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 wrestling
Men's 100 metres
Abdul Khaliq
Heat 2; 11.2 (→ did not advance)
Iftikhar Shah
Heat 7; Retired
Men's 200 metres
Iftikhar Shah
Heat 1; Non-starter
Abdul Khaliq
Heat 4; 23.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
Mubarak Shah
Heat 4; 15:43.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Abdul Malik, Muhammad Ramzan Ali, Ghulam Raziq and Abdul Khaliq
Heat 3; 42.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)
2nd semifinal; 42.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Ghulam Raziq
Heat 4; 14.6 (→ advanced to quarter-finals)
2nd quarter-final; 14.4 (→ advanced to semifinals)
2nd semifinal; 14.3 (→ did not advance)
Abdul Malik
Heat 5; 15.4 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Mohammad Yaqoob
Heat 3; 52.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase
Mubarak Shah
Heat 2; 9:20.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump
Muhammad Ramzan Ali
Qualification 3rd series; Failed to record a jump
Men's hop, step and jump
Mohammad Khan
Qualification 3rd series; 14.43m (→ did not advance)
Men's pole vault
Allah Ditta
Qualification; 4.00m (→ did not advance)
Men's putting the shot
Haider Khan
Qualification; 16.47m (→ did not advance)
Men's throwing the hammer
Muhammad Iqbal
Qualification; 60.86m (→ qualified for final)
Final; 61.79m finished 12th out of 15
Men's throwing the discus
Haider Khan
Qualification; 46.57m (→ did not advance)
Men's throwing the javelin
Mohammad Nawaz
Qualification 2nd series; 70.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)
Mohammad Nasir
Round 1 thirtyseconds of final; Bye
Round 2 sixteenths of final; Beat S Akbarzadeh (IRN) on pts
Round 3 eighths of final; Lost to M Thein (BUR) on pts
Men's lightweight (up to 60 kg)
Ghulam Sarwar
Round 1 thirtyseconds of final; Bye
Round 2 sixteenths of final; Lost to A Hernandez (MEX) on pts
Men's middleweight (up to 75 kg)
Sultan Mahmood
Round 1 sixteenths of final; Lost to T Walasek (POL) on pts
Men's light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)
Mohammad Safdar
Round 1 sixteenths of final; Bye
Round 2 eighths of final; Lost to G Saraudi (ITA) on pts
Men's individual scratch sprint
Mohammad Ashiq
Heat 7; (→ sent to repechage)
Repechage 5th; 12.8 Lost to L Mucino (MEX)
Abdul Raziq Baloch
Heat 8; (→ sent to repechage)
Repechage 4th; 12.1 Lost to H Francis (USA)
Men's tandem sprint
Mohammad Ashiq and Abdul Raziq Baloch
Heat 2; Not present
Men's 1,000 metres standing start time trial
Mohammad Ashiq
1:20.17 finished 25th out of 25
Elimination 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 Roster
Abdul Hameed (captain)
Ghulam Rasool (vice-captain)
Abdul Rashid (gk)
Rony Gardner (gk)
Munir Dar
Manzoor Hussain Atif
Khurshid Aslam
Bashir Ahmed
Anwar Ahmed Khan
Zafar Hayat
Habib Ali Kiddie
Noor Alam
Khawaja Zakauddin
Abdul Waheed
Zafar Ali Khan
Naseer Bunda
Motiullah
Mushtaq Ahmad
Four shooters represented Pakistan in 1960.
25 m pistol
Mohammad Iqbal
253/248 = 501 finished 55th out of 57
50 m pistol
Zafar Ahmed Muhammad
Elimination rounds Group One; 59/77/74/79 = 289 finished 31st out of 33
300 m rifle, three positions
Abdul Aziz Wains
Elimination rounds Group One; 153/180/154 = 487 19th out of 20
50 m rifle, three positions
Saifi Chaudhry
Elimination rounds Group Two; 185/160/161 = 506 finished 34th out of 38
50 m rifle, prone
Saifi Chaudhry
Elimination rounds Group One; 95/89/96/93 = 373 finished 39th out of 43
Men's bantamweight (57 kg)
Mohammad Azam Mian
Press not counted
Snatch 82.5kg
Jerk 100kg
Total 182.5kg Unplaced
Men's lightweight (67.5 kg)
Abdul Ghani Butt
Press not counted
Snatch 92.5kg
Jerk 125.0kg
Total 217.5kg Unplaced
Men's flyweight (52 kg)
Nawab Din
1st round; Beat S O'Connor (IRL) by fall
2nd round; Beat V Dimitrov (BUL) on pts
3rd round; Lost to M Matsubara (JPN) by fall
4th round; Lost to A Bilek (TUR) by fall
Nawab Din ranked 9th out of 17
Men's bantamweight (57 kg)
Siraj Din
1st round; Beat W Pilling (GBR) by fall
2nd round; Lost to T Jaskari (FIN) on pts
3rd round; Lost to M Shakhov (USSR) on pts
Siraj Din ranked joint 10th out of 19
Men's featherweight (62 kg)
Mohammad Akhtar
1st round; Beat M Kederi (AFG) by fall
2nd round; Lost to T Sato (JPN) on pts
3rd round; Beat J Zurawski (POL) on pts
4th round; Beat V Rubashvili (USSR) on pts
5th round; Lost to M Dagistanli (TUR) by fall
Mohammad Akhtar ranked 6th out of 25
Men's lightweight (67 kg)
Mohammad Din
1st round; Beat to M Tajiki (IRN) by fall
2nd round; Beat N Stamulis (AUS) on pts
3rd round; Beat R Bielle (FRA) on pts
Mohammad Din ranked joint 12th out of 24
Men's welterweight (73 kg)
Mohammad Bashir
1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall
2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts
3rd round; Lost to Goudarzi Emam Habibi (IRN) on pts
4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall
5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on pts
Final round bout 1; Lost to Ismail Ogan (TUR) on pts
Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fall
Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23
Men's middleweight (79 kg)
Faiz Mohammad
1st round; admitted to second round
2nd round; Lost to T Nagai (JPN) on pts
3rd round; Beat M A Khokan (AFG) on pts
Faiz Mohammad ranked 11th out of 19
Men's heavyweight (over 87 kg)
Mohammad Nazir
1st round; Lost to L Djiber (BUL) by fall
2nd round; Beat N Subhani (AFG) on pts
3rd round; Lost to H Kaplan (TUR) by fall
Mohammad Nazir ranked 12th out of 17
