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 Butt
Heat 11 1st round (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Mohammad Sharif Butt
Heat 9 1st round 22.8 (→ advanced to second round)
Heat 4 2nd round (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Mazhar-ul-Haq Khan
Heat 6 1st round (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Mohsin Khan
Heat 2 1st round 59.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's putting the shot
Ahmed Zahur Khan
Did not qualify for final
Nazar Mohammad Malik
Did not qualify for final
Men's throwing the discus
Ahmed Zahur Khan
Did not qualify for final
Nazar Mohammad Malik
Did not qualify for final
Men's bantamweight (-54 kg)
Alex Monterio
1st round; Lost to B Lall (IND) RSC
Men's featherweight (-58 kg)
Sydney Greve
1st round; Lost to D Shepherd (RSA) on pts
Men's welterweight (-67 kg)
Anwar Pasha Turki
1st round; Lost to A Obeyesekere (CEY) on pts
Sprint
Muhammad Naqi Mallick
Heat 10 1st round; Lost to Jack Heid (USA)
Repechage heat 3; Lost to Charlie Bazzano (AUS)
Time trial
Wazir Ali
1:24.8 finished 20th out of 21
Individual road race
Wazir Ali
DNF (did not finish)
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
Men's 400 metres freestyle
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry
Heat 3 1st round; 6:17.4 (→ did not advance)
Sultan Karamally
Heat 6 1st round; 7:16.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres freestyle
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry
Heat 1 1st round; 25:37.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres breaststroke
Iftikhar Ahmed Shah
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)
Men's middleweight (-75 kg)
Mohammad Iqbal Butt
Press 92.5kg
Snatch 90kg
Jerk 122.5kg
Total 305kg (finished 22nd out of 24)
Men's heavyweight (over 82.5 kg)
Mohammad Naqi Butt
Press 97.5kg
Snatch 97.5kg
Jerk 125kg
Total 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
