Albania at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Albania at the
2022 Mediterranean Games
Albania at the; 2022 Mediterranean Games
IOC code	ALB
NOC	Albanian National Olympic Committee
in Oran, Algeria; 25 June 2022 – 6 July 2022
Medals; Ranked 18th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)
	1987; 1991; 1993; 1997; 2001; 2005; 2009; 2013; 2018; 2022;

Albania competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria from 25 June to 6 July 2022.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Zelimkhan Abakarov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 65 kg	28 June
Gold	Luiza Gega	Athletics	Women's 3000 metres steeplechase	1 July
Silver	Erkand Qerimaj	Weightlifting	Men's 73 kg Snatch	2 July
Bronze	Islam Dudaev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	28 June

Medals per Sport

Medals by sport
Sport				Total	Rank
Wrestling	1	0	1	2	7
Athletics	1	0	0	1	14
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1	8

Artistic gymnastics

Matvei Petrov competed in artistic gymnastics.^[1]

Athletics

Albania won one gold medal in athletics.^[2]

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

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Franko Burraj	400 m	46.26	2 Q	46.16 NR	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Luiza Gega	3000 m steeplechase	9:14.29 GR NR

Boxing

Albania competed in boxing.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ardit Murja	featherweight	Abdellatif Zouhairi (MAR) L 3-0	Did not advance
Alban Beqiri	welterweight	Necat Ekinci (TUR) W 2-1	Jugurtha Ait-Bekka (ALG) L ABD	Did not advance
Arjon Kajoshi	middleweight	Moreno Fendero (FRA) L 3-0	Did not advance
Nelson Hysa	super heavyweight	—	Vincenzo Fiaschetti (ITA) L 2-1	Did not advance

Judo

Albania competed in judo.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Indrit Çullhaj	73 kg	Dris (ALG) L 00–11	—	—	Bayan (SYR) L 00–10	—	—	9
Erson Ramaj	90 kg	Pirelli (ITA) L 00–10	—	—	—	—	—	10

Shooting

Albania competed in shooting.^[5]

Swimming

Albania competed in swimming.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frenkli Vogli	50 m backstroke	27.99	18	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:00.50	18	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:14.20	15	did not advance
Drini Ujkashej	50 m freestyle	27.11	20	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.37	21	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	29.88	19	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sara Dande	200 m freestyle	2:19.31	16	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:47.68	14	did not advance
	800 m freestyle	—		9:52.17	7

Taekwondo

Albania competed in Taekwondo.^[7]

Legend

PTG — Won by Points Gap
SUP — Won by superiority
OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)
DQ — Won by disqualification
PUN — Won by punitive declaration
WD — Won by withdrawal

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Juirdo Cani	68 kg	Bye	Pilavakis (CYP) W 26-24	Brečić (CRO) L 10-42^PTG	—	—	5

Tennis

Albania competed in tennis.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Martin Muedini	Singles	López Montagud (ESP) L 0–6, 1–6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gresi Bajri	Singles	Bye	Sönmez (TUR) L 1–6, 2–6	did not advance
Kristal Dule	Singles	Bechri (TUN) L 1–6, 1–6	did not advance

Weightlifting

Albania won one medal in weightlifting.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Erkand Qerimaj	73 kg	149		—	—
Albert Meta	+102 kg	151	5	180	5

Wrestling

Albania won two medals in wrestling.^[10]^[11]

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Zelimkhan Abakarov	65 kg	Bye	Aktaş (TUR) W 8-4	Mićić (SRB) W 9-0	—	Hafez (EGY) W 11-0
Islam Dudaev	74 kg	—	Ak (TUR) L 3-6	—	—	Ikkal (ALG) W 8-0
Osman Hajdari	86 kg	Bye	Iglesias (ESP) W 3-2	Erdin (TUR) L 0-10	—	Charalambos (CYP) L 1-6	5

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Bajram Sina	60 kg	Bye	Alnakdali (SYR) L 0-9	—	—	—	9
Gjete Prenga	67 kg	—	Abdelrahman (EGY) L 0-9	—	—	—	8
Kevin Kupi	77 kg	Gumilar (SLO) W 10-0	Nemeš (SRB) L 1-10	—	Abouelatta (EGY) L 0-9	—	7

References

^ "Artistic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Shooting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Tennis Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Albania Wins First Medal in Mediterranean Games". Albania Daily News. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[gymnastics_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-1] "Artistic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[athletics_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-2] "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[boxing_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-3] "Boxing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[judo_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-4] "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[shooting_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-5] "Shooting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[swimming_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-6] "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[taekwondo_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-7] "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[tennis_results_book_mediterranean_games_2022-8] "Tennis Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[weightlifting_mediterranean_games_2022-9] "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

[wrestling_summary_mediterranean_games_2022-10] "Wrestling Competition Summary" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[11] "Albania Wins First Medal in Mediterranean Games". Albania Daily News. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

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