Pakistan at the Olympics

Pakistan at the
Olympics
Pakistan at the; Olympics
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; 2024;
Winter appearances
	2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, when alpine skier Mohammad Abbas

became the first Pakistani athlete to qualify for a Winter Olympics event.

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 and 3 silver medals in quick succession.

The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome 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]

History

The Pakistan Olympic Association was created in 1948, while the Pakistan Sports Board was established in 1962.

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 ^[17]	–
2020 Tokyo	10^[18]	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	0 ^[19]	–
2024 Paris	future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total														3	3	4	10	80

Winter Olympics

Games	Athletes	Athletes by sport		Medals			Total	Rank
Games	Athletes						Total	Rank
1924–2006	did not participate
2010 Vancouver	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	–
2014 Sochi	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	2^[20]	1^[20]	1^[20]	-	-	-	0	–
2022 Beijing	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	–
2026 Milan–Cortina	future event
Total				0	0	0	0	–

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	60
Total	3	3	4	10	80

List of medalists

Medal	Name/Team	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Men's Field Hockey Team Motiullah Naseer Bunda Noor Alam Khursheed Aslam Abdul Waheed Mushtaq Ahmad Zakir Hussain	1956 Melbourne	Field hockey	Men's tournament	6 December 1956
Gold	Men's Field Hockey Team Motiullah Naseer Bunda Noor Alam Munir Dar	1960 Rome	Field hockey	Men's tournament	9 September 1960
Bronze	Muhammad Bashir	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight	6 September 1960
Silver	Men's Field Hockey Team Uddin Zaka	1964 Tokyo	Field hockey	Men's tournament	23 October 1964
Gold	Men's Field Hockey Team Riazuddin Saeed Anwar Tariq Aziz Zakir Hussain	1968 Mexico City	Field hockey	Men's tournament	26 October 1968
Silver	Men's Field Hockey Team Mudassar Syed Zahid Sheikh	1972 Munich	Field hockey	Men's tournament	10 September 1972
Bronze	Men's Field Hockey Team Mudassar Syed	1976 Montreal	Field hockey	Men's tournament	30 July 1976
Gold	Men's Field Hockey Team Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Qasim Zia Nasir Ali Abdul Rashid Al-Hasan Ayaz Mahmood Naeem Akhtar Kaleemullah 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	11 August 1984
Bronze	Hussain Shah	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's middleweight	27 September 1988^[21]
Bronze	Men's Field Hockey Team Rana Mujahid Shahbaz Ahmed Muhammad Shahbaz Shahid Ali Khan Tahir Zaman Wasim Feroz	1992 Barcelona	Field hockey	Men's tournament	8 August 1992

Men's Field Hockey team at the Summer Olympics

Team	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024	2028	2032	Total
Pakistan	4th	4th	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	DNP	1st	5th	3rd	6th	4th	5th	8th	7th	DNQ			TBD		16

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

Milestones

Firsts

First Medal : 1956 Melbourne, , National field hockey team
First Gold Medal : 1960 Rome, , National field hockey team
First Individual Medal :
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)

Athlete(s)	Event	Games	Result
Muhammad Shariff Butt, Muhammad Fazil	Men's 4 x 100 metres relay	1952 Helsinki	Semi-Final
Abdul Khaliq	Men's 100 metres	1956 Melbourne	4th in Semi-Final heat
Abdul Khaliq	Men's 200 metres	1956 Melbourne	4th in Semi-Final heat – Stands in top seven athletes
Ghulam Raziq	Men's 110 metres hurdles	1956 Melbourne	Semi-Final
Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Sharif Butt, Abdul Khaliq, Ghulam Raziq	Men's 4 x 100 metres relay	1956 Melbourne	Semi-Final
Ghulam Raziq	Men's 110 metres hurdles	1960 Rome	4th in Semi-Final heat
Abdul Malik, Muhammad Ramzan Ali, Ghulam Raziq, Abdul Khaliq	Men's 4 x 100 metres relay	1960 Rome	Semi-Final
Mohammad Afzal, Muhammad Fayyaz	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	1988 Seoul	Semi-Final
Arshad Nadeem	Men's Javelin Throw	2020 Tokyo	Final (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.
^ "The Largest Country Without Medals in Rio". The Atlantic. 22 August 2016.
^ "Pakistan athletes aim to excel at Tokyo Games". 20 July 2021.
^ "Only 10 medals for Pakistan at Summer Olympics since 1948". 30 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Remote Pakistan Village Produces 2 Olympic Hopefuls". VOA. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^ "1988 Summer Olympics, Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men". www.olympedia.org/. Retrieved 2022-02-11.

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] "The Largest Country Without Medals in Rio". The Atlantic. 22 August 2016.

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

[19] "Only 10 medals for Pakistan at Summer Olympics since 1948". 30 June 2022.

[VOA-20] "Remote Pakistan Village Produces 2 Olympic Hopefuls". VOA. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[21] "1988 Summer Olympics, Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men". www.olympedia.org/. Retrieved 2022-02-11.

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