Pakistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 55 competitors, all men, took part in 43 events in 8 sports. They won their first medal at this level, winning the silver in the men's field hockey competition.
Medalists Silver medal in the men's field hockey team competition
+Medals by sportSportGoldSilverBronzeTotalField Hockey0101Total0101
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Abdul Khaliq Heat 3 1st round; 10.8 (→ advanced to 2nd round) Heat 2 2nd round; 10.5 (→ advanced to semifinals) Semifinal 1; 10.6 (→ did not advance)
Ghulam Raziq Heat 10 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)
Mohammad Sharif Butt Heat 11 1st round; 11.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Mohammad Sharif Butt Heat 4 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)
Abdul Khaliq Heat 5 1st round; 21.1 (→ advanced to 2nd round) Heat 1 2nd round; 21.1 (→ advanced to semifinals) Semifinal 1; 21.5 (→ did not advance)
Abdul Aziz Heat 9 1st round; 22.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
Abdullah Khan Heat 1 1st round; 49.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Abdullah Khan Heat 4 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance)
Mahmood Jan Heat 5 1st round; 1:59.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
Mahmood Jan Heat 2 1st round; 4:15.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon
Havildar Mohammad Aslam 2:44.33 finished 22nd out of 33
Abdul Rashid 2:57.47 finished 30th out of 33
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Ghulam Raziq Heat 1 1st round; 14.5 (→ advanced to semifinals) Semifinal 2; 14.6 (→ did not advance)
Khawaja Kalim Ghani Heat 2 1st round; 16.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Khawaja Kalim Ghani Heat 2 1st round; 55.1 (→ did not advance)
Muhammad Yaqub Heat 3 1st round; 53.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Sharif Butt, Abdul Khaliq and Ghulam Raziq Heat 1 1st round; 41.3 (→ advanced to semifinals) Semifinal 2; 40.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump
Mohammad Rashid Failed to qualify for final
Muhammad Ramzan Ali Failed to qualify for final
Men's pole vault
Allah Ditta Failed to qualify for final
Men's hop, step and jump
Mohammad Rashid Failed to qualify for final
Muhammad Ramzan Ali Failed to qualify for final
Men's throwing the discus
Mohammad Ayub Failed to qualify for final
Men's throwing the javelin
Mohammad Nawaz 62.55m finished 14th out of 21
Jalal Khan Failed to qualify for final
Men's throwing the hammer
Mohammad Iqbal 56.97m finished 11th out of 14
Boxing
Men's flyweight (up to 51 kg)
Samuel Harris 1st round; Lost to T Spinks (GB/NI) on pts
Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)
Rashid Ahmed 1st round; Bye 2nd round; Lost to M Sitri (ITA) on pts
Men's featherweight (up to 57 kg)
Maurice White 1st round; Bye 2nd round; Lost to TO Falfan (ARG) TKO
Men's light welterweight (up to 63.5 kg)
Rehmat Gul 1st round; Lost to F Nenci (ITA) TKO
Men's welterweight (up to 67 kg)
Bait Hussain 1st round; Lost to A Dori (HUN) on pts
Men's light middleweight (up to 71 kg)
Mohammad Safdar 1st round; Lost to BG Nikolov (BUL) on pts
Cycling
Sprint
Shahzada Shahrukh Heat 2 1st round (→ sent to repechage) Repechage heat 1; finished 14th overall
Time trial
Saleem Mahmood Farooqi 1:20.8 finished 18th out of 19
Team pursuit
Shahzada Shahrukh, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj Din Heat 1; Lost to Colombia. Finished 12th overall
Individual road race
Shahzada Shahrukh, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Aftab Farrukh, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj Din All retired
Shahzada Shahrukh, now in his new role as a cyclist, was the vice-captain of the Pakistan men's hockey team at the London Olympic Games in 1948
Hockey
Men's team competition
Preliminary round Group C
Defeated (2-0) Defeated (5-1) Drew with (0-0)
Semifinals
Defeated (3-2)
Final
Lost to (0-1)
Pakistan won the silver medal
Team Roster
Abdul Hamid (captain) Latifur Rehman (vice-captain) Qazi Abdul Waheed (gk) Zakir Hussain (gk) Munir Dar Manzoor Hussain Atif Akhtar Hussain Ghulam Rasool Anwar Ahmed Khan Habib Ali Kiddie Qazi Musarrat Hussain Aziz Naik Noor Alam Zafar Ali Khan Habibur Rehman Motiullah Mohammad Amin Naseer Bunda
Vice-captain Latifur Rehman (who also played for Pakistan at the Helsinki Olympiad in 1952) and Akhtar Hussain had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan
Shooting
Two shooters represented Pakistan in 1956.
25 m pistol Zafar Ahmed Muhammad 67/74/83/81/76/79 = Score 460. Finished 31st out of 33
300 m rifle, three positions Saifi Chaudhry (84/-/-/-) (withdrew) (12/65/59/47) = Score 267. Finished 20th out of 20
50 m rifle, three positions Zafar Ahmed Muhammad 389/353/257 = Score 999. Finished 43rd out of 44
50 m rifle, prone Zafar Ahmed Muhammad 98/99/96/97/96/96 = Score 582. Finished 44th out of 44
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAhmed Nazir100 m backstroke 1:10.7 22 Did not advanceGhulam Rasul200 m breaststroke colspan=2 Did not advanceShah Ghazi200 m butterfly 2:48.0 16 colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Men's bantamweight (up to 56 kg)
Habibur Rehman Press 80kg Snatch x Jerk 97.5kg Total not calculated (finished 15th out of 16)
Men's featherweight (up to 60 kg)
Mohammad Bashir Press 72.5kg Snatch 77.5kg Jerk 97.5kg Total 247.5kg (finished 18th out of 21)
Men's light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)
Mohammad Iqbal Butt Press 105kg Snatch 102.5kg Jerk 130kg Total 337.5kg (finished 10th out of 10)
Wrestling
Men's flyweight (up to 52 kg)
Abdul Aziz 1st round; Lost to JK Lee (KOR) by fall 2nd round; Beat F Flannery (AUS) on pts 3:0 3rd round; Lost to H Akbas (TUR) by fall
Men's bantamweight (up to 57 kg)
Zahur Din 1st round; Beat G Jameson (AUS) on pts 3:0 2nd round; Lost to SK Lee (KOR) on pts 2:1 3rd round; Lost to M Chakhov (USSR) by fall
Men's featherweight (up to 62 kg)
Mohammad Nazir 1st round; Lost to S Sasahara (JPN) on pts 3:0 2nd round; Lost to B Sit (TUR) on pts 2:1
Men's lightweight (up to 67 kg)
Mohammad Ashraf 1st round; Beat TK Oh (KOR) by fall 2nd round; Lost to M Tovar Gonzalez (MEX) on pts 2:1 3rd round; Beat J Taylor (GB/NI) on pts 3:0 4th round; Lost to A Bestaev (USSR) by fall
Men's welterweight (up to 73 kg)
Mohammad Latif 1st round; Lost to A Tischendorf (GER) on pts 3:0 2nd round; Bye 3rd round; Lost to CW de Villiers (SAF) on pts 3:0
Men's middleweight (up to 79 kg)
Mohammad Faiz 1st round; Lost to VM Punkari (FIN) by fall 2nd round; Lost to I Atli (TUR) by fall
Mohammad Faiz, who took part in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne, was not the same person as wrestler Faiz Mohammad who participated in two Olympic Games—at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964—also in the middleweight category
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database