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 Sahi
Heat 6 1st round; 22.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
Nusrat Iqbal Sahi
Heat 1 1st round; 49.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Mohammad Siddiq
Heat 6 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
Mohammad Younus
Heat 2 1st round; 3:44.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bashir Ahmed
Heat 1 1st round; 15.38 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Norman Brinkworth
Heat 3 1st round; 54.67 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Mohammad Younus, Norman Brinkworth, Mohammad Siddiq and Nusrat Iqbal Sahi
Heat 1 1st round; DNP (→ did not participate)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Jan Baloch
First round — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), TKO-2
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Malang Baloch
First round — Lost to Graham Moughton (GBR), 0:5
Preliminary round Group A
Defeated 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)
Semifinals
Defeated India (2-0)
Final
Lost to West Germany (0-1) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
Mohammad Asad Malik (captain)
Saeed Anwar (vice-captain)
Saleem Sherwani (gk)
Mohammad Aslam (gk)
Munawwaruz Zaman
Zahid Sheikh
Fazalur Rehman
Shahnaz Sheikh
Abdul Rasheed Jr
Akhtarul Islam
Islahuddin
Mudassar Asghar
Jahangir Butt
Iftikhar Syed
Riaz Ahmed
Akhtar Rasool
Tanvir Dar
Umar Farooq
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)
Mohammad Arshad Malik
Press 117.5kg
Snatch 107.5kg
Jerk 147.5kg
Total 372.5kg (finished 19th out of 19)
Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (– 67 kg)
Allah Ditta
1st round — Lost to Jorge Ramos (CUB)
2nd round — Lost to Risto Darlev (YUG)
Men's Freestyle Welterweight (– 74 kg)
Mohammad Yaqoob
1st round — Lost to Mildos Urbanovics (HUN)
2nd round — Drew with Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG)
3rd round — Lost to Jan Karlsson (SWE)