Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Pakistan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Here, they won their first Olympic Games gold medal by defeating India in the final of the men's hockey competition. The country also landed their first individual Olympic Games medal, a bronze, through welterweight wrestler Mohammad Bashir in the freestyle contests.

Medalists

Gold medal in the men's hockey competition and a bronze medal in the men's freestyle wrestling

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres

* Abdul Khaliq:* Heat 2; 11.2 (→ did not advance)

* Iftikhar Shah:* Heat 7; Retired

Men's 200 metres

* Iftikhar Shah:* Heat 1; Non-starter

* Abdul Khaliq:* Heat 4; 23.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

* Mubarak Shah:* Heat 4; 15:43.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

* Abdul Malik, Ramzan Ali, Ghulam Raziq and Abdul Khaliq:* Heat 3; 42.5 (→ advanced to semifinals):* 2nd semifinal; 42.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

* Ghulam Raziq:* Heat 4; 14.6 (→ advanced to quarter-finals):* 2nd quarter-final; 14.4 (→ advanced to semifinals):* 2nd semifinal; 14.3 (→ did not advance)

* Abdul Malik:* Heat 5; 15.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres hurdles

* Mohammad Yaqoob:* Heat 3; 52.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase

* Mubarak Shah:* Heat 2; 9:20.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

* Ramzan Ali:* Qualification 3rd series; Failed to record a jump

Men's hop, step and jump

* Mohammad Khan:* Qualification 3rd series; 14.43m (→ did not advance)

Men's pole vault

* Allah Ditta:* Qualification; 4.00m (→ did not advance)

Men's putting the shot

* Haider Khan:* Qualification; 16.47m (→ did not advance)

Men's throwing the hammer

* Mohammad Iqbal:* Qualification; 60.86m (→ qualified for final):* Final; 61.79m finished 12th out of 15

Men's throwing the discus

* Haider Khan:* Qualification; 46.57m (→ did not advance)

Men's throwing the javelin

* Mohammad Nawaz:* Qualification 2nd series; 70.05m (→ did not advance)

=Boxing=

Men's bantamweight (up to 54kg)

* Mohammad Nasir:* Round 1 thirtyseconds of final; Bye:* Round 2 sixteenths of final; Beat S Akbarzadeh (IRN) on pts:* Round 3 eighths of final; Lost to M Thein (BUR) on pts

Men's lightweight (up to 60kg)

* Ghulam Sarwar:* Round 1 thirtyseconds of final; Bye:* Round 2 sixteenths of final; Lost to A Hernandez (MEX) on pts

Men's middleweight (up to 75kg)

* Sultan Mahmood:* Round 1 sixteenths of final; Lost to T Walasek (POL) on pts

Men's light heavyweight (up to 81kg)

* Mohammad Safdar:* Round 1 sixteenths of final; Bye:* Round 2 eighths of final; Lost to G Saraudi (ITA) on pts

=Cycling=

Men's individual scratch sprint

* Mohammad Ashiq:* Heat 7; (→ sent to repechage):* Repechage 5th; 12.8 Lost to L Mucino (MEX)

* Abdul Raziq Baloch:* Heat 8; (→ sent to repechage):* Repechage 4th; 12.1 Lost to H Francis (USA)

Men's tandem sprint

* Mohammad Ashiq and Abdul Raziq Baloch:* Heat 2; Not present

Men's 1,000 metres standing start time trial

* Mohammad Ashiq:* 1:20.17 finished 25th out of 25

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Elimination rounds Round B:* Defeated flagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer (3-0):* Defeated flagIOC|POL|1960 Summer (8-0):* Defeated flagIOC|JPN|1960 Summer (10-0)

Quarter-finals:* Defeated flagIOC|GER|1960 Summer (2-1)

Semifinals:* Defeated flagIOC|ESP|1960 Summer (1-0)

Final:* Defeated flagIOC|IND|1960 Summer (1-0)

Pakistan won the gold medal

Team Roster

* Abdul Hameed (captain)
* Ghulam Rasool (vice-captain)
* Abdul Rashid (gk)
* Rony Gardner (gk)
* Munir Dar
* Manzoor Hussain Atif
* Khurshid Aslam
* Bashir Ahmed
* Anwar Ahmed Khan
* Zafar Hayat
* Habib Ali Kiddie
* Noor Alam
* Khawaja Zakauddin
* Abdul Waheed
* Zafar Ali Khan
* Naseer Bunda
* Motiullah
* Mushtaq Ahmed

=Shooting=

Men's free rifle

* Aziz Wains:* Elimination rounds Group One; 153/180/154 = 487 19th out of 20:* Final; Not present

Men's free pistol

* M Zafar Ahmed:* Elimination rounds Group One; 59/77/74/79 = 289 finished 31st out of 33

Men's small bore rifle prone position

* Saifi Chaudhry:* Elimination rounds Group One; 95/89/96/93 = 373 finished 39th out of 43

Men's small bore rifle three positions

* Saifi Chaudhry:* Elimination rounds Group Two; 185/160/161 = 506 finished 34th out of 38

* Aziz Wains:* Elimination rounds Group Two; Not present

Men's pistol rapid fire shooting at silhouette

* Mohammad Iqbal:* 253/248 = 501 finished 55th out of 57

=Weightlifting=

Men's bantamweight (57kg)

* Mohammad Azam Mian:* Press not counted:* Snatch 82.5kg:* Jerk 100kg:* Total 182.5kg Unplaced

Men's lightweight (67.5kg)

* Abdul Ghani Butt:* Press not counted:* Snatch 92.5kg:* Jerk 125.0kg:* Total 217.5kg Unplaced

Wrestling Freestyle

Men's flyweight (52kg)

* Nawab Din:* 1st round; Beat S O'Connor (IRL) by fall:* 2nd round; Beat V Dimitrov (BUL) on pts:* 3rd round; Lost to M Matsubara (JPN) by fall:* 4th round; Lost to A Bilek (TUR) by fall

Nawab Din ranked 9th out of 17

Men's bantamweight (57kg)

* Siraj Din:* 1st round; Beat W Pilling (GBR) by fall:* 2nd round; Lost to T Jaskari (FIN) on pts:* 3rd round; Lost to M Shakhov (USSR) on pts

Siraj Din ranked joint 10th out of 19

Men's featherweight (62kg)

* Mohammad Akhtar:* 1st round; Beat M Kederi (AFG) by fall:* 2nd round; Lost to T Sato (JPN) on pts:* 3rd round; Beat J Zurawski (POL) on pts:* 4th round; Beat V Rubashvili (USSR) on pts:* 5th round; Lost to M Dagistanli (TUR) by fall

Mohammad Akhtar ranked 6th out of 25

Men's lightweight (67kg)

* Mohammad Din:* 1st round; Beat to M Tajiki (IRN) by fall:* 2nd round; Beat N Stamulis (AUS) on pts:* 3rd round; Beat R Bielle (FRA) on pts

Mohammad Din ranked joint 12th out of 24

Men's welterweight (73kg)

* Mohammad Bashir:* 1st round; Beat Peter Amey (GRB) by fall:* 2nd round; Beat Juan Rolon (ARG) on pts:* 3rd round; Lost to Goudarzi Emam Habibi (IRN) on pts:* 4th round; Beat Karl Bruggmann (SWI) by fall:* 5th round; Beat Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) on pts:* Final round bout 1; Lost to Ismail Ogan (TUR) on pts:* Final round bout 3; Lost to Douglas Blubaugh (USA) by fall

Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23

Men's middleweight (79kg)

* Faiz Mohammad:* 1st round; admitted to second round:* 2nd round; Lost to T Nagai (JPN) on pts:* 3rd round; Beat M A Khokan (AFG) on pts

Faiz Mohammad ranked 11th out of 19

Men's heavyweight (over 87kg)

* Mohammad Nazir:* 1st round; Lost to L Djiber (BUL) by fall:* 2nd round; Beat N Subhani (AFG) on pts:* 3rd round; Lost to H Kaplan (TUR) by fall

Mohammad Nazir ranked 12th out of 17

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]