Pakistan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 35 events in 7 sports. Here, they won their first Olympic Games gold medal by defeating India in the final of the men's hockey competition. The country also landed their first individual Olympic Games medal, a bronze, through welterweight wrestler Mohammad Bashir in the freestyle contests. Making this Pakistan's most successful Olympics to date.
Gold medal in the men's hockey competition and a bronze medal in the men's freestyle wrestlingMen's 100 metres
Abdul KhaliqHeat 2; 11.2 (→ did not advance)Iftikhar ShahHeat 7; RetiredMen's 200 metres
Iftikhar ShahHeat 1; Non-starterAbdul KhaliqHeat 4; 23.1 (→ did not advance)Men's 5,000 metres
Mubarak ShahHeat 4; 15:43.0 (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100 metres relay
Abdul Malik, Muhammad Ramzan Ali, Ghulam Raziq and Abdul KhaliqHeat 3; 42.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)2nd semifinal; 42.8 (→ did not advance)Men's 110 metres hurdles
Ghulam RaziqHeat 4; 14.6 (→ advanced to quarter-finals)2nd quarter-final; 14.4 (→ advanced to semifinals)2nd semifinal; 14.3 (→ did not advance)Abdul MalikHeat 5; 15.4 (→ did not advance)Men's 400 metres hurdles
Mohammad YaqoobHeat 3; 52.8 (→ did not advance)Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase
Mubarak ShahHeat 2; 9:20.0 (→ did not advance)Men's long jump
Muhammad Ramzan AliQualification 3rd series; Failed to record a jumpMen's hop, step and jump
Mohammad KhanQualification 3rd series; 14.43m (→ did not advance)Men's pole vault
Allah DittaQualification; 4.00m (→ did not advance)Men's putting the shot
Haider KhanQualification; 16.47m (→ did not advance)Men's throwing the hammer
Muhammad IqbalQualification; 60.86m (→ qualified for final)Final; 61.79m finished 12th out of 15Men's throwing the discus
Haider KhanQualification; 46.57m (→ did not advance)Men's throwing the javelin
Mohammad NawazQualification 2nd series; 70.05m (→ did not advance)Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)
Mohammad NasirRound 1 thirtyseconds of final; ByeRound 2 sixteenths of final; Beat S Akbarzadeh (IRN) on ptsRound 3 eighths of final; Lost to M Thein (BUR) on ptsMen's lightweight (up to 60 kg)
Ghulam SarwarRound 1 thirtyseconds of final; ByeRound 2 sixteenths of final; Lost to A Hernandez (MEX) on ptsMen's middleweight (up to 75 kg)
Sultan MahmoodRound 1 sixteenths of final; Lost to T Walasek (POL) on ptsMen's light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)
Mohammad SafdarRound 1 sixteenths of final; ByeRound 2 eighths of final; Lost to G Saraudi (ITA) on ptsMen's individual scratch sprint
Mohammad AshiqHeat 7; (→ sent to repechage)Repechage 5th; 12.8 Lost to L Mucino (MEX)Abdul Raziq BalochHeat 8; (→ sent to repechage)Repechage 4th; 12.1 Lost to H Francis (USA)Men's tandem sprint
Mohammad Ashiq and Abdul Raziq BalochHeat 2; Not presentMen's 1,000 metres standing start time trial
Mohammad Ashiq1:20.17 finished 25th out of 25Elimination rounds Round B
Defeated Australia (3-0)Defeated Poland (8-0)Defeated Japan (10-0)Quarter-finals
Defeated United Team of Germany (2-1)Semifinals
Defeated Spain (1-0)Final
Defeated India (1-0)Pakistan won the gold medal
Team RosterAbdul Hameed (captain)Ghulam Rasool (vice-captain)Abdul Rashid (gk)Rony Gardner (gk)Munir DarManzoor Hussain AtifKhurshid AslamBashir AhmedAnwar Ahmed KhanZafar HayatHabib Ali KiddieNoor AlamKhawaja ZakauddinAbdul WaheedZafar Ali KhanNaseer BundaMotiullahMushtaq AhmadFour shooters represented Pakistan in 1960.
25 m pistolMohammad Iqbal253/248 = 501 finished 55th out of 5750 m pistolZafar Ahmed MuhammadElimination rounds Group One; 59/77/74/79 = 289 finished 31st out of 33300 m rifle, three positionsAbdul Aziz WainsElimination rounds Group One; 153/180/154 = 487 19th out of 2050 m rifle, three positionsSaifi ChaudhryElimination rounds Group Two; 185/160/161 = 506 finished 34th out of 3850 m rifle, proneSaifi ChaudhryElimination rounds Group One; 95/89/96/93 = 373 finished 39th out of 43Men's bantamweight (57 kg)
Mohammad Azam MianPress not countedSnatch 82.5kgJerk 100kgTotal 182.5kg UnplacedMen's lightweight (67.5 kg)
Abdul Ghani ButtPress not countedSnatch 92.5kgJerk 125.0kgTotal 217.5kg UnplacedMen's flyweight (52 kg)
Nawab Din1st round; Beat S O'Connor (IRL) by fall2nd round; Beat V Dimitrov (BUL) on pts3rd round; Lost to M Matsubara (JPN) by fall4th round; Lost to A Bilek (TUR) by fallNawab Din ranked 9th out of 17
Men's bantamweight (57 kg)
Siraj Din1st round; Beat W Pilling (GBR) by fall2nd round; Lost to T Jaskari (FIN) on pts3rd round; Lost to M Shakhov (USSR) on ptsSiraj Din ranked joint 10th out of 19
Men's featherweight (62 kg)
Mohammad Akhtar1st round; Beat M Kederi (AFG) by fall2nd round; Lost to T Sato (JPN) on pts3rd round; Beat J Zurawski (POL) on pts4th round; Beat V Rubashvili (USSR) on pts5th round; Lost to M Dagistanli (TUR) by fallMohammad Akhtar ranked 6th out of 25
Men's lightweight (67 kg)
Mohammad Din1st round; Beat to M Tajiki (IRN) by fall2nd round; Beat N Stamulis (AUS) on pts3rd round; Beat R Bielle (FRA) on ptsMohammad Din ranked joint 12th out of 24
Men's welterweight (73 kg)
Mohammad Bashir1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts3rd round; Lost to Goudarzi Emam Habibi (IRN) on pts4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on ptsFinal round bout 1; Lost to Ismail Ogan (TUR) on ptsFinal round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fallMohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23
Men's middleweight (79 kg)
Faiz Mohammad1st round; admitted to second round2nd round; Lost to T Nagai (JPN) on pts3rd round; Beat M A Khokan (AFG) on ptsFaiz Mohammad ranked 11th out of 19
Men's heavyweight (over 87 kg)
Mohammad Nazir1st round; Lost to L Djiber (BUL) by fall2nd round; Beat N Subhani (AFG) on pts3rd round; Lost to H Kaplan (TUR) by fallMohammad Nazir ranked 12th out of 17
