Albania has competed at the World Athletics Championships on fifteen occasions, and did not send a delegation for the 1987 edition. Its competing country code is ALB. The country has not won any medals at the competition and as of 2017 no Albanian athlete has reached the top eight of an event. Its best performance is by Mirela Manjani, who placed twelfth in the 1995 women's javelin throw final. Manjani later won two gold medals competing for Greece.IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Statistics Handbook. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
Results
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2007 Albania entered 1 athlete at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, from 25 August to 2 September 2007. Men
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinal Final RankResultRankResultRankDorian CollakuHammer throw68.30 SB13colspan=2 27
2009 One athlete from Albania competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.Entry list . European Athletic Association (2009-07-30). Retrieved on 2009-08-14.
Men EventAthletesQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankShot putAdriatik Hoxha15.8934 did not advance
2011 Albania competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. Only one athlete, middle-distance runner Luiza Gega, was announced to represent the country at the tournament.
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankTimeWidthHeightRankLuiza Gega800 metres2:03.2128Did not advance
2013 Albania competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics from August 10 to August 18 in Moscow, Russia. A team of 2 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event.
Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalMarkRankMarkRankIzmir SmajlajLong jump7.5524did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLuiza Gega1500 metres4:08.7620 q4:08.7919did not advance
2015 Albania competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015, with one athlete from the country in attendance.
Women Track and road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Luiza Gega 1500 metres4:09.3610colspan=4
2017 Albania fielded one athlete at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, 4–13 August 2017.
Women Track and road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankLuiza Gega3000 metres steeplechase–colspan=2 colspan=2
2019 Albania competed at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September to 6 October 2019. The country was represented by one athlete, Luiza Gega, who achieved a national record in the 3000 metres steeplechase.IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 - Statistics Handbook. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankLuiza Gega 3000 m steeplechase9:28.32109:19.93 NR9
2022 Albania fielded one athlete at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, from 15 to 24 July 2022.Entry List Middle-distance runner Luiza Gega returned to set a national record in the women's 3000 metre steeplechase, placing 5th in the tournament finals.
Women Track and road events AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankLuiza GegaWomen's 3000 metres steeplechase9:14.913 Q9:10.04 5
2023 Albania entered 2 athletes, 1 man and 1 woman, at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27 August 2023.Albania Results WAC Budapest 2023
Men Track and road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankFranko Burraj200 metres21.528colspan=4
Women
Track and road events AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankLuiza Gega3000 metres steeplechase9:17.713 Q9:10.27 8 2025
Albania entered 1 female athlete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, from 13 to 21 September 2025.
Women Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionYipsi MorenoHammer throw65.3834Did not advance
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