Pakistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 55 competitors, all men, took part in 43 events in 8 sports. They won their first medal at this level, winning the silver in the men's field hockey competition.
Silver medal in the men's field hockey team competition
Men's 100 metres
Abdul Khaliq
Heat 3 1st round; 10.8 (→ advanced to 2nd round)
Heat 2 2nd round; 10.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)
Semifinal 1; 10.6 (→ did not advance)
Ghulam Raziq
Heat 10 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)
Mohammad Sharif Butt
Heat 11 1st round; 11.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Mohammad Sharif Butt
Heat 4 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)
Abdul Khaliq
Heat 5 1st round; 21.1 (→ advanced to 2nd round)
Heat 1 2nd round; 21.1 (→ advanced to semifinals)
Semifinal 1; 21.5 (→ did not advance)
Abdul Aziz
Heat 9 1st round; 22.9 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
Abdullah Khan
Heat 1 1st round; 49.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Abdullah Khan
Heat 4 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance)
Mahmood Jan
Heat 5 1st round; 1:59.5 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
Mahmood Jan
Heat 2 1st round; 4:15.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon
Havildar Mohammad Aslam
2:44.33 finished 22nd out of 33
Abdul Rashid
2:57.47 finished 30th out of 33
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Ghulam Raziq
Heat 1 1st round; 14.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)
Semifinal 2; 14.6 (→ did not advance)
Khawaja Kalim Ghani
Heat 2 1st round; 16.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Khawaja Kalim Ghani
Heat 2 1st round; 55.1 (→ did not advance)
Mohammad Yaqoob
Heat 3 1st round; 53.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Sharif Butt, Abdul Khaliq and Ghulam Raziq
Heat 1 1st round; 41.3 (→ advanced to semifinals)
Semifinal 2; 40.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump
Mohammad Rashid
Failed to qualify for final
Muhammad Ramzan Ali
Failed to qualify for final
Men's pole vault
Allah Ditta
Failed to qualify for final
Men's hop, step and jump
Mohammad Rashid
Failed to qualify for final
Muhammad Ramzan Ali
Failed to qualify for final
Men's throwing the discus
Mohammad Ayub
Failed to qualify for final
Men's throwing the javelin
Mohammad Nawaz
62.55m finished 14th out of 21
Jalal Khan
Failed to qualify for final
Men's throwing the hammer
Mohammad Iqbal
56.97m finished 11th out of 14
Men's flyweight (up to 51 kg)
Samuel Harris
1st round; Lost to T Spinks (GB/NI) on pts
Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)
Rashid Ahmed
1st round; Bye
2nd round; Lost to M Sitri (ITA) on pts
Men's featherweight (up to 57 kg)
Maurice White
1st round; Bye
2nd round; Lost to TO Falfan (ARG) TKO
Men's light welterweight (up to 63.5 kg)
Rehmat Gul
1st round; Lost to F Nenci (ITA) TKO
Men's welterweight (up to 67 kg)
Bait Hussain
1st round; Lost to A Dori (HUN) on pts
Men's light middleweight (up to 71 kg)
Mohammad Safdar
1st round; Lost to BG Nikolov (BUL) on pts
Sprint
Shahzada Shahrukh
Heat 2 1st round (→ sent to repechage)
Repechage heat 1; finished 14th overall
Time trial
Saleem Mahmood Farooqi
1:20.8 finished 18th out of 19
Team pursuit
Shahzada Shahrukh, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj Din
Heat 1; Lost to Colombia. Finished 12th overall
Individual road race
Shahzada Shahrukh, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj Din
All retired
Shahzada Shahrukh, now in his new role as a cyclist, was Pakistan vice-captain of the men's hockey team at the London Olympic Games in 1948
Preliminary round Group C
Defeated Belgium (2-0)
Defeated New Zealand (5-1)
Drew with United Team of Germany (0-0)
Semifinals
Defeated Great Britain (3-2)
Final
Lost to India (0-1)
Pakistan won the silver medal
Team Roster
Abdul Hamid (captain)
Latifur Rehman (vice-captain)
Qazi Abdul Waheed (gk)
Zakir Hussain (gk)
Munir Dar
Manzoor Hussain Atif
Akhtar Hussain
Ghulam Rasool
Anwar Ahmed Khan
Habib Ali Kiddie
Qazi Musarrat Hussain
Aziz Naik
Noor Alam
Zafar Ali Khan
Habibur Rehman
Motiullah
Mohammad Amin
Naseer Bunda
Vice-captain Latifur Rehman (who also played for Pakistan at the Helsinki Olympiad in 1952) and Akhtar Hussain had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan
Two shooters represented Pakistan in 1956.
25 m pistol
Zafar Ahmed Muhammad
67/74/83/81/76/79 = Score 460. Finished 31st out of 33
300 m rifle, three positions
Saifi Chaudhry
(84/-/-/-) (withdrew) (12/65/59/47) = Score 267. Finished 20th out of 20
50 m rifle, three positions
Zafar Ahmed Muhammad
389/353/257 = Score 999. Finished 43rd out of 44
50 m rifle, prone
Zafar Ahmed Muhammad
98/99/96/97/96/96 = Score 582. Finished 44th out of 44
Men's 100 metres backstroke
Nazir Ahmed
Heat 1 1st round; 1:10.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres breaststroke
Ghulam Rasul
Heat 3 1st round; Disqualified
Men's 200 metres butterfly stroke
Ghazi Shah
Heat 3 1st round; 2:48.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's bantamweight (up to 56 kg)
Habibur Rehman
Press 80kg
Snatch x
Jerk 97.5kg
Total not calculated (finished 15th out of 16)
Men's featherweight (up to 60 kg)
Mohammad Bashir
Press 72.5kg
Snatch 77.5kg
Jerk 97.5kg
Total 247.5kg (finished 18th out of 21)
Men's light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)
Mohammad Iqbal Butt
Press 105kg
Snatch 102.5kg
Jerk 130kg
Total 337.5kg (finished 10th out of 10)
Men's flyweight (up to 52 kg)
Abdul Aziz
1st round; Lost to JK Lee (KOR) by fall
2nd round; Beat F Flannery (AUS) on pts 3:0
3rd round; Lost to H Akbas (TUR) by fall
Men's bantamweight (up to 57 kg)
Zahur Din
1st round; Beat G Jameson (AUS) on pts 3:0
2nd round; Lost to SK Lee (KOR) on pts 2:1
3rd round; Lost to M Chakhov (USSR) by fall
Men's featherweight (up to 62 kg)
Mohammad Nazir
1st round; Lost to S Sasahara (JPN) on pts 3:0
2nd round; Lost to B Sit (TUR) on pts 2:1
Men's lightweight (up to 67 kg)
Mohammad Ashraf
1st round; Beat TK Oh (KOR) by fall
2nd round; Lost to M Tovar Gonzalez (MEX) on pts 2:1
3rd round; Beat J Taylor (GB/NI) on pts 3:0
4th round; Lost to A Bestaev (USSR) by fall
Men's welterweight (up to 73 kg)
Mohammad Latif
1st round; Lost to A Tischendorf (GER) on pts 3:0
2nd round; Bye
3rd round; Lost to CW de Villiers (SAF) on pts 3:0
Men's middleweight (up to 79 kg)
Mohammad Faiz
1st round; Lost to VM Punkari (FIN) by fall
2nd round; Lost to I Atli (TUR) by fall
Mohammad Faiz, who took part in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne, was not the same person as wrestler Faiz Mohammad who participated in two Olympic Games—at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964—also in the middleweight category
