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Pakistan at the Olympics

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Pakistan at the Olympics

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Pakistan Olympic Association

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Pakistan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948 in London, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Soviet Union

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Pakistan's first ever participation in the Winter Olympic Games was at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics when Mohammad Abbas became Pakistan's first athlete to qualify in the Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) category.

Pakistani athletes have won a total of ten medals, eight of those from men's field hockey. In 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Pakistan's Syed Hadi Haider Naqvi did pick up a bronze medal in the demonstration sport of Tae-Kwon-Do, but as the sport was not given full status, the medal was not recognized in the official tally.

The National Olympic Committee for Pakistan was created in 1948. Rome 1960 has been the most successful Olympics for Pakistan so far, with Pakistan winning two medals: a gold medal in field hockey and a bronze medal in wrestling.

Pakistan has won two individual medals in the Olympics to date, both bronze medals: one in wrestling in Rome 1960 and one in boxing in Seoul 1988.

Pakistan has not won a single medal at the Olympic games since 1992 Barcelona.

Milestones

  • First medal : 1956 Melbourne, 02 ! Silver, National field hockey team
  • First gold medal : 1960 Rome, National field hockey team
  • First individual medal : 1960 Rome, 03 ! Bronze, Mohammad Bashir, Wrestling
  • Most medals :
  • Munir Dar, 1956-64 (3) National field hockey team
  • Anwar Khan, 1956-64 (3) National field hockey team
  • Motiullah, 1956-64 (3) National field hockey team
  • Saeed Anwar, 1964-72 (3) National field hockey team
  • Best Performances (Athletics)

  • 1952 Helsinki : Men's 4x100 metres relay (Semi-final)
  • 1956 Melbourne : Men's 100 metres: Abdul Khaliq (Semi-final) - 4th in Semifinal heat
  • 1956 Melbourne : Men's 200 metres: Abdul Khaliq (Semi-final) - 4th in Semifinal heat - Stands in top seven athletes Fastest overall qualifying time in First and second Rounds heats in 1956
  • 1956 Melbourne : Men's 110 metres hurdles: Ghulam Raziq (Semi-final)
  • 1956 Melbourne : Men's 4x100 metres relay Abdul Aziz, Muhamad Sharif Butt, Abdul Khaliq, Ghulam Raziq (Semi-final)
  • 1960 Rome : Men's 110 metres hurdles: Ghulam Raziq (Semi-final) - 4th in Semifinal heat
  • 1960 Rome : Men's 4x100 metres relay (Semi-final)
  • 1988 Seoul : Men's 4 × 400 metres relay (Semi-final)
  • Medal drought

    Pakistan has not won a medal in the last 6 Olympics up to and including 2016 Rio de Janeiro, leading to a medal drought of 24 years. In each of the following Olympics, Pakistan was the most populated nation to not win at least one medal.

  • 1948 London
  • 1952 Helsinki
  • 1996 Atlanta
  • 2000 Sydney
  • 2004 Athens
  • 2008 Beijing
  • 2012 London
  • 2016 Rio de Janeiro
  • References

    Pakistan at the Olympics Wikipedia