Afghanistan at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Afghanistan at the Olympic Games
Flag of Afghanistan IOC code  AFG NOC Afghanistan National Olympic Committee
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
Competitors	14 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Afghanistan first competed at the Summer Olympic Games at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. In all they sent 19 competitors, but only 13 competed.^[1]

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohammad Khan	100 m		6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mohammad Khan	Long jump		—	Did not advance
Abdul Rahim	Shot put		—	Did not advance

• Mohammad Khan did not advance to the final; failed the 7.15 m qualifying distance.^[2]
• Abdul Rahim did not advance to the final; failed the 14.50 m qualifying distance.^[3]

The official report shows that one of these two athletes was also a member of the field hockey squad, however it is unclear which one it was.

Field Hockey

Men's tournament

Afghanistan had a squad of 18 players five of them are unknown. They scored seven goals but only one scorer is known.

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
		Abouwi Ahmad Shah			?		0	?
	B	Jammal-ud-Din Affendi	June 23, 1908	28	?		2	?
	GK	Sayed Ali Atta	August 25, 1913	22	?		2	?
	FW	Sayed Ali Babaci	March 12, 1915	21	?		2	?
	HB	Mohammad Asif Shazada	March 12, 1919	17	?		2	?
	HB	Sayed Mohammad Ayub	November 20, 1908	27	?		2	?
	FW	Mian Farooq Shah	June 3, 1907	29	?		1	?
	B	Hussain Fazal	October 21, 1906	29	?		2	?
	HB	Saadat Malook Shazada	August 26, 1916	19	?		2	?
	FW/B	Zahir Shah Al-Zadah	November 18, 1910	25	?		2	?
	FW	Shuja ud-Din	September 12, 1913	22	?		2	?
	FW	Mohammad Sultan	December 23, 1918	17	?		2	1
	FW	Sardar Abdul Wahid	March 12, 1901	35	?		1	?

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Germany (GER)	2	2	0	0	10	1	4		X	4:1	6:0
2.	Afghanistan (AFG)	2	0	1	1	7	10	1		1:4	X	6:6
3.	Denmark (DEN)	2	0	1	1	6	12	1		0:6	6:6	X

Games

04 August 1936 1800  Afghanistan (AFG) 6 – 6  Denmark (DEN) Umpires: R. Jossey (Ger) A. Croset (Swi)

08 August 1936 1800  Afghanistan (AFG) 1 – 4  Germany (GER) Umpires: A. du Bue (Bel) A. Demaurex (Swi)

References

1. "List of competitors" (PDF). la84.org. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
2. "1936 results". library.la84.org. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
3. "1936 results". library.la84.org. Retrieved 20 July 2013.