Pakistan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 35 events in 7 sports. 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 Muhammad Bashir in the freestyle contests, making this Pakistan's most successful Olympics to date.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Pakistan men'sAbdul HamidAbdul RashidAbdul WaheedBashir AhmadGhulam RasulAnwar KhanKhursheed AslamHabib Ali KiddieManzoor Hussain AtifMunir DarMushtaq AhmedMotiullahNaseer Bunda Noor Alam Field hockey Men's tournament Muhammad Bashir Wrestling Freestyle welterweight
+Medals by sportSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Field hockey1001 Wrestling0011 Total1012
Athletics
Track & road events
Men AthleteEventHeat Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAbdul Khaliq200 m11.27Did not advanceIftikhar Shah–Did not advanceIftikhar Shah100 m–Did not advanceAbdul Khaliq23.16Did not advanceMubarak Shah5000 m15:54.212Did not advanceAbdul KhaliqAbdul MalikGhulam RaziqMuhammad Ramzan Ali4 × 100 metres relay42.673N/A42.996Did not advanceGhulam Raziq110 metres hurdles14.6 Q314.4 Q314.34Did not advanceAbdul Malik15.46Did not advanceMuhammad Yaqub400 metres hurdlesN/A52.85Did not advanceMubarak Shah3000 metres steeplechase9:20.09Did not advance
Field events Men AthleteEventHeat Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMuhammad Ramzan AliLong jump–Did not advanceIftikhar Shah–Did not advanceMuhammad KhanTriple jump14.4334Did not advanceAllah DittaPole vault4.0026Did not advanceHaider KhanShot put13.5324Did not advanceMuhammad IqbalHammer throw60.8611 QN/A61.7912Haider KhanDiscus throw46.5733Did not advanceMuhammad NawazJavelin throw70.0511Did not advance
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMuhammad NasirBantamweightW 4–1L 0–5 did not advanceGhulam SarwarLightweightL 1–4 did not advanceGhulam SarwarMiddleweightL 0–5 did not advanceMuhammad SafdarMiddleweightL 0–5 did not advance
Cycling
Track Sprint, tandem and pursuit AthleteEventRound 1RepechageRound 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankMuhammad AshiqSprintL 11.6L 12.8Did not advanceAbdul Razzaq BalochL 11.7L 12.1Did not advanceMuhammad AshiqAbdul Razzaq BalochTandemL 11.0Did not advance Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankMuhammad AshiqTime trial1:20.1725
Hockey
Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPakistan men'sMen's tournament W 3–0 W 8–0 W 10–0 1 W 2–1 W 1–0 W 1–0
Team roster Head coach: Pos.PlayerDoBAgeTournamentgamesTournamentgoals FB Manzoor Hussain Atif 4 September 1928 31 5 1 Ghulam Rasool 1 May 1931 29 6 0 Anwar Khan 24 September 1933 26 6 1 RW Noor Alam 5 December 1925 30 6 2 Abdul Hamid 7 January 1927 33 6 8 Habib Ali Kiddie 7 December 1929 30 4 0 Naseer Bunda 15 May 1932 28 6 7 Motiullah 31 January 1938 22 6 1 Abdul Rashid 1 June 1922 38 6 0 Bashir Ahmed 23 December 1934 25 6 0 Abdul Waheed 30 November 1936 23 6 4 Mushtaq Ahmad 28 August 1932 27 2 1 Khursheed Aslam 6 April 1936 24 1 0
Group stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Gold medal match
Shooting
AthleteEventQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankMuhammad Iqbal25 m rapid fire pistolN/A 501 55Zafar Ahmed Muhammad50 m pistol 289 31Did not advanceAbdul Aziz Wains300 m free rifle, three positions 487 19 QSaifi Chaudhry50 m rifle three positions 506 34Did not advanceSaifi Chaudhry50 m rifle prone 373 39Did not advance
Weightlifting
AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & jerkTotalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankMuhammad Azam56 kgACAC82.518100.0–217.5ACAbdul Ghani Butt67.5 kgACAC92.525125.020217.5AC
Wrestling
AthleteEvent Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6TotalOppositionResultPointsOppositionResultPointsOppositionResultPointsOppositionResultPointsOppositionResultPointsOppositionResultPointsPointsRankDin NawabFlyweightWVFA =1WVPO =4L VFA 9L VFA 9 did not advanceMuhammad Siraj-DinBantamweightWVFA =1LVPO =7L VPO =10 did not advanceMuhammad AkhtarFeatherweightWVFA =1LVPO =6W VPO =7W VPO 6W VPO 6 did not advanceMuhammad Siraj-DinLightweightLVFA =22WVPO =15W VPO 12 did not advanceMuhammad BashirWelterweightWVFA 0WVPO 1L VPO 3W VFA 0W VPO 1L VPOL VFA 712Faiz MuhammadMiddleweightLVPO 3W VPO 1Did not advanceMuhammad NazirHeavyweightLVFA 4WVPO 1L VFA 4Did not advance
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database