Pakistan at the Olympics

Pakistan at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
2010 2014

Pakistan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948 in London, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Pakistan's first ever participation in the Winter Olympic Games was 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, eight of those from men's field hockey. In 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Pakistan's Syed Hadi Haider Naqvi did pick up a bronze medal in the demonstration sport of Tae-Kwon-Do, but as the sport was not given full status, the medal was not recognized in the official tally.

The National Olympic Committee for Pakistan was created in 1948. Rome 1960 has been the most successful Olympics for Pakistan so far, 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 medal 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. Beijing 2008 and London 2012 have the been the worst Olympics for Pakistan by far as the Men's Field Hockey team has had to play for the 7th and 8th position match at the two Olympics. In all of the five Games to date, Pakistan was the most populated country that did not win at least one medal.

Pakistan, in a situation similar to India, is remarkable among nations for having very few Olympic medals in spite of being one of the most populated countries in the world, with a median age of around 26. Numerous explanations have been offered for this dearth, including poverty, malnutrition, lack of government funding, lack of citizen interest, the prominence of cricket (a non-Olympic sport), and other cultural factors. Pakistan has not won a single Olympic medal since the 1992 games, and in each of the games from 1996 to present, Pakistan was the most populated country (6th in the world) that did not win at lest one medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
02 ! Silver	National team	1956 Melbourne	Field hockey	Men's competition
01 ! Gold	National team	1960 Rome	Field hockey	Men's competition
03 ! Bronze	Bashir, MohammadMohammad Bashir	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
02 ! Silver	National team	1964 Tokyo	Field hockey	Men's competition
01 ! Gold	National team	1968 Mexico City	Field hockey	Men's competition
02 ! Silver	National team	1972 Munich	Field hockey	Men's competition
03 ! Bronze	National team	1976 Montreal	Field hockey	Men's competition
01 ! Gold	National team	1984 Los Angeles	Field hockey	Men's competition
03 ! Bronze	Hussain Shah, SyedSyed Hussain Shah	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's middleweight
03 ! Bronze	National team	1992 Barcelona	Field hockey	Men's competition

Medal tables

Medals by games

Games	Athletes	Athletes by sport										Medals			Total	Rank
London 1948	39[1]	5	3	2	19				4	2	4	-	-	-	0[1]	–
Helsinki 1952	44[2]	16[2]	4	2	18			1	2	1	1	-	-	-	0[2]	–
Melbourne 1956	62[3]	19[3]	6	4	18[3]			2	3	3	6	-	1[3]	-	1[3]	31
Rome 1960	49[4]	12[4]	4	2	18			4		2	7	1[4]	-	1[4]	2[4]	20
Tokyo 1964	41	6	4[5]	4[5]	18			5		1[5]	6	-	1[5]	-	1[5]	30
Mexico City 1968	20[6]				18[6]						2[6]	1[6]	-	-	1[6]	29
Munich 1972	25	5	2[7]		18					1[7]	2[7]	-	1[7]	-	1[7]	33
Montreal 1976	24	2[8]	2		16					2	2	-	-	1[8]	1[8]	37
Moscow 1980	did not participate
Los Angeles 1984	29	3[9]	4[9]		16	6[9]					2[9]	1[9]	-	-	1[9]	25
Seoul 1988	31	7	2[10]		16	2[10]	1[10]				3[10]	-	-	1[10]	1[10]	46
Barcelona 1992	27	4	4		16	2[11]					1[11]	-	-	1[11]	1[11]	54
Atlanta 1996	24[12]	2[12]	4[12]		16[12]				1[12]		1[12]	-	-	-	0[12]	-
Sydney 2000	27[13]	2[13]	4[13]		16[13]	3[13]		1[13]	1[13]			-	-	-	0[13]	-
Athens 2004	26[14]	2[14]	5[14]		16[14]			1[14]	2[14]			-	-	-	0[14]	-
Beijing 2008	21	2			16			1	2			-	-	-	0	-
London 2012	21	2			16			1	2			-	-	-	0	-

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Field hockey	3	3	2	8	5
Wrestling	0	0	1	1	52
Boxing	0	0	1	1	67
Total	3	3	4	10

Pakistan hockey team at the Olympics

Games	Ranking
1948 London	4th (semi-final)
1952 Helsinki	4th (semi-final)
1956 Melbourne	02 ! Silver
1960 Rome	01 ! Gold
1964 Tokyo	02 ! Silver
1968 Mexico City	01 ! Gold
1972 Munich	02 ! Silver
1976 Montreal	03 ! Bronze
1980 Moscow	US-led boycott
1984 Los Angeles	01 ! Gold
1988 Seoul	5th
1992 Barcelona	03 ! Bronze
1996 Atlanta	6th
2000 Sydney	4th (semi-final)
2004 Athens	5th
2008 Beijing	8th
2012 London	7th

Individual medals

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
03 ! Bronze	Bashir, MohammadMohammad Bashir	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
03 ! Bronze	Hussain Shah, SyedSyed Hussain Shah	1988 Seoul	Boxing	Men's middleweight

Milestones

• First medal : National team, Melbourne 1956 02 ! Silver
• First gold medal : National team, Rome 1960
• First individual medal : Bashir, MohammadMohammad Bashir, Rome 1960 03 ! Bronze
• Most medals :
  • Munir Dar, 1956-64 (3) National team
  • Anwar Khan, 1956-64 (3) National team
  • Motiullah, 1956-64 (3) National team
  • Saeed Anwar, 1964-72 (3) National team

Best Performances (Athletics)

• Helsinki 1952: Men's 4x100 metres relay (Semi-final)
• Melbourne 1956: Men's 100 metres: Abdul Khaliq (Semi-final) - 4th in Semifinal heat
• Melbourne 1956: Men's 200 metres: Abdul Khaliq (Semi-final) - 4th in Semifinal heat - Stands in top seven athletes Fastest overall qualifying time in First and second Rounds heats in 1956
• Melbourne 1956: Men's 110 metres hurdles: Ghulam Raziq (Semi-final)
• Melbourne 1956: Men's 4x100 metres relay Abdul Aziz, Muhamad Sharif Butt, Abdul Khaliq, Ghulam Raziq (Semi-final)
• Rome 1960 : Men's 110 metres hurdles: Ghulam Raziq (Semi-final) - 4th in Semifinal heat
• Rome 1960 : Men's 4x100 metres relay (Semi-final)
• Seoul 1988: Men's 4 × 400 metres relay (Semi-final)

Medal drought

Pakistan has not won a medal in the last 5 Olympics including London 2012, leading to a medal drought of 20 years.

Games	Count
1948 London	1
1952 Helsinki	2
1996 Atlanta	3
2000 Sydney	4
2004 Athens	5
2008 Beijing	6
2012 London	7

Pakistan was the most populated country at the above mentioned Olympics to have not won a single medal.

See also

• Olympic competitors for Pakistan
• Pakistan at the Paralympics
• Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games
• Pakistan at the Asian Games

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