Pakistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:PAK
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:7
Sports:3
Flagbearer Open:Arshad Nadeem & Jehanara Nabi
Rank:62
Gold:1
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Pakistan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem captured Pakistan's first Olympic medal since 1992 and first gold medal since 1984, as well as the country's first ever gold medal in an individual sport. Nadeem broke the 16-year-old Olympic record of 90.57 metres, recording a throw of 92.97 metres.[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

In a first for Pakistan, Arshad Nadeem and the three shooters, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, Gulfam Joseph and Kishmala Talat qualified for their respective events after reaching the qualifications marks, while the rest of the athletes, Faiqa Riaz, Muhammad Ahmed Durrani and Jehanara Nabi were given wild cards (universality places). This was also the most gender balanced contingent sent by Pakistan to the Olympic games.[2]

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics1 1 2
Shooting2 1 3
Swimming1 1 2
Total 4 3 7

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Pakistani track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[3] [4] [5]

Track & road events
Field events

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Pakistani shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[6] [7] [8]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Gulfam JosephMen's 10 m air pistol57122colspan=2 rowspan=2
Ghulam Mustafa BashirMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol58115
align=left rowspan=2Kishmala TalatWomen's 10 m air pistol567 31colspan=2 rowspan=2
Women's 25 m pistol57922
Gulfam Joseph
Kishmala Talat
Mixed 10 m air pistol team57114

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Pakistan sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. They were given wildcards.[9]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Muhammad Ahmed DurraniMen's 200 m freestyle1:58.6725colspan=4 rowspan=2
Jehanara NabiWomen's 200 m freestyle2:10.6926

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Paris Olympics: Arshad Nadeem secures historic gold for Pakistan in Javelin Throw . 9 August 2024 . MOIB . 9 August 2024 . en.
  2. News: Seven athletes, 11 officials in Pakistan's Olympic contingent . DAWN . 14 July 2024 . en.
  3. News: Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022.
  4. News: Siddique. Imran. 25 August 2023. Javelin star Arshad Nadeem qualifies for Paris Olympics, World Athletics Championships final. Dawn News. 27 August 2023.
  5. News: Zeb Safi . Alam . Faiqa to represent Pakistan on wild card in Paris . 6 July 2024 . The News . en.
  6. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 18 September 2022.
  7. News: Raheel. Natasha. 15 October 2022. Pakistan shooter Gulfam qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics. The Express Tribune. Karachi, Pakistan. 4 June 2023.
  8. News: Raheel. Natasha. 25 October 2022. 2024 Paris Olympics: Shooter Bashir earns direct entry. The Express Tribune. Karachi, Pakistan. 4 June 2023.
  9. News: Durrani, Jehanara to feature in Olympics on wild card . 6 July 2024 . The News . en.