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Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
PAK

Competitors
  
38 in 7 sports

Website
  
nocpakistan.org

Flag bearer
  
Mohammad Niaz Khan

Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Pakistan Olympic Association

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Pakistan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 38 competitors, all men, took part in 25 events in 7 sports.

Contents

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Mohammad Sharif Butt
  • Heat 7 1st round; 11.0 (→ did not advance)
  • Jemadar Mohammad Aslam
  • Heat 9 1st round; 10.9 (→ advanced to second round)
  • Heat 1 2nd round; 10.9 (→ did not advance)
  • Abdul Aziz
  • Heat 11 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 200 metres

  • Abdul Aziz
  • Heat 8 1st round; 22.7 (→ did not advance)
  • Jemadar Mohammad Aslam
  • Heat 9 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Mohammad Sharif Butt
  • Heat 11 1st round; 22.3 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 400 metres

  • Abdul Rehman
  • Heat 1 1st round; 51.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Aurang Zeb
  • Heat 3 1st round; 51.0 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 800 metres

  • Alam Zeb
  • Heat 3 1st round; 1:56.3 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 10,000 metres

  • Abdul Rashid
  • 33.50.4 finished 30th out of 33
  • Men's marathon

  • Havildar Mohammad Aslam
  • 2.43:38.2 finished 38th out of 53
  • Mohammad Benaras
  • Interrupted, did not finish
  • Men's 400 metres hurdles

  • Mohammad Shafi
  • Heat 2 1st round; 56.1 (→ did not advance)
  • Mirza Khan
  • Heat 5 1st round; 56.3 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Mohammad Sharif Butt, Mohammad Fazil, Abdul Aziz and Jemadar Mohammad Aslam
  • Heat 4 1st round; 42.8 (→ advanced to semifinals)
  • Semifinals heat 1; 42.0 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 4x400 metres relay

  • Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Shafi, Mirza Khan and Aurang Zeb
  • Heat 2 1st round; 3:23.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's throwing the javelin

  • Jalal Khan
  • Qualifying trials heat 1; 55.56m finished 12th out of 13
  • Men's throwing the hammer

  • Fazal Hussain
  • Qualifying trials heat 1; 48.36m finished 15th out of 16
  • Mohammad Iqbal
  • Qualifying trials heat 2; 47.45m finished 15th out of 16
  • Men's 10,000 metres walk

  • Allah Ditta
  • Heat 1 1st round; disqualified
  • Boxing

    Men's featherweight (57 kg)

  • Sydney Greve
  • 1st round; Beat A Leyes (ARG) KO 2nd rd
  • 2nd round; Lost to J Ventaja (FRA) on pts 3:0
  • Men's lightweight (60 kg)

  • Mohammad Ali
  • 1st round; Bye
  • 2nd round; Lost to V Marute (VEN) KO 1st rd
  • Men's welterweight (67 kg)

  • Anwar Pasha Turki
  • 1st round; Lost to H van der Linde (RSA) TKO 1st rd
  • Men's middleweight (75 kg)

  • Khan Mohammad
  • 1st round; Beat H Nowara (POL) on pts 2:1
  • 2nd round; Lost to W Sentimenti (ITA) on pts 3:0
  • Cycling

    Men's 1,000 metres sprint scratch race

  • Mohammad Naqi Malik
  • Heat 5 1st round (→ entered repechage phase)
  • Repechage heat 3 (→ did not qualify for quarter-finals) Placed 19th overall
  • Men's 1,000 metres time trial

  • Imtiaz Bhatti
  • 1:21.2 finished 25th out of 27
  • Men's team competition individual road race (190.4 km)

  • Mohammad Naqi Malik and Imtiaz Bhatti
  • Both broke off and did not finish
  • Hockey

    Men's Team Competition
  • First round; Bye
  • Second round; Defeated  France (6-0)
  • Semifinals
  • Lost to  Netherlands (0-1)
  • Third Place Match
  • Lost to  Great Britain (1-2)
  • Pakistan finished 4th

    Team Roster

  • Mohammad Niaz Khan (captain)
  • Abdul Aziz Malik (vice-captain)
  • Fazalur Rehman (gk)
  • Qazi Abdul Waheed (gk)
  • Manzoor Hussain Atif
  • Asghar Ali Khan
  • Mohammad Rafiq
  • Khawaja Mohammad Aslam
  • Habib Ali Kiddie
  • Jack Britto
  • Safdar Ali Babul
  • Abdul Latif Mir
  • Mahmoodul Hasan Sheikh
  • Syed Azmat Ali
  • Abdul Hameed
  • Abdul Qayyum Khan
  • Habibur Rehman
  • Latifur Rehman
  • Latifur Rehman had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan

    Shooting

    One shooter represented Pakistan in 1952.

    50 m rifle, prone
  • Jan Azam
  • Score 90/86/94/96=366 finished 8th out of 58
  • Swimming

    Men's 400 metres freestyle

  • Mohammad Ramzan
  • Heat 8 1st round; 5:45.7 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 1,500 metres freestyle

  • Mohammad Ramzan
  • Heat 2 1st round; 23:44.3 (→ did not advance)
  • Men's 200 metres breaststroke

  • Muhammad Bashir
  • Heat 2 1st round; 3:01.3 (→ did not advance)
  • Weightlifting

    Men's middleweight (75 kg)

  • Mohammad Iqbal Butt
  • Press 95kg
  • Snatch 100kg
  • Jerk 130kg
  • Total 325kg finished 17th out of 20
  • References

    Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia