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]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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
  • ? = Unknown
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarter-final Semi-final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammad Sharif Butt 100 m 11.23 4 Did not advance
Muhammad Sharif Butt 200 m 22.8 2 Q ? 6 Did not advance
Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan 110 metres hurdles ? 6 Did not advance
Mohsin Nazar Khan 400 metres hurdles 59.5 6 Did not advance
Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik Shot put ? 23 Did not advance
Ahmed Zahur Khan ? 24 Did not advance
Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik Discus throw 36.23 26 Did not advance
Ahmed Zahur Khan 36.23 26 Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Allan Monteiro Bantamweight  Babu Lall (IND)
L 		did not advance
Sydney Greve Featherweight  Mohamed Ammi (FRA)
L 		did not advance
Anwar Pasha Turki Welterweight  Alex Obeysekere (CEY)
L 		did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists, all men, represented Pakistan in 1948.

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Wazir Ali Individual road race Did not finish

Track

Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Muhammad Naqi Mallick Sprint  Jack Heid (USA)
L 1:57.4 		 Charlie Bazzano (AUS)
L 2:31.0 		Did not Advance

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Pakistan men's Men's tournament  Belgium
W 2–1 		 Denmark
W 9–0 		 France
W 3–1 		 Netherlands
W 6–1 		1  Great Britain
L 0–2 		 Netherlands
D 1–1 		 Netherlands
L 1–4 		4th
Team roster

Head coach:

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals
Aziz Malik April 16, 1916 32 Pakistan West Punjab Police 7 9
Mukhtar Bhatti October 1932 16 Pakistan Brothers Club 3 0
Hamidullah Burki November 10, 1920 27 Pakistan Brothers Club 6 0
Ali Dara April 1, 1915 33 Pakistan Aryans, Lahore 7 10
Milton D'Mello Pakistan BOAC 1 0
Abdul Hamid January 7, 1927 21 Pakistan NWFP 3 1
Abdul Ghafoor Khan 1920 26 Pakistan Aryans, Lahore 4 0
Abdul Qayyum Khan November 1922 25 Pakistan Pak Independents 1 0
Aziz-ur Rehman 1923 24 Pakistan Pak Independents 2 0
Niaz Khan August 21, 1917 30 Pakistan Naeem Club 6 0
Khawaja Muhammad Taqi 1918 30 Pakistan Pak Independents 2 0
Muhammad Khurram March 1920 27 Pakistan Aryans, Lahore 1 0
Masood Ahmed Khan June 1918 28 Pakistan Brothers Club 6 1
Anwar Baig November 1924 22 Pakistan Frontier 6 0
Abdul Razzaq 1921 25 Pakistan Aryans, Lahore 6 1
Syed Muhammad Salim September 5, 1909 38 Pakistan Naeem Club, Lahore 1 0
Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh October 2, 1926 21 Pakistan Aryans, Lahore 6 0
Mahmood-ul Hassan August 10, 1924 23 Pakistan Burma Shell 4 0
Remat Ullah Sheikh February 1921 27 Pakistan Septans Club, Rawalpindi 5 0


Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pakistan 4 4 0 0 20 3 +17 8 Semi-finals
2  Netherlands 4 3 0 1 11 8 +3 6
3  Belgium 4 2 0 2 6 8 −2 4
4  France 4 0 1 3 4 9 −5 1
5  Denmark 4 0 1 3 4 17 −13 1
Source: FIH
2 August 1948
Pakistan  2–1  Belgium
Dara field hockey ball
MA Khan field hockey ball 		Report H. Delaval field hockey ball 10'
3 August 1948
Pakistan  9–0  Denmark
Aziz field hockey ball 5', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Dara field hockey ball 		Report
5 August 1948
Pakistan  3–1  France
Malik field hockey ball 33'
Dara field hockey ball 38', 53' 		Report Lacroix field hockey ball ?'
Lyons Sports Ground
Umpires:
Cowlishaw (GBR) and Allen (GBR)
7 August 1948
Pakistan  6–1  Netherlands
Dara field hockey ball 3', ?', ?', ?'
Hamid field hockey ball 3'
Razzaq field hockey ball 		Report Kruize field hockey ball
Semifinals
9 August 1948
Great Britain  2–0  Pakistan
White field hockey ball 55'
Adlard field hockey ball 60' 		Report
Wembley Stadium
Umpires:
Jean Weymann (SUI)
Erik Husted (DEN)
Bronze medal match
12 August 1948
16:30
Netherlands  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Pakistan
Kruize field hockey ball 37' Report Hamid field hockey ball 12'
Wembley Stadium
Umpires:
Cowlishaw (GBR)
Allen (GBR)
13 August 1948
Netherlands  4–1  Pakistan
Boerstra field hockey ball 32'
Bromberg field hockey ball 38'
Kruize field hockey ball
Esser field hockey ball 		Report MA Khan field hockey ball 31'
Lyons Sports Ground
Umpires:
Cowlishaw (GBR)
Allen (GBR)

Note: 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

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Key
  • Note–Ranks given are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • DNS / F = Did not start / finish
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry 400 m freestyle 6:17.4 40 did not advance
Sultan Karim Ali 7:16.9 41 did not advance
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry 1500 m freestyle 25:37.4 39 did not advance
Jaffar Ali Shah 100 metre backstroke 1:30.2 39 did not advance
Iftikhar Ahmed Shah 200 metre breaststroke 3:28.1 32 did not advance
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry
Iftikhar Ahmed Shah
Jaffar Ali Shah
Sultan Karim Ali 		4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 12:25.8 6 did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & jerk Total
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammad Iqbal Butt 75 kg 92.5 18 90.0 23 122.5 19 305.0 22nd
Muhammad Naqi Butt +82.5 kg 97.5 15 97.5 15 125.0 14 305.0 15th

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  • All four wrestlers could not compete as they had been mistakenly entered for the Greco-Roman style and not freestyle

References

  1. ^ "Pakistan at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics
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