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 KhaliqHeat 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 RaziqHeat 10 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)Mohammad Sharif ButtHeat 11 1st round; 11.1 (→ did not advance)Men's 200 metres
Mohammad Sharif ButtHeat 4 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)Abdul KhaliqHeat 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 AzizHeat 9 1st round; 22.9 (→ did not advance)Men's 400 metres
Abdullah KhanHeat 1 1st round; 49.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
Abdullah KhanHeat 4 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance)Mahmood JanHeat 5 1st round; 1:59.5 (→ did not advance)Men's 1,500 metres
Mahmood JanHeat 2 1st round; 4:15.0 (→ did not advance)Men's marathon
Havildar Mohammad Aslam2:44.33 finished 22nd out of 33Abdul Rashid2:57.47 finished 30th out of 33Men's 110 metres hurdles
Ghulam RaziqHeat 1 1st round; 14.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)Semifinal 2; 14.6 (→ did not advance)Khawaja Kalim GhaniHeat 2 1st round; 16.1 (→ did not advance)Men's 400 metres hurdles
Khawaja Kalim GhaniHeat 2 1st round; 55.1 (→ did not advance)Mohammad YaqoobHeat 3 1st round; 53.1 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100 metres relay
Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Sharif Butt, Abdul Khaliq and Ghulam RaziqHeat 1 1st round; 41.3 (→ advanced to semifinals)Semifinal 2; 40.8 (→ did not advance)Men's long jump
Mohammad RashidFailed to qualify for finalMuhammad Ramzan AliFailed to qualify for finalMen's pole vault
Allah DittaFailed to qualify for finalMen's hop, step and jump
Mohammad RashidFailed to qualify for finalMuhammad Ramzan AliFailed to qualify for finalMen's throwing the discus
Mohammad AyubFailed to qualify for finalMen's throwing the javelin
Mohammad Nawaz62.55m finished 14th out of 21Jalal KhanFailed to qualify for finalMen's throwing the hammer
Mohammad Iqbal56.97m finished 11th out of 14Men's flyweight (up to 51 kg)
Samuel Harris1st round; Lost to T Spinks (GB/NI) on ptsMen's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)
Rashid Ahmed1st round; Bye2nd round; Lost to M Sitri (ITA) on ptsMen's featherweight (up to 57 kg)
Maurice White1st round; Bye2nd round; Lost to TO Falfan (ARG) TKOMen's light welterweight (up to 63.5 kg)
Rehmat Gul1st round; Lost to F Nenci (ITA) TKOMen's welterweight (up to 67 kg)
Bait Hussain1st round; Lost to A Dori (HUN) on ptsMen's light middleweight (up to 71 kg)
Mohammad Safdar1st round; Lost to BG Nikolov (BUL) on ptsSprintShahzada ShahrukhHeat 2 1st round (→ sent to repechage)Repechage heat 1; finished 14th overallTime trialSaleem Mahmood Farooqi1:20.8 finished 18th out of 19Team pursuitShahzada Shahrukh, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj DinHeat 1; Lost to Colombia. Finished 12th overallIndividual road raceShahzada Shahrukh, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj DinAll retiredShahzada 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 DarManzoor Hussain AtifAkhtar HussainGhulam RasoolAnwar Ahmed KhanHabib Ali KiddieQazi Musarrat HussainAziz NaikNoor AlamZafar Ali KhanHabibur RehmanMotiullahMohammad AminNaseer BundaVice-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 pistolZafar Ahmed Muhammad67/74/83/81/76/79 = Score 460. Finished 31st out of 33300 m rifle, three positionsSaifi Chaudhry(84/-/-/-) (withdrew) (12/65/59/47) = Score 267. Finished 20th out of 2050 m rifle, three positionsZafar Ahmed Muhammad389/353/257 = Score 999. Finished 43rd out of 4450 m rifle, proneZafar Ahmed Muhammad98/99/96/97/96/96 = Score 582. Finished 44th out of 44Men's 100 metres backstroke
Nazir AhmedHeat 1 1st round; 1:10.7 (→ did not advance)Men's 200 metres breaststroke
Ghulam RasulHeat 3 1st round; DisqualifiedMen's 200 metres butterfly stroke
Ghazi ShahHeat 3 1st round; 2:48.0 (→ did not advance)Men's bantamweight (up to 56 kg)
Habibur RehmanPress 80kgSnatch xJerk 97.5kgTotal not calculated (finished 15th out of 16)Men's featherweight (up to 60 kg)
Mohammad BashirPress 72.5kgSnatch 77.5kgJerk 97.5kgTotal 247.5kg (finished 18th out of 21)Men's light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)
Mohammad Iqbal ButtPress 105kgSnatch 102.5kgJerk 130kgTotal 337.5kg (finished 10th out of 10)Men's flyweight (up to 52 kg)
Abdul Aziz1st round; Lost to JK Lee (KOR) by fall2nd round; Beat F Flannery (AUS) on pts 3:03rd round; Lost to H Akbas (TUR) by fallMen's bantamweight (up to 57 kg)
Zahur Din1st round; Beat G Jameson (AUS) on pts 3:02nd round; Lost to SK Lee (KOR) on pts 2:13rd round; Lost to M Chakhov (USSR) by fallMen's featherweight (up to 62 kg)
Mohammad Nazir1st round; Lost to S Sasahara (JPN) on pts 3:02nd round; Lost to B Sit (TUR) on pts 2:1Men's lightweight (up to 67 kg)
Mohammad Ashraf1st round; Beat TK Oh (KOR) by fall2nd round; Lost to M Tovar Gonzalez (MEX) on pts 2:13rd round; Beat J Taylor (GB/NI) on pts 3:04th round; Lost to A Bestaev (USSR) by fallMen's welterweight (up to 73 kg)
Mohammad Latif1st round; Lost to A Tischendorf (GER) on pts 3:02nd round; Bye3rd round; Lost to CW de Villiers (SAF) on pts 3:0Men's middleweight (up to 79 kg)
Mohammad Faiz1st round; Lost to VM Punkari (FIN) by fall2nd round; Lost to I Atli (TUR) by fallMohammad 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
