Pakistan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The men's hockey team won a silver medal.
Silver medal in men's field hockey team competition
Men's 200 metres
Nusrat Iqbal SahiHeat 6 1st round; 22.07 (→ did not advance)Men's 400 metres
Nusrat Iqbal SahiHeat 1 1st round; 49.47 (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
Mohammad SiddiqHeat 6 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance)Men's 1500 metres
Mohammad YounusHeat 2 1st round; 3:44.1 (→ did not advance)Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bashir AhmedHeat 1 1st round; 15.38 (→ did not advance)Men's 400 metres hurdles
Norman BrinkworthHeat 3 1st round; 54.67 (→ did not advance)Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Mohammad Younus, Norman Brinkworth, Mohammad Siddiq and Nusrat Iqbal SahiHeat 1 1st round; DNP (→ did not participate)Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Jan BalochFirst round — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), TKO-2Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Malang BalochFirst round — Lost to Graham Moughton (GBR), 0:5Preliminary round Group ADefeated France (3-0)Drew with Spain (1-1)Defeated Uganda (3-1)Lost to West Germany (1-2)Defeated Argentina (3-1)Defeated Malaysia (3-0)Defeated Belgium (3-1)SemifinalsDefeated India (2-0)FinalLost to West Germany (0-1) → Silver MedalTeam RosterMohammad Asad Malik (captain)Saeed Anwar (vice-captain)Saleem Sherwani (gk)Mohammad Aslam (gk)Munawwaruz ZamanZahid SheikhFazalur RehmanShahnaz SheikhAbdul Rasheed JrAkhtarul IslamIslahuddinMudassar AsgharJahangir ButtIftikhar SyedRiaz AhmedAkhtar RasoolTanvir DarUmar FarooqMen's Middleweight (-75 kg)
Mohammad Arshad MalikPress 117.5kgSnatch 107.5kgJerk 147.5kgTotal 372.5kg (finished 19th out of 19)Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (– 67 kg)
Allah Ditta1st round — Lost to Jorge Ramos (CUB)2nd round — Lost to Risto Darlev (YUG)Men's Freestyle Welterweight (– 74 kg)
Mohammad Yaqoob1st round — Lost to Mildos Urbanovics (HUN)2nd round — Drew with Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG)3rd round — Lost to Jan Karlsson (SWE)