Pakistan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1]

Pakistan at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Pakistan
CGF codePAK
CGAPakistan Olympic Association
Websitenocpakistan.org
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors56 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Usman Amjad Rathore (opening)
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
4
Total
5
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Weightlifter Usman Amjad Rathore was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[2][3]

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Badminton 2 2 4
Boxing 4 0 4
Field hockey 18 0 18
Shooting 5 2 7
Squash 2 2 4
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 2 2 4
Weightlifting 5 0 5
Wrestling 6 0 6
Total 46 10 56

Medalists edit

Athletics edit

Men
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Arshad Nadeem Javelin throw 80.45 2 Q 76.02 8
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Najma Parveen 200 m 25.21 33 Did not advance
400 m 57.12 31 Did not advance

Badminton edit

Pakistan participated with four athletes (two men and two women)

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Murad Ali Men's singles   Buwaneka Goonethilleka (SRI)
L 2-0
Did not advance
Muhammad Irfan Bhatti BYE   Anthony Joe (AUS)
L 2-0
Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir Women's singles   Nicki Chan-Lam (MRI)
L 2-0
Did not advance
Mahoor Shahzad   Alissa Dean (FIJ)
W 2-0
  Cristen Marritt (IOM)
W 2-0
  Rachel Honderich (CAN)
L 2-0
Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Murad Ali
Muhammad Irfan Bhatti
Men's doubles   Sawan Serasinghe (AUS)
  Matthew Chau (AUS)
L 2-0
Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir
Mahoor Shahzad
Women's doubles   Thilini Hendahewa (SRI)
  Kavidi Sirimannage (SRI)
L 2-0
Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir
Muhammad Irfan Bhatti
Mixed doubles   Julien Paul (MRI)
  Aurélie Allet (MRI)
L 2-1
Did not advance
Mahoor Shahzad
Murad Ali
  Martin Campbell (SCO)
  Julie MacPherson (SCO)
L 2-0
Did not advance
Mixed team
Roster
Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   India 3 3 0 15 0 +15 30 1 +29 651 401 +250 3 Knockout stage
2   Scotland 3 2 1 9 6 +3 19 13 +6 592 476 +116 2
3   Sri Lanka 3 1 2 5 10 −5 12 21 −9 526 619 −93 1
4   Pakistan 3 0 3 1 14 −13 2 28 −26 348 621 −273 0
Source: GC2018

Boxing edit

Pakistan participated with a team of 4 athletes (4 men).

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Syed Asif −52 kg   Brian Agina (KEN)
W 4-1
  Reece McFadden (SCO)
L 5-0
Did not advance
Ali Ahmad −60 kg BYE   Calum French (ENG)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Gul Zaib −69 kg   W Le Poullain (GUE)
W 3-2
  A Walsh (NIR)
L 0-5
Did not advance
Awais Ali Khan −81 kg BYE   Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM)
L 5-0
Did not advance

Hockey edit

Men's tournament edit

Roster
Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 4 3 1 0 12 9 +3 10 Advance to Semi-finals
2   England 4 2 1 1 15 8 +7 7
3   Malaysia 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5 4 5th–6th place match
4   Pakistan 4 0 4 0 6 6 0 4 7th–8th place match
5   Wales 4 0 1 3 6 11 −5 1 9th–10th place match
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.


5 April 2018 (2018-04-05)
19:30
Pakistan   1–1   Wales
Ali   39' Report Shipperley   33'
Umpires:
Sean Rapaport (RSA)
David Sweetman (GBR)

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
14:30
India   2–2   Pakistan
D. Singh   13'
H. Singh   20'
Report Md. Irfan Jr   39'
Ali   60'
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
David Sweetman (SCO)

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
14:30
England   2–2   Pakistan
Gleghorne  34'
Ward  51'
Report Md. Arslan  33'
Ali  57'
Umpires:
Ben de Young (AUS)
Sam Rapaport (RSA)

11 April 2018 (2018-04-11)
14:30
Malaysia   1–1   Pakistan
Ramadan   39' Report Shafqat   9'
Umpires:
Paul Walker (ENG)
Tyler Klenk (CAN)
Seventh and eighth place
13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
10:45
Canada   1–3   Pakistan
Kirkpatrick   12' Report Md. Arslan   34'
Ali   40'
Md. Irfan Jr.   57'
Umpires:
Eric Koh (MAS)
Tim Bond (NZ)

Shooting edit

Pakistan participated with 7 athletes (5 men and 2 women).

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ghufran Adil 10 metre air rifle 613.9 10 Did not qualify
50 metre rifle prone 602.3 23 Did not qualify
50 metre rifle 3 positions 1145 -44x 8 Q 390.5 8
Muhammad Khalil Akhtar 25 metre rapid fire pistol 571 -14x 4 Q 8 6
Aamer Iqbal Trap 106 24 Did not qualify
Muhammad Farrukh Nadeem 113 14 Did not qualify
Aamer Iqbal Double trap 132 6 Q 31 5
Muhammad Farrukh Nadeem 122 14 Did not qualify
Usman Chand Skeet 117 11 Did not qualify
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Minhal Sohail 10 metre air rifle 406.2 12 Did not qualify
Mehwish Farhan 10 metre air pistol 375 -7x 6 Q 112.1 8
25 metre pistol 559 -12x 11 Did not qualify

Squash edit

Pakistan participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tayyab Aslam Men's singles   Sorrentino (IVB)
W 3–0
  Clyne (SCO)
L 3–1
Did not advance
Farhan Zaman   Chapman (IVB)
W 3–1
  Willstrop (ENG)
L 3–0
Did not advance
Faiza Zafar Women's singles Bye   Urquhart (AUS)
L 3–0
Did not advance
Madina Zafar   Saffery (WAL)
L 3–0
Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tayyab Aslam
Farhan Zaman
Men's doubles   Declan (ENG)
  Willstrop (ENG)
L 2–0
  Chapman (IVB)
  Sorrentino (IVB)
W 2–0
2 Q   Coll (NZL)
  Grayson (NZL)
L 2–0
Did not advance
Faiza Zafar
Madina Zafar
Women's doubles   Chinappa (IND)
  Pallikal Karthik (IND)
L 2–1
  Kellas (MLT)
  Sultana (MLT)
L 2–0
  Evans (WAL)
  Saffery (WAL)
L 2–0
4 Did not advance
Faiza Zafar
Farhan Zaman
Mixed doubles   Fernandes (GUY)
  Seth (GUY)
W 2–0
  Urquhart (AUS)
  Pilley (AUS)
L 2–0
2 Q   Evans (WAL)
  Creed (WAL)
L 2–0
Did not advance
Madina Zafar
Tayyab Aslam
  Ghosal (IND)
  Pallikal Karthik (IND)
L 2–0
  Fung-A-Fat (GUY)
  Khalil (GUY)
W 2–0
2 Q   Grinham (AUS)
  Cuskelly (AUS)
L 2–0
Did not advance

Swimming edit

Pakistan participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Syed Tariq 50 m freestyle 24.82 43 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 54.21 41 Did not advance
50 m backstroke 27.39 12 Q 27.23 12 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 59.39 19 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bisma Khan 50 m freestyle 28.75 32 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:02.66 31 Did not advance
50 m backstroke 31.43 27 Did not advance

Table tennis edit

Pakistan participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Singles
Athletes Event Group stage Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Fahad Khawaja Men's singles   Sultan
 (SEY)
L 4–1
  Yogarajah
 (MRI)
L 4–2
3 Did not advance
Muhammad Rameez   Doughty
 (BAR)
W 4–0
  Mutua
 (KEN)
W 4–0
1 Q   Gnanasekaran
 (IND)
L 4–0
Did not advance
Hareem Ali Women's singles   Kapugeekiyana
 (SRI)
L 4–0
  Yeung
 (CAN)
L 4–0
3 Did not advance
Fatima Khan   Thomas
 (WAL)
L 4–0
  Freemam
 (SKN)
W 4–1
2 Did not advance
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Fahad Khawaja
Muhammad Rameez
Men's doubles   Bode Abiodun
Olajide Omotayo (NGR)
L 3–0
Did not advance
Hareem Ali
Fatima Khan
Women's doubles   Ying Ho
Karen Lyne (MAS)
L 3–0
Did not advance
Hareem Ali
Fahad Khawaja
Mixed doubles   Antoine Bernadet
Justina Yeung (CAN)
L 3–0
Did not advance
Fatima Khan
Muhammad Rameez
  Rhikesh Taucoory
Elodi Ho Wan Kau (MRI)
L 3–0
Did not advance

Weightlifting edit

Pakistan participated with 5 athletes (5 men).[4]

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Abdullah Ghafoor −56 kg 101 5 126 6 227 6
Talha Talib −62 kg 132 1 151 5 283  
Abu Sufyan −69 kg 130 5 Did not finish
Usman Rathore −94 kg 150 7 Did not finish
Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt +105 kg 173 4 222 3 395  

Wrestling edit

Pakistan participated with 6 athletes (6 men).

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Muhammad Bilal -57 kg   Gary Giordmaina (MLT)
W 12–2
  Charles Divoshan (SRI)
W 12–2
  Rahul Aware (IND)
L 12–8
  George Ramm (ENG)
W 6–1
 
Abdul Wahab -65 kg   Adam Vella (MLT)
W 12-2
  Vincent De Marinis (CAN)
L 10-0
Did not advance
Muhammad Asad Butt -74 kg   Oleg Gladkov (SCO)
W 10-3
  Sushil Kumar (IND)
L 10-0
Did not advance   Jevon Balfour (CAN)
L 10-0
Did not advance
Muhammad Inam -86 kg   Jayden Lawrence (AUS)
W 14–4
  Somveer (IND)
W 10–0
  Alexander Moore (CAN)
W by fall
  Melvin Bibo (NGR)
W 6–0
 
Umair Ahmad -97 kg   Jordan Steen (CAN)
L 11-0
Did not advance
Athlete Event Nordic Round Robin Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Tayab Raza -125 kg   Sinivie Boltic (NGR)
W 10–2
  Claude Kouamen Mbianga (CMR)
W by injury
  Sumit (IND)
L 10–4
  Korey Jarvis (CAN)
L 9–0
 

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Pakistan's Commonwealth Games journey begins". The News International. Karachi, Pakistan. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

External links edit