Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Pakistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports.[1]

Pakistan at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codePAK
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Websitenocpakistan.org
in London
Competitors35 in 6 sports
Flag bearerAhmed Zahur Khan
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletics

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Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • DNS / F = Did not start / finish
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  • NM = No mark
  • ? = Unknown
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarter-final Semi-final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammad Sharif Butt 100 m 11.23 4 Did not advance
Muhammad Sharif Butt 200 m 22.8 2 Q ? 6 Did not advance
Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan 110 metres hurdles ? 6 Did not advance
Mohsin Nazar Khan 400 metres hurdles 59.5 6 Did not advance
Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik Shot put ? 23 Did not advance
Ahmed Zahur Khan ? 24 Did not advance
Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik Discus throw 36.23 26 Did not advance
Ahmed Zahur Khan 36.23 26 Did not advance

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Allan Monteiro Bantamweight   Babu Lall (IND)
L
did not advance
Sydney Greve Featherweight   Mohamed Ammi (FRA)
L
did not advance
Anwar Pasha Turki Welterweight   Alex Obeysekere (CEY)
L
did not advance

Cycling

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Two cyclists, all men, represented Pakistan in 1948.

Road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Wazir Ali Individual road race Did not finish

Track

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Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Muhammad Naqi Mallick Sprint   Jack Heid (USA)
L 1:57.4
  Charlie Bazzano (AUS)
L 2:31.0
Did not Advance

Hockey

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Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Pakistan men's Men's tournament   Belgium
W 2–1
  Denmark
W 9–0
  France
W 3–1
  Netherlands
W 6–1
1   Great Britain
L 0–2
  Netherlands
D 1–1
  Netherlands
L 1–4
4th
Team roster

Head coach:

Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games
Tournament
goals
Aziz Malik April 16, 1916 32   West Punjab Police 7 9
Mukhtar Bhatti October 1932 16   Brothers Club 3 0
Hamidullah Burki November 10, 1920 27   Brothers Club 6 0
Ali Dara April 1, 1915 33   Aryans, Lahore 7 10
Milton D'Mello   BOAC 1 0
Abdul Hamid January 7, 1927 21   NWFP 3 1
Abdul Ghafoor Khan 1920 26   Aryans, Lahore 4 0
Abdul Qayyum Khan November 1922 25   Pak Independents 1 0
Aziz-ur Rehman 1923 24   Pak Independents 2 0
Niaz Khan August 21, 1917 30   Naeem Club 6 0
Khawaja Muhammad Taqi 1918 30   Pak Independents 2 0
Muhammad Khurram March 1920 27   Aryans, Lahore 1 0
Masood Ahmed Khan June 1918 28   Brothers Club 6 1
Anwar Baig November 1924 22   Frontier 6 0
Abdul Razzaq 1921 25   Aryans, Lahore 6 1
Syed Muhammad Salim September 5, 1909 38   Naeem Club, Lahore 1 0
Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh October 2, 1926 21   Aryans, Lahore 6 0
Mahmood-ul Hassan August 10, 1924 23   Burma Shell 4 0
Remat Ullah Sheikh February 1921 27   Septans Club, Rawalpindi 5 0


Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Pakistan 4 4 0 0 20 3 +17 8 Semi-finals
2   Netherlands 4 3 0 1 11 8 +3 6
3   Belgium 4 2 0 2 6 8 −2 4
4   France 4 0 1 3 4 9 −5 1
5   Denmark 4 0 1 3 4 17 −13 1
Source: FIH
2 August 1948
Pakistan   2–1   Belgium
Dara  
MA Khan  
Report H. Delaval   10'

3 August 1948
Pakistan   9–0   Denmark
Aziz   5'?'?'?'?'?'?'?'
Dara  
Report

5 August 1948
Pakistan   3–1   France
Malik   33'
Dara   38'53'
Report Lacroix   ?'
Lyons Sports Ground
Umpires:
Cowlishaw (GBR) and Allen (GBR)

7 August 1948
Pakistan   6–1   Netherlands
Dara   3'?'?'?'
Hamid   3'
Razzaq  
Report Kruize  
Semifinals
9 August 1948
Great Britain   2–0   Pakistan
White   55'
Adlard   60'
Report
Wembley Stadium
Umpires:
Jean Weymann (SUI)
Erik Husted (DEN)
Bronze medal match
12 August 1948
16:30
Netherlands   1–1 (a.e.t.)   Pakistan
Kruize   37' Report Hamid   12'
Wembley Stadium
Umpires:
Cowlishaw (GBR)
Allen (GBR)

13 August 1948
Netherlands   4–1   Pakistan
Boerstra   32'
Bromberg   38'
Kruize  
Esser  
Report MA Khan   31'
Lyons Sports Ground
Umpires:
Cowlishaw (GBR)
Allen (GBR)

Note: Pakistan captain Ali Iqtidar Shah (A I S) Dara had represented (undivided) India's gold medal winning men's hockey team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Hockey vice-captain Shahzada Shahrukh appeared for Pakistan in the cycling event of the Melbourne Olympics in 1956.

Swimming

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Key
  • Note–Ranks given are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • DNS / F = Did not start / finish
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry 400 m freestyle 6:17.4 40 did not advance
Sultan Karim Ali 7:16.9 41 did not advance
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry 1500 m freestyle 25:37.4 39 did not advance
Jaffar Ali Shah 100 metre backstroke 1:30.2 39 did not advance
Iftikhar Ahmed Shah 200 metre breaststroke 3:28.1 32 did not advance
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry
Iftikhar Ahmed Shah
Jaffar Ali Shah
Sultan Karim Ali
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 12:25.8 6 did not advance

Weightlifting

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Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & jerk Total
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Muhammad Iqbal Butt 75 kg 92.5 18 90.0 23 122.5 19 305.0 22nd
Muhammad Naqi Butt +82.5 kg 97.5 15 97.5 15 125.0 14 305.0 15th

Wrestling

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  • All four wrestlers could not compete as they had been mistakenly entered for the Greco-Roman style and not freestyle

References

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  1. ^ "Pakistan at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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