Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics
| Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | PAK | ||||||||
| NOC | Pakistan Olympic Association | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 35 in 6 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ahmed Zahur Khan | ||||||||
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Pakistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.[1]
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Mohammad Sharif Butt
- Heat 11 1st round (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Mohammad Sharif Butt
- Heat 9 1st round 22.8 (→ advanced to second round)
- Heat 4 2nd round (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 metres hurdles
- Mazhar-ul-Haq Khan
- Heat 6 1st round (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres hurdles
- Mohsin Khan
- Heat 2 1st round 59.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's putting the shot
- Did not qualify for final
- Nazar Mohammad Malik
- Did not qualify for final
Men's throwing the discus
- Did not qualify for final
- Nazar Mohammad Malik
- Did not qualify for final
Boxing
Men's bantamweight (-54 kg)
- Alex Monterio
- 1st round; Lost to B Lall (IND) RSC
Men's featherweight (-58 kg)
- Sydney Greve
- 1st round; Lost to D Shepherd (RSA) on pts
Men's welterweight (-67 kg)
- Anwar Pasha Turki
- 1st round; Lost to A Obeyesekere (CEY) on pts
Cycling
- Heat 10 1st round; Lost to Jack Heid (USA)
- Repechage heat 3; Lost to Charlie Bazzano (AUS)
- 1:24.8 finished 20th out of 21
- DNF (did not finish)
Hockey
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Group C
- Defeated
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Belgium (2-1) - Defeated
Denmark (9-0) - Defeated
France (3-1) - Defeated
Netherlands (6-1)
- Defeated
- Semifinals
- Lost to
Great Britain (0-2)
- Lost to
- Third place match
- Drew with Netherlands (1-1)
- Drew with
- Replay of third place match
- Lost to Netherlands (1-4)
- Lost to
Pakistan finished 4th
Team Roster
- Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara (captain)
- Shahzada Shahrukh (vice-captain)
- M Anwar Beg Moghal (gk)
- Syed Mohammad Saleem (gk)
- Mohammad Niaz Khan
- Shahzada Mohammad Khurram
- Hamidullah Burki
- Abdul Ghafoor Khan
- Masood Ahmed Khan
- Mahmoodul Hasan Sheikh
- Abdul Aziz Malik
- Abdul Qayyum Khan
- Abdul Razzaq
- Khawaja Mohammad Taqi
- Mukhtar Bhatti
- Abdul Hameed
- Azizur Rehman Khan
- Rehmatullah Sheikh
- Milton D'Mello
Pakistan captain Ali Iqtidar Shah (A I S) Dara had represented (undivided) India's gold medal winning men's hockey team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Hockey vice-captain Shahzada Shahrukh appeared for Pakistan in the cycling event of the Melbourne Olympics in 1956
Swimming
Men's 400 metres freestyle
- Heat 3 1st round; 6:17.4 (→ did not advance)
- Heat 6 1st round; 7:16.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres freestyle
- Heat 1 1st round; 25:37.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres breaststroke
- Heat 3 1st round; 3:28.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 metres backstroke
- Jaffer Ali Shah
- Heat 2 1st round; 1:30.2 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x200 metres relay
- Anwar Aziz Chaudhry, Sultan Karamally, Iftikhar Ahmed Shah and Jaffer Ali Shah
- Heat 1 1st round; 12:25.8 (→ did not advance)
Weightlifting
Men's middleweight (-75 kg)
- Mohammad Iqbal Butt
- Press 92.5kg
- Snatch 90kg
- Jerk 122.5kg
- Total 305kg (finished 22nd out of 24)
Men's heavyweight (over 82.5 kg)
- Mohammad Naqi Butt
- Press 97.5kg
- Snatch 97.5kg
- Jerk 125kg
- Total 320kg (finished 15th out of 16)
Wrestling Freestyle
- Mohammad Amin (Bantamweight)
- Shaukat Ali (Featherweight)
- Abdul Hamid (Lightweight)
- Mohammad Anwar (Heavyweight)
- All four wrestlers could not compete as they had been mistakenly entered for the Greco-Roman style and not freestyle
References
- ↑ "Pakistan at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.