Pakistan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Pakistan at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Pakistan
CGF code	PAK
CGA	Pakistan Olympic Association
Website	nocpakistan.org
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	56 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Usman Amjad Rathore (opening)
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 5
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974–1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Pakistan competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 April to 15 April 2018.^[1]

Weightlifter Usman Amjad Rathore was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]^[3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	2	2	4
Boxing	4	0	4
Field hockey	18	0	18
Shooting	5	2	7
Squash	2	2	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	2	2	4
Weightlifting	5	0	5
Wrestling	6	0	6
Total	46	10	56

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Muhammad Inam	Wrestling	86 kg	April 14
Bronze	Talha Talib	Weightlifting	62 kg	April 5
Bronze	Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt	Weightlifting	+105 kg	April 9
Bronze	Muhammad Bilal	Wrestling	57 kg	April 12
Bronze	Tayab Raza	Wrestling	125 kg	April 14

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Weightlifting	0	0	2	2
Wrestling	1	0	2	3
Total	1	0	4	5

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	5 April	0	0	1	1
2	6 April	0	0	0	0
3	7 April	0	0	0	0
4	8 April	0	0	0	0
5	9 April	0	0	1	1
6	10 April	0	0	0	0
7	11 April	0	0	0	0
8	12 April	0	0	1	1
9	13 April	0	0	0	0
10	14 April	1	0	1	2
11	15 April	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	4	5

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	4	5
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	4	5

Athletics

Men
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Arshad Nadeem	Javelin throw	80.45	2 Q	76.02	8

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Najma Parveen	200 m	25.21	33	Did not advance
Najma Parveen	400 m	57.12	31	Did not advance

Badminton

Pakistan participated with four athletes (two men and two women)

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Murad Ali	Men's singles	Buwaneka Goonethilleka (SRI) L 2-0	Did not advance
Muhammad Irfan Bhatti	Men's singles	BYE	Anthony Joe (AUS) L 2-0	Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir	Women's singles	Nicki Chan-Lam (MRI) L 2-0	Did not advance
Mahoor Shahzad	Women's singles	Alissa Dean (FIJ) W 2-0	Cristen Marritt (IOM) W 2-0	Rachel Honderich (CAN) L 2-0	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Murad Ali Muhammad Irfan Bhatti	Men's doubles	—	Sawan Serasinghe (AUS) Matthew Chau (AUS) L 2-0	Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir Mahoor Shahzad	Women's doubles	—	Thilini Hendahewa (SRI) Kavidi Sirimannage (SRI) L 2-0	Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir Muhammad Irfan Bhatti	Mixed doubles	Julien Paul (MRI) Aurélie Allet (MRI) L 2-1	Did not advance
Mahoor Shahzad Murad Ali	Mixed doubles	Martin Campbell (SCO) Julie MacPherson (SCO) L 2-0	Did not advance

Mixed team

Roster

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	1	+29	651	401	+250	3	Knockout stage
2	Scotland	3	2	1	9	6	+3	19	13	+6	592	476	+116	2	Knockout stage
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	21	−9	526	619	−93	1
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	1	14	−13	2	28	−26	348	621	−273	0

Source: GC2018

Scotland
5

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast
5 April

Pakistan
0

		1	2
1	Alexander Dunn / Eleanor O'Donnell Murad Ali / Palwasha Bashir	21 12	21 13
2	Kieran Merrilees Muhammad Irfan Bhatti	21 6	21 16
3	Kirsty Gilmour Mahoor Shahzad	21 6	21 10
4	Martin Campbell / Patrick MacHugh Murad Ali / Muhammad Irfan Bhatti	21 8	21 10
5	Julie MacPherson / Eleanor O'Donnell Mahoor Shahzad / Palwasha Bashir	21 6	21 4

India
5

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast
5 April

Pakistan
0

		1	2
1	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / N. Sikki Reddy Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti / Palwasha Bashir	21 10	21 13
2	Srikanth Kidambi Murad Ali	21 16	22 20
3	Saina Nehwal Mahoor Shahzad	21 7	21 11
4	Pranaav Jerry Chopra / Chirag Shetty Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti / Murad Ali	21 9	21 15
5	Ashwini Ponnappa / Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Mahoor Shahzad / Palwasha Bashir	21 6	21 10

Pakistan
1

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast
6 April

Sri Lanka
4

		1	2
1	Irfan Saeed Bhatti / Palwasha Bashir Buwaneka Goonethilleka / Kavidi Sirimannage	16 21	4 21
2	Murad Ali Dinuka Karunaratne	18 21	17 21
3	Mahoor Shahzad Madushika Dilrukshi	21 14	21 18
4	Murad Ali / Irfan Saeed Bhatti Buwaneka Goonethilleka / Sachin Dias	11 21	14 21
5	Mahoor Shahzad / Palwasha Bashir Thilini Hendahewa / Kavidi Sirimannage	7 21	11 21

Boxing

Pakistan participated with a team of 4 athletes (4 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Syed Asif	−52 kg	—	Brian Agina (KEN) W 4-1	Reece McFadden (SCO) L 5-0	Did not advance
Ali Ahmad	−60 kg	BYE	Calum French (ENG) L 0-5	Did not advance
Gul Zaib	−69 kg	W Le Poullain (GUE) W 3-2	A Walsh (NIR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Awais Ali Khan	−81 kg	—	BYE	Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM) L 5-0	Did not advance

Hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	12	9	+3	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	England	4	2	1	1	15	8	+7	7	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	5	10	−5	4	5th–6th place match
4	Pakistan	4	0	4	0	6	6	0	4	7th–8th place match
5	Wales	4	0	1	3	6	11	−5	1	9th–10th place match

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.

5 April 2018
19:30

Pakistan	1–1	Wales
Ali 39'	Report	Shipperley 33'

Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Sweetman (GBR)

7 April 2018
14:30

India	2–2	Pakistan
D. Singh 13' H. Singh 20'	Report	Md. Irfan Jr 39' Ali 60'

Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
David Sweetman (SCO)

8 April 2018
14:30

England	2–2	Pakistan
Gleghorne 34' Ward 51'	Report	Md. Arslan 33' Ali 57'

Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Sam Rapaport (RSA)

11 April 2018
14:30

Malaysia	1–1	Pakistan
Ramadan 39'	Report	Shafqat 9'

Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Seventh and eighth place

13 April 2018
10:45

Canada	1–3	Pakistan
Kirkpatrick 12'	Report	Md. Arslan 34' Ali 40' Md. Irfan Jr. 57'

Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Tim Bond (NZ)

Shooting

Pakistan participated with 7 athletes (5 men and 2 women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ghufran Adil	10 metre air rifle	613.9	10	Did not qualify
	50 metre rifle prone	602.3	23	Did not qualify
	50 metre rifle 3 positions	1145 -44x	8 Q	390.5	8
Muhammad Khalil Akhtar	25 metre rapid fire pistol	571 -14x	4 Q	8	6
Aamer Iqbal	Trap	106	24	Did not qualify
Muhammad Farrukh Nadeem	Trap	113	14	Did not qualify
Aamer Iqbal	Double trap	132	6 Q	31	5
Muhammad Farrukh Nadeem	Double trap	122	14	Did not qualify
Usman Chand	Skeet	117	11	Did not qualify

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Minhal Sohail	10 metre air rifle	406.2	12	Did not qualify
Mehwish Farhan	10 metre air pistol	375 -7x	6 Q	112.1	8
Mehwish Farhan	25 metre pistol	559 -12x	11	Did not qualify

Squash

Pakistan participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tayyab Aslam	Men's singles	Sorrentino (IVB) W 3–0	Clyne (SCO) L 3–1	Did not advance
Farhan Zaman	Men's singles	Chapman (IVB) W 3–1	Willstrop (ENG) L 3–0	Did not advance
Faiza Zafar	Women's singles	Bye	Urquhart (AUS) L 3–0	Did not advance
Madina Zafar	Women's singles	Saffery (WAL) L 3–0	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tayyab Aslam Farhan Zaman	Men's doubles	Declan (ENG) Willstrop (ENG) L 2–0	Chapman (IVB) Sorrentino (IVB) W 2–0	—	2 Q	Coll (NZL) Grayson (NZL) L 2–0	Did not advance
Faiza Zafar Madina Zafar	Women's doubles	Chinappa (IND) Pallikal Karthik (IND) L 2–1	Kellas (MLT) Sultana (MLT) L 2–0	Evans (WAL) Saffery (WAL) L 2–0	4	—	Did not advance
Faiza Zafar Farhan Zaman	Mixed doubles	Fernandes (GUY) Seth (GUY) W 2–0	Urquhart (AUS) Pilley (AUS) L 2–0	—	2 Q	Evans (WAL) Creed (WAL) L 2–0	Did not advance
Madina Zafar Tayyab Aslam	Mixed doubles	Ghosal (IND) Pallikal Karthik (IND) L 2–0	Fung-A-Fat (GUY) Khalil (GUY) W 2–0	—	2 Q	Grinham (AUS) Cuskelly (AUS) L 2–0	Did not advance

Swimming

Pakistan participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Syed Tariq	50 m freestyle	24.82	43	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.21	41	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	27.39	12 Q	27.23	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	59.39	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bisma Khan	50 m freestyle	28.75	32	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:02.66	31	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	31.43	27	Did not advance

Table tennis

Pakistan participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fahad Khawaja	Men's singles	Sultan (SEY) L 4–1	Yogarajah (MRI) L 4–2	3	Did not advance
Muhammad Rameez	Men's singles	Doughty (BAR) W 4–0	Mutua (KEN) W 4–0	1 Q	—	Gnanasekaran (IND) L 4–0	Did not advance
Hareem Ali	Women's singles	Kapugeekiyana (SRI) L 4–0	Yeung (CAN) L 4–0	3	—	Did not advance
Fatima Khan	Women's singles	Thomas (WAL) L 4–0	Freemam (SKN) W 4–1	2	—	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fahad Khawaja Muhammad Rameez	Men's doubles	—	Bode Abiodun Olajide Omotayo (NGR) L 3–0	Did not advance
Hareem Ali Fatima Khan	Women's doubles	—	Ying Ho Karen Lyne (MAS) L 3–0	Did not advance
Hareem Ali Fahad Khawaja	Mixed doubles	Antoine Bernadet Justina Yeung (CAN) L 3–0	Did not advance
Fatima Khan Muhammad Rameez	Mixed doubles	Rhikesh Taucoory Elodi Ho Wan Kau (MRI) L 3–0	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Pakistan participated with 5 athletes (5 men).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Abdullah Ghafoor	−56 kg	101	5	126	6	227	6
Talha Talib	−62 kg	132	1	151	5	283
Abu Sufyan	−69 kg	130	5	Did not finish
Usman Rathore	−94 kg	150	7	Did not finish
Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt	+105 kg	173	4	222	3	395

Wrestling

Pakistan participated with 6 athletes (6 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Muhammad Bilal	-57 kg	Gary Giordmaina (MLT) W 12–2	Charles Divoshan (SRI) W 12–2	Rahul Aware (IND) L 12–8	—	George Ramm (ENG) W 6–1
Abdul Wahab	-65 kg	Adam Vella (MLT) W 12-2	Vincent De Marinis (CAN) L 10-0	Did not advance
Muhammad Asad Butt	-74 kg	Oleg Gladkov (SCO) W 10-3	Sushil Kumar (IND) L 10-0	Did not advance	Jevon Balfour (CAN) L 10-0	Did not advance
Muhammad Inam	-86 kg	Jayden Lawrence (AUS) W 14–4	Somveer (IND) W 10–0	Alexander Moore (CAN) W by fall	—	Melvin Bibo (NGR) W 6–0
Umair Ahmad	-97 kg	Jordan Steen (CAN) L 11-0	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin				Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tayab Raza	-125 kg	Sinivie Boltic (NGR) W 10–2	Claude Kouamen Mbianga (CMR) W by injury	Sumit (IND) L 10–4	Korey Jarvis (CAN) L 9–0

References

^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Pakistan's Commonwealth Games journey begins". The News International. Karachi, Pakistan. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

External links

Schedule - Pakistan

[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[3] "Pakistan's Commonwealth Games journey begins". The News International. Karachi, Pakistan. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[4] "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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