Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	PAK
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1960
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	44 (all men)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Muhammad Iqbal
Rank:	20
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

Pakistan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 35 events in 7 sports.^[1] Here, they won their first Olympic Games gold medal by defeating India in the final of the men's hockey competition. The country also landed their first individual Olympic Games medal, a bronze, through welterweight wrestler Mohammad Bashir in the freestyle contests. Making this Pakistan's most successful Olympics to date.

Medalists

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Field hockey	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	1	2

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdul Khaliq	align=left rowspan=2	200 m	11.2	7	Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah		–	Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah	align=left rowspan=2	100 m		–	Did not advance
Abdul Khaliq	23.1	6	Did not advance
Mubarak Shah	5000 m	15:54.2	12	Did not advance
Abdul Khaliq Abdul Malik Ghulam Raziq Muhammad Ramzan Ali	4 × 100 metres relay	42.67	3	N/A		42.99	6	Did not advance
Ghulam Raziq	align=left rowspan=2	110 metres hurdles	14.6 Q	3	14.4 Q	3	14.3	4	Did not advance
Abdul Malik	15.4	6	Did not advance
Muhammad Yaqub	400 metres hurdles	N/A		52.8	5	Did not advance
Mubarak Shah	3000 metres steeplechase	9:20.0	9	Did not advance

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Muhammad Ramzan Ali	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump		–	Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah		–	Did not advance
Muhammad Khan	Triple jump	14.43	34	Did not advance
Allah Ditta	Pole vault	4.00	26	Did not advance
Haider Khan	Shot put	13.53	24	Did not advance
Muhammad Iqbal	Hammer throw	60.86	11 Q	N/A				61.79	12
Haider Khan	Discus throw	46.57	33	Did not advance
Muhammad Nawaz	Javelin throw	70.05	11	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Muhammad Nasir	Bantamweight	W 4–1	L 0–5	did not advance
Ghulam Sarwar	Lightweight	L 1–4	did not advance
Ghulam Sarwar	Middleweight	L 0–5	did not advance
Muhammad Safdar	Middleweight		L 0–5	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Track

Sprint, tandem and pursuit

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Muhammad Ashiq	align=left rowspan=2	Sprint	L 11.6	L 12.8	Did not advance
Abdul Razzaq Baloch	L 11.7	L 12.1	Did not advance
Muhammad Ashiq Abdul Razzaq Baloch	Tandem	L 11.0	Did not advance

Time trial

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team rosterHead coach:

width=6%	Pos.	width=20%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=5%	Tournament games	width=5%	Tournament goals
FB		September 4, 1928	31	5	1
		May 1, 1931	29	6	0
		September 24, 1933	26	6	1
RW		December 5, 1925	30	6	2
		January 7, 1927	33	6	8
		December 7, 1929	30	4	0
		May 15, 1932	28	6	7
		January 31, 1938	22	6	1
		June 1, 1922	38	6	0
		December 23, 1934	25	6	0
		November 30, 1936	23	6	4
		August 28, 1932	27	2	1
		April 6, 1936	24	1	0

Group stage

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Gold medal match

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Muhammad Iqbal	25 m rapid fire pistol	N/A		501	55
Zafar Ahmed Muhammad	50 m pistol	289	31	Did not advance
Abdul Aziz Wains	300 m free rifle, three positions	487	19 Q
Saifi Chaudhry	50 m rifle three positions	506	34	Did not advance
Saifi Chaudhry	50 m rifle prone	373	39	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Muhammad Azam	56 kg	AC	AC	82.5	18	100.0	–	217.5	AC
Abdul Ghani Butt	67.5 kg	AC	AC	92.5	25	125.0	20	217.5	AC

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Round 6		Total
		Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Points	Rank
Din Nawab	Flyweight	W^VFA	=1	W^VPO	=4	L ^VFA	9	L ^VFA	9	did not advance
Muhammad Siraj-Din	Bantamweight	W^VFA	=1	L^VPO	=7	L ^VPO	=10	did not advance
Muhammad Akhtar	Featherweight	W^VFA	=1	L^VPO	=6	W ^VPO	=7	W ^VPO	6	W ^VPO	6	did not advance
Muhammad Siraj-Din	Lightweight	L^VFA	=22	W^VPO	=15	W ^VPO	12	did not advance
Muhammad Bashir	Welterweight	W^VFA	0	W^VPO	1	L ^VPO	3	W ^VFA	0	W ^VPO	1	L ^VPO L ^VFA	7	12
Faiz Muhammad	Middleweight	L^VPO	3	W ^VPO	1	Did not advance
Muhammad Nazir	Heavyweight	L^VFA	4	W^VPO	1	L ^VFA	4	Did not advance

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pakistan at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045826/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PAK/summer/1960/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 June 2015 . Sports Reference.