Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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.

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)

Medalists

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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
Medals by sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
  Field hockey 1 0 0 1
  Wrestling 0 0 1 1
Total 1 0 1 2

Athletics

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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

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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

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Track

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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

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Summary

Key:

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
 
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

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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   48'
Noor   53'
Mushtaq   56'
Stadio dei Marmi, Rome
Umpires:
Van Ballgoijen de Jong (NED)
Elgershuizen (NED)

29 August 1960
16:30
Pakistan   8–0   Poland
H. Abdul   6'24'55'
Noor   18'
Mutti   22'
W. Abdul   45'69'
Nasir   60'
Stadio dei Marmi, Rome
Umpires:
Whitelaw (GBR)
McIldowie (RSA)

1 September 1960
10:00
Pakistan   10–0   Japan
W. Abdul   21'30'
H. Abdul   24'37'50'51'
Nasir   33'45'60'
Khan   59'
Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Umpires:
H. Singh (IND)
Burgess (GBR)

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Gold medal match

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

Shooting

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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

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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

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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  
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

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