Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Pakistan at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codePAK
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Websitenocpakistan.org
in Rome
Competitors44 (all men) in 7 sports
Flag bearerMuhammad Iqbal
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Pakistan men's
Abdul Hamid
Abdul Rashid
Abdul Waheed
Bashir Ahmad
Ghulam Rasul
Anwar Khan
Khursheed Aslam
Habib Ali Kiddie
Manzoor Hussain Atif
Munir Dar
Mushtaq Ahmad
Motiullah
Naseer Bunda
Noor Alam		 Field hockey Men's tournament 9 September
 Bronze Muhammad Bashir Wrestling Freestyle welterweight 6 September

Athletics


Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • DNS / F = Did not start / finish
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • NM = No mark
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarter-final Semi-final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Abdul Khaliq 200 m 11.2 7 Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah DNF[a] – Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah 100 m DNS – 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 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
  1. ^ Retired.
Field events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarter-final Semi-final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammad Ramzan Ali Long jump NM[a] – Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah DNS – 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
  1. ^ Failed to record a jump.

Boxing

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  Sadegh Ali Akbarzadeh Khoi (IRI)
W 4–1 		 Thein Myint (BIR)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Ghulam Sarwar Lightweight  Adalberto Hernández (MEX)
L 1–4 		did not advance
Ghulam Sarwar Middleweight  Tadeusz Walasek (POL)
L 0–5 		did not advance
Muhammad Safdar Middleweight Bye  Giulio Saraudi (ITA)
L 0–5 		did not advance

Cycling

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 Sprint  André Gruchet (FRA)
L 11.6 		 Luis Muciño (MEX)
L 12.8 		Did not advance
Abdul Razzaq Baloch  Kurt Rechsteiner (SUI)
L 11.7 		 Herbert Francis (USA)
L 12.1 		Did not advance
Muhammad Ashiq
Abdul Razzaq Baloch 		Tandem  Roland Surrugue (FRA)
 Michel Scob (FRA)
L 11.0 		Did not advance
Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Muhammad Ashiq Time trial 1:20.17 25

Hockey

Summary

Key:

  • FT – After full-time.
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Pakistan men's Men's tournament  Australia
W 3–0 		 Poland
W 8–0 		 Japan
W 10–0 		1  Germany
W 2–1 		 Spain
W 1–0 		 India
W 1–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Team roster

Head coach:

Pos. Player DoB Age Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
FB Manzoor Hussain Atif September 4, 1928 31 5 1
Ghulam Rasool May 1, 1931 29 6 0
Anwar Khan September 24, 1933 26 6 1
RW Noor Alam December 5, 1925 30 6 2
Abdul Hamid January 7, 1927 33 6 8
Habib Ali Kiddie December 7, 1929 30 4 0
Naseer Bunda May 15, 1932 28 6 7
Motiullah January 31, 1938 22 6 1
Abdul Rashid June 1, 1922 38 6 0
Bashir Ahmed December 23, 1934 25 6 0
Abdul Waheed November 30, 1936 23 6 4
Mushtaq Ahmad August 28, 1932 27 2 1
Khursheed Aslam April 6, 1936 24 1 0

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pakistan 3 3 0 0 21 0 +21 6 Quarter-finals
2  Australia[a] 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 3
3  Poland[a] 3 1 1 1 3 10 −7 3 9–12th place classification
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0 13–16th place classification
Source: FIH
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Australia and Poland finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which Australia won 2–0.
26 August 1960
10:00
Pakistan  3–0  Australia
H. Abdul field hockey ball 48'
Noor field hockey ball 53'
Mushtaq field hockey ball 56'
Stadio dei Marmi, Rome
Umpires:
Van Ballgoijen de Jong (NED)
Elgershuizen (NED)
29 August 1960
16:30
Pakistan  8–0  Poland
H. Abdul field hockey ball 6', 24', 55'
Noor field hockey ball 18'
Mutti field hockey ball 22'
W. Abdul field hockey ball 45', 69'
Nasir field hockey ball 60'
Stadio dei Marmi, Rome
Umpires:
Whitelaw (GBR)
McIldowie (RSA)
1 September 1960
10:00
Pakistan  10–0  Japan
W. Abdul field hockey ball 21', 30'
H. Abdul field hockey ball 24', 37', 50', 51'
Nasir field hockey ball 33', 45', 60'
Khan field hockey ball 59'
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
H. Singh (IND)
Burgess (GBR)

Quarter-finals

5 September 1960
14:30
Pakistan  2–1  United Team of Germany
Naseer field hockey ball 22', 62' Delmes field hockey ball 52'
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
Asselman (BEL)
de Bourguignon (BEL)

Semi-finals

7 September 1960
10:00
Pakistan  1–0  Spain
Manzoor field hockey ball 12'
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
MacDowell (AUS)
Massart (BEL)

Gold medal match

9 September 1960
15:30
Pakistan  1–0  India
Bunda field hockey ball 6'
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
MacDowell (AUS)
Massart (BEL)

Shooting

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 DNS
Saifi Chaudhry 50 m rifle three positions 506 34 Did not advance
Saifi Chaudhry 50 m rifle prone 373 39 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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

Key:

  • VFA – Victory by fall.
  • VIN – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • VPO – Decision by points.
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  Seán O'Connor (IRL)
WVFA 		=1  Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov (BUL)
WVPO 		=4  Masayuki Matsubara (JPN)
L VFA 		9  Ahmet Bilek (TUR)
L VFA 		9 did not advance
Muhammad Siraj-Din Bantamweight  Walter Pilling (GBR)
WVFA 		=1  Tauno Jaskari (FIN)
LVPO 		=7  Mykhailo Shakhov (URS)
L VPO 		=10 did not advance
Muhammad Akhtar Featherweight  Mohammad Ibrahim Kederi (AFG)
WVFA 		=1  Tamiji Sato (JPN)
LVPO 		=6  Jan Żurawski (POL)
W VPO 		=7  Vladimer Rubashvili (URS)
W VPO 		6  Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR)
W VPO 		6 did not advance
Muhammad Siraj-Din Lightweight  Moustafa Tajiki (IRN)
LVFA 		=22  Nick Stamulus (AUS)
WVPO 		=15  Roger Bielle (FRA)
W VPO 		12 did not advance
Muhammad Bashir Welterweight  Peter Amey (GBR)
WVFA 		0  Juan Rolón (ARG)
WVPO 		1  Emam Ali Habibi (IRN)
L VPO 		3  Karl Bruggmann (SUI)
W VFA 		0  Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA)
W VPO 		1  İsmail Ogan (TUR)
L VPO
 Doug Blubaugh (USA)
L VFA 		7 12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Faiz Muhammad Middleweight  Takashi Nagai (JPN)
LVPO 		3  Mohammad Asif Khokan (AFG)
W VPO 		1 Did not advance
Muhammad Nazir Heavyweight  Lyutvi Akhmedov (BUL)
LVFA 		4  Nizam-ud-din Subhani (AFG)
WVPO 		1  Hamit Kaplan (TUR)
L VFA 		4 Did not advance

References

  1. ^ "Pakistan at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database
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