania was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Albanian National Olympic Committee.

In total, seven athletes including three men and four women represented Albania in five different sports including athletics, cycling, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling.

Competitors

In total, seven athletes represented Albania at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across five different sports.

Athletics

Two Albanian athletes participated in the athletics events – Mirela Maniani competed in the women's javelin throw and Vera Bitanji competed in the women's triple jump.

Qualifying for the women's javelin throw took place on 26 July 1996. Maniani contested qualifying group A. Her first two attempts resulted in fouls but, on her third attempt, she threw 55.64m. She did not advance to the final and finished 24th overall.

Qualifying for the women's triple jump took place on 29 July 1996. Bitanji contested qualifying group A. Her first attempt was 12.55m before she extended that to 12.82m with her second jump which was her farthest in qualifying after a foul on her third attempt. She did not advance to the final and finished 25th overall.

Women

Cycling

One Albanian athlete participated in the cycling events – Besnik Musaj competed in the men's road race.

The men's road race took place on 31 July 1996. Musaj did not finish.

Shooting

Two Albanian athletes participated in the shooting events – Djana Mata and Enkelejda Shehu who both competed in the women's 10m air pistol and the women's 25m pistol.

The women's 10m air pistol took place on 21 July 1996. In the preliminary round, Shehu shot a combined score of 377 across the four rounds and Mata shot a combined score of 363. Neither advanced to the final. Shehu finished joint-21st and Mata finished 38th overall.

The women's 25m pistol took place on 26 July 1996. In the preliminary round, Shehu shot a combined score of 576 across the two rounds and Mata shot a combined score of 575. Neither advanced to the final. Shehu finished joint-15th and Mata finished 20th overall.

Women

Weightlifting

One Albanian athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Ilirjan Suli competed in the men's 76 kg.

The men's 76 kg took place on 24 July 1996. Suli lifted 147.5kg (snatch) and 175kg (clean and jerk) for a combined score of 322.5kg which placed him 14th in the overall rankings.

Wrestling

One Albanian athlete participated in the wrestling events – Shkëlqim Troplini competed in the men's freestyle −100 kg.

The men's freestyle −100 kg took place on 30–31 July 1996. Troplini lost his first round match against Oleg Ladik of Canada by fall. He then lost his classification round two match by grand superiority to Davud Magomedov of Azerbaijan.

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