Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 35 in 6 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Ahmed Zahur Khan | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Pakistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in 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
- Zahur Ahmed Khan
- Did not qualify for final
- Nazar Mohammad Malik
- Did not qualify for final
Men's throwing the discus
- Zahur Ahmed Khan
- 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
- Anwar Aziz Chaudhry
- Heat 3 1st round; 6:17.4 (→ did not advance)
- Sultan Karamally
- Heat 6 1st round; 7:16.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres freestyle
- Anwar Aziz Chaudhry
- Heat 1 1st round; 25:37.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres breaststroke
- Iftikhar Ahmed Shah
- 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.
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