Pakistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports. As many as 19 Pakistani competitors were members of the field hockey team, which reached the hockey semifinal undefeated, but their campaign ended there.
Athletics
Track & road events
Men AthleteEventHeat Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMuhammad Sharif Butt100 m11.234colspan="6" Muhammad Sharif Butt200 m22.82 Q?6colspan="4" Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan110 metres hurdles?6colspan="6" Mohsin Nazar Khan400 metres hurdles59.56colspan="6" Nazar Muhammad Khan MalikShot put?23colspan="6" Ahmed Zahur Khan?24colspan="6" Nazar Muhammad Khan MalikDiscus throw36.2326colspan="6" Ahmed Zahur Khan36.2326colspan="6"
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAllan MonteiroBantamweightL did not advanceSydney GreveFeatherweightL did not advanceAnwar Pasha TurkiWelterweightL did not advance
Cycling
Two cyclists, all men, represented Pakistan in 1948.
Road AthleteEventTimeRankWazir AliIndividual road race Did not finish Track
AthleteEventRound 1RepechageRound 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankMuhammad Naqi MallickSprintL 1:57.4L 2:31.0colspan="5"
Hockey
Summary
TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPakistan men'sMen's tournament W 2–1 W 9–0 W 3–1 W 6–1 1 L 0–2 D 1–1 L 1–4 4th
Team roster Head coach: Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Aziz Malik April 16, 1916 32 West Punjab Police 7 9 Mukhtar Bhatti October 1932 16 Brothers Club 3 0 Hamidullah Burki November 10, 1920 27 Brothers Club 6 0 Ali Dara April 1, 1915 33 Aryans, Lahore 7 10 Milton D'Mello BOAC 1 0 Abdul Hamid January 7, 1927 21 NWFP 3 1 Abdul Ghafoor Khan 1920 26 Aryans, Lahore 4 0 Abdul Qayyum Khan November 1922 25 Pak Independents 1 0 Aziz-ur Rehman 1923 24 Pak Independents 2 0 Niaz Khan August 21, 1917 30 Naeem Club 6 0 Khawaja Muhammad Taqi 1918 30 Pak Independents 2 0 Muhammad Khurram March 1920 27 Aryans, Lahore 1 0 Masood Ahmed Khan June 1918 28 Brothers Club 6 1 Anwar Baig November 1924 22 Frontier 6 0 Abdul Razzaq 1921 25 Aryans, Lahore 6 1 Syed Muhammad Salim September 5, 1909 38 Naeem Club, Lahore 1 0 Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh October 2, 1926 21 Aryans, Lahore 6 0 Mahmood-ul Hassan August 10, 1924 23 Burma Shell 4 0 Remat Ullah Sheikh February 1921 27 Septans Club, Rawalpindi 5 0
Group stage
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Note: Pakistan captain Ali Iqtidar Shah (A I S) Dara had represented (undivided) India's gold medal winning men's hockey team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Hockey vice-captain Shahzada Shahrukh appeared for Pakistan in the cycling event of the Melbourne Olympics in 1956.
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAnwar Aziz Chaudhry400 m freestyle 6:17.4 40 did not advanceSultan Karim Ali 7:16.9 41 did not advanceAnwar Aziz Chaudhry1500 m freestyle 25:37.4 39 did not advanceJaffar Ali Shah100 metre backstroke 1:30.2 39 did not advanceIftikhar Ahmed Shah200 metre breaststroke 3:28.1 32 did not advanceAnwar Aziz ChaudhryIftikhar Ahmed ShahJaffar Ali ShahSultan Karim Ali4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 12:25.8 6 did not advance Weightlifting
AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & jerkTotalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMuhammad Iqbal Butt75 kg92.51890.023122.519305.022ndMuhammad Naqi Butt+82.5 kg97.51597.515125.014305.015th
Wrestling
Mohammad Amin (Bantamweight) Shaukat Ali (Featherweight) Abdul Hamid (Lightweight) Mohammad Anwar (Heavyweight)
All four wrestlers could not compete as they had been mistakenly entered for the Greco-Roman style and not freestyle
References
External links Official Olympic Reports