Pakistan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's 16th appearance at the Olympics.
The Pakistan Olympic Association sent a total of 23 athletes, 21 men and two women, to compete in four different sports. Men's field hockey was the only team sport in which Pakistan had its representation in these Olympic games.
Background Pakistan made their Olympic debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom and they had appeared at every Summer Olympics since except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom marked Pakistan's 16th appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Competitors In total, 23 athletes represented Pakistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom across four different sports.
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Field hockey 18 0 18Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2 Total 21 2 23
Athletics
In total, two Pakistani athletes participated in the athletics events – Liaquat Ali in the men's 100 m and Rabia Ashiq in the women's 800 m.
Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankLiaquat Ali100 m10.904Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankRabia Ashiq800 m2:17.396Did not advance
Field hockey
In total, 18 Pakistani athletes participated in the field hockey events – Sohail Abbas, Shakeel Abbasi, Fareed Ahmed, Waseem Ahmed, Muhammad Umar Bhutta, Rehan Butt, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Irfan, Abdul Haseem Khan, Rashid Mehmood, Shafqat Rasool, Muhammad Rizwan Sr., Muhammad Rizwan Jr., Imran Shah, Muhammad Tousiq and Muhammad Waqas in the men's tournament.
Group play
7th/8th place game
Shooting
In total, one Pakistani athlete participated in the shooting events – Khurram Inam in the |men's skeet.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankKhurram InamSkeet11228Did not advance
Swimming
In total, two Pakistani athletes participated in the Swimming events – Anum Bandey women's 400 m individual medley category and Israr Hussain in the men'swomen's100 m freestyle.
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIsrar Hussain100 m freestyle57.8654Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankAnum Bandey400 m individual medley5:34.6435Did not advance
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