Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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. They received their first medal at this level, winning the silver in the men's field hockey competition.

Athletics

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 720 participating athletes from 61 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

Men's 100 metres

• Abdul Khaliq
• Heat 3 1st round; 10.8 (→ advanced to 2nd round)
• Heat 2 2nd round; 10.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)
• Semifinal 1; 10.6 (→ did not advance)

• Ghulam Raziq
• Heat 10 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)

• Mohammad Sharif Butt
• Heat 11 1st round; 11.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Mohammad Sharif Butt
• Heat 4 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)

• Abdul Khaliq
• Heat 5 1st round; 21.1 (→ advanced to 2nd round)
• Heat 1 2nd round; 21.1 (→ advanced to semifinals)
• Semifinal 1; 21.5 (→ did not advance)

• Abdul Aziz
• Heat 9 1st round; 22.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Abdullah Khan
• Heat 1 1st round; 49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Abdullah Khan
• Heat 4 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance)

• Mahmood Jan
• Heat 5 1st round; 1:59.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Mahmood Jan
• Heat 2 1st round; 4:15.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

• Havildar Mohammad Aslam
• 2:44.33 finished 22nd out of 33

• Abdul Rashid
• 2:57.47 finished 30th out of 33

Men's 110 metres hurdles

• Ghulam Raziq
• Heat 1 1st round; 14.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)
• Semifinal 2; 14.6 (→ did not advance)

• Khawaja Kalim Ghani
• Heat 2 1st round; 16.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres hurdles

• Khawaja Kalim Ghani
• Heat 2 1st round; 55.1 (→ did not advance)

• Mohammad Yaqoob
• Heat 3 1st round; 53.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Sharif Butt, Abdul Khaliq and Ghulam Raziq
• Heat 1 1st round; 41.3 (→ advanced to semifinals)
• Semifinal 2; 40.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

• Mohammad Rashid
• Failed to qualify for final

• Ramzan Ali
• Failed to qualify for final

Men's pole vault

• Allah Ditta
• Failed to qualify for final

Men's hop, step and jump

• Mohammad Rashid
• Failed to qualify for final

• Ramzan Ali
• Failed to qualify for final

Men's throwing the discus

• Mohammad Ayub
• Failed to qualify for final

Men's throwing the javelin

• Mohammad Nawaz
• 62.55m finished 14th out of 21

• Jalal Khan
• Failed to qualify for final

Men's throwing the hammer

• Mohammad Iqbal
• 56.97m finished 11th out of 14

Boxing

Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne. A total number of 164 competitors entered from 35 nations, of whom 161 from 34 nations weighed-in and boxing was held eight nights and five afternoons. The boxing schedule began on November 23 and ended on December 1...

Men's flyweight (up to 51kg)

• Samuel Harris
• 1st round; Lost to T Spinks
  Terence Spinks
  Terence "Terry" George Spinks MBE is a former boxer from Great Britain, who won the gold medal in the flyweight division at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. In the final he defeated Mircea Dobrescu of Romania on points...
  
   (GB/NI) on pts

Men's bantamweight (up to 54kg)

• Rashid Ahmed
• 1st round; Bye
• 2nd round; Lost to M Sitri (ITA) on pts

Men's featherweight (up to 57kg)

• Maurice White
• 1st round; Bye
• 2nd round; Lost to TO Falfan (ARG) TKO

Men's light welterweight (up to 63.5kg)

• Rehmat Gul
• 1st round; Lost to F Nenci
  Franco Nenci
  Franco Nenci is a former welterweight boxer.Nenci represented Italy at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, winning a silver medal as a Light Welterweight.- Olympic results :*Defeated Rehmat Gul KO 3...
  
   (ITA) TKO

Men's welterweight (up to 67kg)

• Bait Hussain
• 1st round; Lost to A Dori (HUN) on pts

Men's light middleweight (up to 71kg)

• Mohammad Safdar
• 1st round; Lost to BG Nikolov
  Boris Nikolov
  Boris Georgiev Nikolov is a boxer from Bulgaria.He competed for Bulgaria in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the middleweight event where he finished in third place.-References:*...
  
   (BUL) on pts

Cycling

Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The cycling competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:...

Men's 1,000 metres scratch race

• Shahzada Shahrukh
• Heat 2 1st round (→ sent to repechage)
• Repechage heat 1; finished 14th overall

Men's 1,000 metres time trial

• Saleem Mahmood Farooqi
• 1:20.8 finished 18th out of 19

Men's 4,000 metres pursuit race

• Shahzada Shahrukh, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj Din
• Heat 1; Lost to Colombia
  Colombia
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  . Finished 12th overall

Men's road race

• Shahzada Shahrukh, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj Din
• All retired

Shahzada Shahrukh, now in his new role as a cyclist, was Pakistan vice-captain of the men's hockey team at the London Olympic Games in 1948

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round Group C

• Defeated (2-0)
• Defeated (5-1)
• Drew with (0-0)

Semifinals

• Defeated (3-2)

Final

• Lost to (0-1)

Pakistan won the silver medal

Team Roster

• Abdul Hameed (captain)
• Latifur Rehman (vice-captain)
• Qazi Abdul Waheed (gk)
• Zakir Hussain (gk)
• Munir Dar
  Munir Dar (field hockey)
  Munir Ahmed Dar was a field hockey player from Pakistan, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics.Munir Dar died on June 1, 2011.-References:...
  
  
• Manzoor Hussain Atif
  Manzoor Hussain Atif
  Brigadier Manzoor Hussain Atif was a former secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation and Olympian. Atif was born in 1928 in Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan....
  
  
• Akhtar Hussain
• Ghulam Rasool
• Anwar Ahmed Khan
• Habib Ali Kiddie
  Habib Ali Kiddie
  Habib Ali Kiddie was a Pakistani hockey player and Olympian.-References:...
  
  
• Qazi Musarrat Hussain
• Aziz Naik
• Noor Alam
  Noor Alam
  Noor Alam is a former field hockey player from Pakistan. He won gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics. He was also the member of winning Pakistani team of 1958 and 1962 Asian Games.-References:...
  
  
• Zafar Ali Khan
• Habibur Rehman
• Motiullah
  Motiullah
  Motiullah Khan is a former field hockey player from Pakistan. He won gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics and silver medals in 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics. He also received Tamgha-i-Imtiaz award from Government of Pakistan in 1963.-References:...
  
  
• Mohammad Amin
• Naseer Bunda
  Naseer Bunda
  Naseer Ahmad Bunda is a former field hockey player from Pakistan. He is silver medalist from 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold medalist from 1960 Summer Olympics. He also received Pride of Performance award from Government of Pakistan.-References:...
  
  

Vice-captain Latifur Rehman (who also played for Pakistan at the Helsinki Olympiad in 1952) and Akhtar Hussain had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan

Shooting

Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, seven events in shooting were contested, all for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

Men's free pistol

• M Zafar Ahmed
• 67/74/83/81/76/79 = Score 460. Finished 31st out of 33

Men's free rifle

• Saifi Chaudhry
• (84/-/-/-) (withdrew) (12/65/59/47) = Score 267. Finished 20th out of 20

Men's small bore rifle three positions

• M Zafar Ahmed
• 389/353/257 = Score 999. Finished 43rd out of 44

Men's small bore rifle prone

• M Zafar Ahmed
• 98/99/96/97/96/96 = Score 582. Finished 44th out of 44

Swimming

Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 13 swimming events were contested, seven for men and six for women. There was a total of 235 participants from 33 countries competing. For the first time, the butterfly stroke was contested as a separate event...

Men's 100 metres backstroke

• Nazir Ahmed
• Heat 1 1st round; 1:10.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres breaststroke

• Ghulam Rasul
• Heat 3 1st round; Disqualified

Men's 200 metres butterfly stroke

• Ghazi Shah
• Heat 3 1st round; 2:48.0 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:...

Men's bantamweight (up to 56kg)

• Habibur Rehman
• Press 80kg
• Snatch x
• Jerk 97.5kg
• Total not calculated (finished 15th out of 16)

Men's featherweight (up to 60kg)

• Mohammad Bashir
  Mohammad Bashir
  Mohammad Bashir was a wrestler from Pakistan, who won the bronze medal in freestyle wrestling in the welterweight class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome...
  
  
• Press 72.5kg
• Snatch 77.5kg
• Jerk 97.5kg
• Total 247.5kg (finished 18th out of 21)

Men's light heavyweight (up to 82.5kg)

• Mohammad Iqbal Butt
• Press 105kg
• Snatch 102.5kg
• Jerk 130kg
• Total 337.5kg (finished 10th out of 10)

Wrestling Freestyle

Men's flyweight (up to 52kg)

• Abdul Aziz
• 1st round; Lost to JK Lee (KOR) by fall
• 2nd round; Beat F Flannery (AUS) on pts 3:0
• 3rd round; Lost to H Akbas (TUR) by fall

Men's bantamweight (up to 57kg)

• Zahur Din
• 1st round; Beat G Jameson (AUS) on pts 3:0
• 2nd round; Lost to SK Lee (KOR) on pts 2:1
• 3rd round; Lost to M Chakhov (USSR) by fall

Men's featherweight (up to 62kg)

• Mohammad Nazir
  Mohammad Nazir
  Mohammad Nazir is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 14 Tests and 4 One Day International matches from 1969 to 1984 and became a cricket umpire after he retired from professional cricket....
  
  
• 1st round; Lost to S Sasahara (JPN) on pts 3:0
• 2nd round; Lost to B Sit (TUR) on pts 2:1

Men's lightweight (up to 67kg)

• Mohammad Ashraf
• 1st round; Beat TK Oh (KOR) by fall
• 2nd round; Lost to M Tovar Gonzalez (MEX) on pts 2:1
• 3rd round; Beat J Taylor (GB/NI) on pts 3:0
• 4th round; Lost to A Bestaev (USSR) by fall

Men's welterweight (up to 73kg)

• Mohammad Latif
• 1st round; Lost to A Tischendorf (GER) on pts 3:0
• 2nd round; Bye
• 3rd round; Lost to CW de Villiers (SAF) on pts 3:0

Men's middleweight (up to 79kg)

• Mohammad Faiz
• 1st round; Lost to VM Punkari (FIN) by fall
• 2nd round; Lost to I Atli (TUR) by fall

Mohammad Faiz, who took part in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne, was not the same person as wrestler Faiz Mohammad who participated in two Olympic Games -- at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964 -- also in the middleweight category