Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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]
Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | PAK |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Pakistan |
Website | nocpakistan |
in London | |
Competitors | 35 in 6 sports |
Flag bearer | Ahmed Zahur Khan |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Mohammad Abdullah
- Heat 11 1st round (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Heat 9 1st round 22.8 (→ advanced to second round)
- Heat 4 2nd round (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 metres hurdles
- Heat 6 1st round (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres hurdles
- Heat 2 1st round 59.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's putting the shot
- Did not qualify for final
- Did not qualify for final
Men's throwing the discus
- Did not qualify for final
- Did not qualify for final
Boxing
Men's bantamweight (-54 kg)
- 1st round; Lost to Babu Lall (IND) RSC
Men's featherweight (-58 kg)
- 1st round; Lost to Dennis Shepherd (RSA) on pts
Men's welterweight (-67 kg)
- 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
Hockey
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Group C
- Defeated Belgium (2-1)
- Defeated Denmark (9-0)
- Defeated France (3-1)
- Defeated Netherlands (6-1)
- Semifinals
- Lost to Great Britain (0-2)
- Third place match
- Drew with Netherlands (1-1)
- Replay of third place match
- Lost to Netherlands (1-4)
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)
- Press 92.5kg
- Snatch 90kg
- Jerk 122.5kg
- Total 305kg (finished 22nd out of 24)
Men's heavyweight (over 82.5 kg)
- 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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.