Pakistan competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Pakistan won the gold medal in the men's hockey team competition.
Gold medal in the men's field hockey team competition
Men's 100 metres
Mohammad Mansha
Heat 6 round 1; 10.87 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Mohammad Mansha
Heat 3 round 1; 22.04 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
Syed Meesaq Rizvi
Heat 3 round 1; 49.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Syed Meesaq Rizvi
Heat 6 round 1; 1:51.29 (→ did not advance)
Men's javelin throw
Mohammad Rasheed
Qualifying Group 2; 74.58m (→ did not advance, overall 21st place)
Men's bantamweight (54 kg)
babar ali khan
1/32 round; Bye
1/16 round; Defeated Firmin Abissi (BEN) on pts 5:0
1/8 round; Won to Robinsón Pitalúa (COL) on pts 5:0
Men's lightweight (60 kg)
Asif Dar
1/32 round; Defeated Shlomo Niazov (ISR) on pts 5:0
1/16 round; Lost to Leopoldo Cantancio (PHI) on pts 5:0
Men's welterweight (67 kg)
Syed Abrar Hussain
1/32 round; Bye
1/16 round; Lost to Vesa Koskela (SWE) on pts 4:1
Men's super heavyweight (+91 kg)
Mohammad Yousuf
1/8 round; Lost to Lennox Lewis (CAN) RSC rd 3
Preliminary round Pool B
Drew with New Zealand (3-3)
Defeated Kenya (3-0)
Drew with Netherlands (3-3)
Defeated Canada (7-1)
Drew with Great Britain (0-0)
Semifinals
Defeated Australia (1-0)
Final
Defeated West Germany (2-1, after extra time)
Pakistan won the gold medal
Team Roster
Manzoor Hussain (captain)
Hanif Khan (vice-captain)
Syed Ghulam Moinuddin (gk)
Shahid Ali Khan (gk)
Mushtaq Ahmad
Ishtiaq Ahmed
Naeem Akhtar
Nasir Ali
Tauqeer Dar
Khalid Hameed
Kalimullah
Ayaz Mahmood
Abdul Rashid Al-Hasan
Hasan Sardar
Qasim Zia
Saleem Sherwani
Forward Saleem Sherwani is not the same player as his namesake, Saleem Sherwani (field hockey goalkeeper) who was the Pakistan goalkeeper at the Munich Olympics in 1972 and in the Montreal Olympiad in 1976.
Men's 74 kg Group A
Gul Mohammad
Round 1; Lost to Ali Faris (IRQ) by fall
Round 2; Bye
Round 3; Lost to Myung-Woo Han (KOR) by fall
Men's 90 kg Group A
Abdul Majeed Maruwala
Round 1; Beat Ilie Matei (ROM) on pts 12:0
Round 2; Beat Edwin Lins (AUT) on pts 11:6
Round 3; Lost to Ismail Temiz (TUR) on pts. Match drawn 3:3 but Temiz won the judges verdict
Round 4; Lost to Ed Banach (USA) by fall
Soling Class
Khalid Mahmood Akhtar, Adnan Yousuf and Naseem Anwar Khan
Points 172.00 Net points 145.00 after seven races. Finished 20th out of 22
Finn Class
Arshad Chaudhry
Points 198.00 Net points 168.00 after seven races. Finished 24th out of 28
470 Class
Munir Sadiq and Mohammad Zakaullah
Points 182.00 Net points 147.00 after seven races. Finished 22nd out of 28
