Albania at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Albania took part in London at the 2012 Olympic Games. It was the seventh overall participation in the Olympic Summer Games. The Komiteti Olimpik Kombëtar Shqiptar nominated eleven athletes in five sports. The native Kosovar Majlinda Kelmendi approached in judo for Albania after the IOC participation in Kosovo and as Independent Olympic participant a flatly rejected.

Flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the weightlifter Romela Begaj.

The weightlifter Hysen Pulaku was excluded on the first day of competition after a positive doping test from the games.

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

Judo

Athletics

Running and walking

Jumping and throwing

Swimming

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