Pakistan at the Olympics

Pakistan at the
Olympics
Pakistan at the; Olympics
IOC code	PAK
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Website	nocpakistan.org
Medals; Ranked 80th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 10
Summer appearances
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Winter appearances
	2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

The National Olympic Committee of Pakistan was created in 1948. Pakistan first participated in the Olympic Games in 1948 in London, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Soviet Union.

Pakistan first participated in the Winter Olympic Games at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, when Mohammad Abbas became Pakistan's first athlete to qualify in the Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) category.

Pakistani athletes have won a total of ten medals, all in the Summer Olympics. Pakistan's Men's Field Hockey team won eight medals in the nine games it participated in between 1956 and 1992, which included a run of 5 consecutive finals between 1956 and 1972, that yielded 2 gold medals and 3 silver medals in quick succession.

Rome 1960 has been the most successful Olympics for Pakistan, with Pakistan winning two medals; a gold medal in field hockey and a bronze medal in wrestling.

Pakistan has won two individual medals in the Olympics to date, both bronze medals; one in wrestling in Rome 1960 and one in boxing in Seoul 1988. Pakistan has not won a single medal at the Olympic games since 1992 Barcelona.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Arshad Nadeem made history by becoming the first ever Pakistani athlete to qualify for a track and field final at the Olympics.^[1]

Participation and medal tables[]

Peach colour indicates best performance

Summer Olympics[]

Games	Athletes	Athletes by sport												Medals			Total	Rank
Games	Athletes																Total	Rank
1900–1936	as part of India
1948 London	39^[2]	5	-	3	2	19	-	-	-	4	-	2	4	-	-	-	0^[2]	–
1952 Helsinki	44^[3]	16^[3]	-	4	2	18	-	-	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	0^[3]	–
1956 Melbourne	62^[4]	19^[4]	-	6	4	18^[4]	-	-	2	3	-	3	6	-	1^[4]	-	1^[4]	31
1960 Rome	49^[5]	12^[5]	-	4	2	18	-	-	4	-	-	2	7	1^[5]	-	1^[5]	2^[5]	20
1964 Tokyo	41	6	-	4^[6]	4^[6]	18	-	-	5	-	-	1^[6]	6	-	1^[6]	-	1^[6]	30
1968 Mexico City	20^[7]	-	-	-	-	18^[7]	-	-	-	-	-	-	2^[7]	1^[7]	-	-	1^[7]	29
1972 Munich	25	5	-	2^[8]	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	1^[8]	2^[8]	-	1^[8]	-	1^[8]	33
1976 Montreal	24	2^[9]	-	2	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	1^[9]	1^[9]	37
1980 Moscow	Did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	29	3^[10]	-	4^[10]	-	16	-	6^[10]	-	-	-	-	2^[10]	1^[10]	-	-	1^[10]	25
1988 Seoul	31	7	-	2^[11]	-	16	-	2^[11]	-	-	1^[11]	-	3^[11]	-	-	1^[11]	1^[11]	46
1992 Barcelona	27	4	-	4	-	16	-	2^[12]	-	-	-	-	1^[12]	-	-	1^[12]	1^[12]	54
1996 Atlanta	24^[13]	2^[13]	-	4^[13]	-	16^[13]	-	-	-	1^[13]	-	-	1^[13]	-	-	-	0^[13]	–
2000 Sydney	27^[14]	2^[14]	-	4^[14]	-	16^[14]	-	3^[14]	1^[14]	1^[14]	-	-	-	-	-	-	0^[14]	–
2004 Athens	26^[15]	2^[15]	-	5^[15]	-	16^[15]	-	-	1^[15]	2^[15]	-	-	-	-	-	-	0^[15]	–
2008 Beijing	21	2	-	-	-	16	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	–
2012 London	21	2	-	-	-	16	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	7^[16]	2^[16]	-	-	-	-	1^[16]	-	2^[16]	2^[16]	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	–
2020 Tokyo	10^[17]	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	0	–
2024 Paris	Future Event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total														3	3	4	10	80

Winter Olympics[]

Total				0	0	0
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2010 Vancouver	1	0	0	0	0	-
2014 Sochi	1	0	0	0	0	-
2018 Pyeongchang	2	0	0	0	0	-
2022 Beijing	1	0	0	0	0	-
2026 Milan–Cortina	Future Event

Medals by sport[]

Medals by sport
Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Boxing	0	0	1	1	69
Field hockey	3	3	2	8	6
Wrestling	0	0	1	1	59
Total	3	3	4	10	80

List of medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Men's field hockey team Abdul Rashid Akhtar Hussain Munir Dar Ghulam Rasul Anwar Khan Habib Ali Kiddie Latif-ur-Rehman Manzoor Hussain Atif Motiullah Naseer Bunda Noor Alam Khursheed Aslam Abdul Waheed Mushtaq Ahmad Zakir Hussain	1956 Melbourne	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Gold	Men's field hockey team Abdul Hamid Rashid Abdul Abdul Waheed Bashir Ahmad Ghulam Rasul Anwar Khan Khursheed Aslam Habib Ali Kiddie Manzoor Hussain Atif Mushtaq Ahmad Motiullah Naseer Bunda Noor Alam Munir Dar	1960 Rome	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Bronze	Muhammad Bashir	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
Silver	Men's field hockey team Abdul Rashid Akhtar Hussain Munir Dar Ghulam Rasul Anwar Khan Habib Ali Kiddie Latif-ur-Rehman Manzoor Hussain Atif Motiullah Naseer Bunda Noor Alam [ />Anwar Khan Nawaz Khizar Khurshid Azam Muhammad Manna Manzoor Hussain Atif Mohammed Rashid Motiullah Tariq Niazi Saeed Anwar Aziz Tariq Hayat Zafar Uddin Zaka	1964 Tokyo	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Gold	Men's field hockey team Abdul Rasheed Jahangir Butt Tanvir Dar Gulraiz Akhtar Khalid Mahmood Muhammad Asad Malik Ashfaq Ahmed Tariq Niazi Riaz Ahmad Riazuddin Saeed Anwar Tariq Aziz Zakir Hussain	1968 Mexico City	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Silver	Men's field hockey team Rashid Abdul Akhtar Rasool Ul Akhtar Jahangir Butt Ur Fazal Islahuddin Siddique Muhammad Asad Malik Shahnaz Sheikh Munawwaruz Zaman Ahmad Riaz Saeed Anwar Saleem Sherwani Iftikar Syed Mudassar Syed Zahid Sheikh	1972 Munich	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Bronze	Men's field hockey team Rashid Abdul Akhtar Rasool Mahmood Arshad Arshad Chaudhry Khan Haneef Islahuddin Siddique Samiullah Khan Manzoor Hussain Munawwaruz Zaman Zia Qamar Nazim Salim Shahnaz Sheikh Saleem Sherwani Iftikar Syed Mudassar Syed	1976 Montreal	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Gold	Men's field hockey team Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Qasim Zia Nasir Ali Abdul Rashid Al-Hasan Ayaz Mahmood Naeem Akhtar Kalimullah Khan Manzoor Hussain Hassan Sardar Hanif Khan Khalid Hamid Shahid Ali Khan Tauqeer Dar Ishtiaq Ahmed Saleem Sherwani Mushtaq Ahmad	1984 Los Angeles	Field hockey	Men's tournament
Bronze	Hussain Shah	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Men's field hockey team Saeed Anjum Hasan Farhat Khalid Bashir Muhammad Khawaja Mansoor Ahmed Asif Bajwa Ikhlaq Muhammad Mohammad Khalid Sr Qamar Muhammad Hussain Musaddaq Rana Mujahid Shahbaz Ahmed Muhammad Shahbaz Shahid Ali Khan Tahir Zaman Wasim Feroz	1992 Barcelona	Field hockey	Men's tournament

Pakistan Men's Field Hockey team at the Summer Olympics[]

TBD (to be determined), DNQ (did not qualify), DNP (did not participate)

Games	Ranking
1948 London	4th (semi-final)
1952 Helsinki	4th (semi-final)
1956 Melbourne	2nd
1960 Rome	1st
1964 Tokyo	2nd
1968 Mexico City	1st
1972 Munich	2nd
1976 Montreal	3rd
1980 Moscow	DNP
1984 Los Angeles	1st
1988 Seoul	5th
1992 Barcelona	3rd
1996 Atlanta	6th
2000 Sydney	4th (semi-final)
2004 Athens	5th
2008 Beijing	8th
2012 London	7th
2016 Rio de Janeiro	DNQ
2020 Tokyo	DNQ

Milestones[]

Firsts[]

First Medal : 1956 Melbourne, , National field hockey team
First Gold Medal : 1960 Rome, , National field hockey team
First Individual Medal : 1960 Rome, , Mohammad Bashir, Wrestling
First Athletics Final: 2020 Tokyo, Arshad Nadeem, Javelin Throw^[1]

Multiple Medalists[]

Athlete	Sport	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Manzoor Hussain Atif	Field hockey	1952–64	1	2	0	3
Munir Dar	Field hockey	1956–64	1	2	0	3
Anwar Khan	Field hockey	1956–64	1	2	0	3
Motiullah	Field hockey	1956–64	1	2	0	3
Saeed Anwar	Field hockey	1964–72	1	2	0	3
Muhammad Asad Malik	Field hockey	1964–72	1	2	0	3
Abdul Rashid	Field hockey	1968–76	1	1	1	3
Abdul Hamid	Field hockey	1948–60	1	1	0	2
Habib Ali Kiddie	Field hockey	1952–60	1	1	0	2
Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool	Field hockey	1956–60	1	1	0	2
Noor Alam	Field hockey	1956–60	1	1	0	2
Naseer Bunda	Field hockey	1956–60	1	1	0	2
Zakir Hussain	Field hockey	1956–68	1	1	0	2
Khwaja Zakauddin	Field hockey	1960–64	1	1	0	2
Khalid Mahmood	Field hockey	1964–68	1	1	0	2
Tariq Aziz	Field hockey	1964–68	1	1	0	2
Tariq Niazi	Field hockey	1964–68	1	1	0	2
Jahangir Butt	Field hockey	1968–72	1	1	0	2
Riaz Ahmed	Field hockey	1968–72	1	1	0	2
Manzoor Hussain	Field hockey	1976–84	1	0	1	2
Hanif Khan	Field hockey	1976–84	1	0	1	2
Shahid Ali Khan	Field hockey	1984–92	1	0	1	2
Saleem Sherwani	Field hockey	1972–76	0	1	1	2
Munawwar uz Zaman	Field hockey	1972–76	0	1	1	2
Akhtar Rasool	Field hockey	1972–76	0	1	1	2
Mudassar Asghar	Field hockey	1972–76	0	1	1	2
Islahuddin Siddique	Field hockey	1972–76	0	1	1	2
Shahnaz Sheikh	Field hockey	1972–76	0	1	1	2
Iftikhar Ahmed Syed	Field hockey	1972–76	0	1	1	2

Best Performances (Athletics)[]

1952 Helsinki : Men's 4 x 100 metres relay (Semi-final) Muhammad Aslam, Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Shariff Butt, Muhammad Fazil
1956 Melbourne : Men's 100 metres (Semi-final) Abdul Khaliq – 4th in Semifinal heat
1956 Melbourne : Men's 200 metres (Semi-final) Abdul Khaliq – 4th in Semifinal heat – Stands in top seven athletes. Fastest overall qualifying time in first and second round heats in 1956
1956 Melbourne : Men's 110 metres hurdles (Semi-final) Ghulam Raziq
1956 Melbourne : Men's 4 x 100 metres relay (Semi-final) Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Sharif Butt, Abdul Khaliq, Ghulam Raziq
1960 Rome : Men's 110 metres hurdles (Semi-final) Ghulam Raziq – 4th in Semifinal heat
1960 Rome : Men's 4 x 100 metres relay (Semi-final) Abdul Malik, Muhammad Ramzan Ali, Ghulam Raziq, Abdul Khaliq
1988 Seoul : Men's 4 × 400 metres relay (Semi-final) Bashir Ahmed, Mohammad Sadaqat, Mohammad Afzal, Muhammad Fayyaz
2020 Tokyo: Men's Javelin Throw (Final) Arshad Nadeem 5th place 84.62m

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Tokyo Olympics: Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem makes history". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
^ ^a ^b "Hockey brings some cheer as Pakistan appear in their first Olympiad". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A hockey medal eludes Pakistan again as they finish fourth". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pakistan finally take an Olympic Games medal while Khaliq burns the track". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pakistan hockey strikes gold as wrestler Bashir picks up a bronze medal". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pakistan slip a notch at Tokyo and settle for the hockey silver medal". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Pakistan back on top of the world with a hockey gold at Mexico". Jang.com.pk. 1991-08-30. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Conduct unbecoming". Jang.com.pk. 1966-04-26. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pakistan hockey's bronze medal win considered a 'debacle' back home". Jang.com.pk. 1977-10-14. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hasan Sardar weaves his way through to bring Pakistan hockey gold". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Pakistan hockey sinks to new depths but boxer Hussain Shah prompts a few smiles". Jang.com.pk. 1981-09-30. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Shahbaz Ahmed's hockey team wins Pakistan its last Olympic Games medal". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Chaos and turmoil at home and Pakistan hockey has its worst Olympics ever". Jang.com.pk. 1990-09-18. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Hockey team rises to fourth but Pakistan return empty-handed again". Jang.com.pk. 1993-09-23. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Pakistan fail to win any medals at three successive Olympiads". Jang.com.pk. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The Pakistan Olympic Team at Rio 2016 – DESIblitz". 28 July 2016.
^ "Pakistan athletes aim to excel at Tokyo Games". 20 July 2021.

External links[]

"Pakistan". International Olympic Committee.
"Pakistan". Olympedia.com.
"Olympic Analytics/PAK". olympanalyt.com.

[Arshad_Nadeem_History-1] "Tokyo Olympics: Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem makes history". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

[1948_Olympics-2] "Hockey brings some cheer as Pakistan appear in their first Olympiad". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1952_Olympics-3] "A hockey medal eludes Pakistan again as they finish fourth". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1956_Olympics-4] "Pakistan finally take an Olympic Games medal while Khaliq burns the track". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1960_Olympics-5] "Pakistan hockey strikes gold as wrestler Bashir picks up a bronze medal". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1964_Olympics-6] "Pakistan slip a notch at Tokyo and settle for the hockey silver medal". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1968_Olympics-7] "Pakistan back on top of the world with a hockey gold at Mexico". Jang.com.pk. 1991-08-30. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1972_Olympics-8] "Conduct unbecoming". Jang.com.pk. 1966-04-26. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1976_Olympics-9] "Pakistan hockey's bronze medal win considered a 'debacle' back home". Jang.com.pk. 1977-10-14. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1984_Olympics-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hasan Sardar weaves his way through to bring Pakistan hockey gold". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1988_Olympics-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Pakistan hockey sinks to new depths but boxer Hussain Shah prompts a few smiles". Jang.com.pk. 1981-09-30. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1992_Olympics-12] "Shahbaz Ahmed's hockey team wins Pakistan its last Olympic Games medal". Jang.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[1996_Olympics-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Chaos and turmoil at home and Pakistan hockey has its worst Olympics ever". Jang.com.pk. 1990-09-18. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[2000_Olympics-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Hockey team rises to fourth but Pakistan return empty-handed again". Jang.com.pk. 1993-09-23. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[2004_Olympics-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Pakistan fail to win any medals at three successive Olympiads". Jang.com.pk. Retrieved 2012-07-30.

[desiblitz-16] "The Pakistan Olympic Team at Rio 2016 – DESIblitz". 28 July 2016.

[17] "Pakistan athletes aim to excel at Tokyo Games". 20 July 2021.

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