Pakistan at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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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 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

in Munich
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, West Germany
West Germany
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. The men's hockey team won a silver medal.

Athletics
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...

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 4x100m relay
  • Mohammad Younus, Norman Brinkworth, Mohammad Siddiq and Nusrat Iqbal Sahi
  • Heat 1 1st round; DNP (→ did not participate)

Boxing
Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.-Medal table:-Light Flyweight :-First Round:...

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
  • Jan Baloch
  • First round — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov
    Georgi Kostadinov is a former boxer from Bulgaria.-Amateur career:Kostadinov won the Olympic Flyweight gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games for Bulgaria...

     (BUL), TKO-2


Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
  • Malang Baloch
  • First round — Lost to Graham Moughton (GBR), 0:5

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary round Group A
  • Defeated (3-0)
  • Drew with (1-1)
  • Defeated (3-1)
  • Lost to (1-2)
  • Defeated (3-1)
  • Defeated (3-0)
  • Defeated (3-1)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated (2-0)
  • Final
  • Lost to (0-1) → Silver Medal

  • Team Roster
  • Mohammad Asad Malik (captain)
  • Saeed Anwar (vice-captain)
  • Saleem Sherwani
    Saleem Sherwani (field hockey goalkeeper)
    Saleem Sherwani is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Pakistan Men's National Hockey Team. He won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany and bronze medal in 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:...

     (gk)
  • Mohammad Aslam (gk)
  • Munawwaruz Zaman
    Munawwaruz Zaman
    Munawwaruz Zaman was one of the players of the Pakistan national field hockey team produced by Pakistan. Munawwar played for Pakistan until his retirement in 1980. He was also a high ranking bank officer....

  • Zahid Sheikh
    Zahid Sheikh
    Muhammad Zahid Sheikh was a field hockey player who played for the Pakistan National Hockey Team from 1969-1976. He was born at Sialkot. He was capped 34 times and scored 8 goals. He is the younger brother of field hockey star Shahnaz Sheikh.-References:***...

  • Fazalur Rehman
  • Shahnaz Sheikh
    Shahnaz Sheikh
    Shahnaz Sheikh is a famous hockey player from Pakistan. He was born at Sialkot, Pakistan.A forward, Shahnaz Sheikh played between 1969 and 1978, he was capped 68 times and scored 45 goals. He won Silver in the 1972 Olympics and Bronze in the 1976 Olympics . Shahnaz won 1971 World Cup and was...

  • Abdul Rasheed Jr
  • Akhtarul Islam
  • Islahuddin
  • Mudassar Asghar
  • Jahangir Butt
  • Iftikhar Syed
  • Riaz Ahmed
  • Akhtar Rasool
    Akhtar Rasool
    Akhtar Rasool is a former field hockey player and captain from Pakistan, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the Hockey World Cups 1978 and again in 1982....

  • Tanvir Dar
  • Umar Farooq

Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The weightlifting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of nine weight classes, all for men only. Two new weight classes were introduced at these Games , marking the first changes to the Olympic program since 1952...

Men's Middleweight (-75kg)
  • Mohammad Arshad Malik

  • Press 117.5kg
  • Snatch 107.5kg
  • Jerk 147.5kg
  • Total 372.5kg (finished 19th out of 19)

Wrestling
Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...

Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (– 67kg)
  • Allah Ditta
  • 1st round — Lost to Jorge Ramos (CUB)
  • 2nd round — Lost to Risto Darlev (YUG)


Men's Freestyle Welterweight (– 74kg)
  • Mohammad Yaqoob
  • 1st round — Lost to Mildos Urbanovics (HUN)
  • 2nd round — Drew with Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG)
  • 3rd round — Lost to Jan Karlsson (SWE)
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