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.
Men's 100 metres
Mohammad Sharif ButtHeat 11 1st round (→ did not advance)Men's 200 metres
Mohammad Sharif ButtHeat 9 1st round 22.8 (→ advanced to second round)Heat 4 2nd round (→ did not advance)Men's 110 metres hurdles
Mazhar-ul-Haq KhanHeat 6 1st round (→ did not advance)Men's 400 metres hurdles
Mohsin KhanHeat 2 1st round 59.5 (→ did not advance)Men's putting the shot
Ahmed Zahur KhanDid not qualify for finalNazar Mohammad MalikDid not qualify for finalMen's throwing the discus
Ahmed Zahur KhanDid not qualify for finalNazar Mohammad MalikDid not qualify for finalMen's bantamweight (-54 kg)
Alex Monterio1st round; Lost to B Lall (IND) RSCMen's featherweight (-58 kg)
Sydney Greve1st round; Lost to D Shepherd (RSA) on ptsMen's welterweight (-67 kg)
Anwar Pasha Turki1st round; Lost to A Obeyesekere (CEY) on ptsSprintMuhammad Naqi MallickHeat 10 1st round; Lost to Jack Heid (USA)Repechage heat 3; Lost to Charlie Bazzano (AUS)Time trialWazir Ali1:24.8 finished 20th out of 21Individual road raceWazir AliDNF (did not finish)Preliminary Group CDefeated Belgium (2-1)Defeated Denmark (9-0)Defeated France (3-1)Defeated Netherlands (6-1)SemifinalsLost to Great Britain (0-2)Third place matchDrew with Netherlands (1-1)Replay of third place matchLost 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 KhanShahzada Mohammad KhurramHamidullah BurkiAbdul Ghafoor KhanMasood Ahmed KhanMahmoodul Hasan SheikhAbdul Aziz MalikAbdul Qayyum KhanAbdul RazzaqKhawaja Mohammad TaqiMukhtar BhattiAbdul HameedAzizur Rehman KhanRehmatullah SheikhMilton D'MelloPakistan 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
Men's 400 metres freestyle
Anwar Aziz ChaudhryHeat 3 1st round; 6:17.4 (→ did not advance)Sultan KaramallyHeat 6 1st round; 7:16.9 (→ did not advance)Men's 1,500 metres freestyle
Anwar Aziz ChaudhryHeat 1 1st round; 25:37.4 (→ did not advance)Men's 200 metres breaststroke
Iftikhar Ahmed ShahHeat 3 1st round; 3:28.1 (→ did not advance)Men's 100 metres backstroke
Jaffer Ali ShahHeat 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 ShahHeat 1 1st round; 12:25.8 (→ did not advance)Men's middleweight (-75 kg)
Mohammad Iqbal ButtPress 92.5kgSnatch 90kgJerk 122.5kgTotal 305kg (finished 22nd out of 24)Men's heavyweight (over 82.5 kg)
Mohammad Naqi ButtPress 97.5kgSnatch 97.5kgJerk 125kgTotal 320kg (finished 15th out of 16)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
