Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Pakistan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 35 events in 7 sports.^[1] 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.

Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PAK
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Website	nocpakistan.org
in Rome
Competitors	44 (all men) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Muhammad Iqbal
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Pakistan men's Abdul Hamid Abdul Rashid Abdul Waheed Bashir Ahmad Ghulam Rasul Anwar Khan Khursheed Aslam Habib Ali Kiddie Manzoor Hussain Atif Munir Dar Mushtaq Ahmad Motiullah Naseer Bunda Noor Alam	Field hockey	Men's tournament	9 September
Bronze	Muhammad Bashir	Wrestling	Freestyle welterweight	6 September

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Field hockey	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	1	2

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdul Khaliq	200 m	11.2	7	Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah		DNF[a]	–	Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah	100 m	DNS	–	Did not advance
Abdul Khaliq		23.1	6	Did not advance
Mubarak Shah	5000 m	15:54.2	12	Did not advance
Abdul Khaliq Abdul Malik Ghulam Raziq Muhammad Ramzan Ali	4 × 100 metres relay	42.67	3	N/A		42.99	6	Did not advance
Ghulam Raziq	110 metres hurdles	14.6 Q	3	14.4 Q	3	14.3	4	Did not advance
Abdul Malik		15.4	6	Did not advance
Muhammad Yaqub	400 metres hurdles	N/A		52.8	5	Did not advance
Mubarak Shah	3000 metres steeplechase	9:20.0	9	Did not advance

1. Retired.

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Muhammad Ramzan Ali	Long jump	NM[a]	–	Did not advance
Iftikhar Shah		DNS	–	Did not advance
Muhammad Khan	Triple jump	14.43	34	Did not advance
Allah Ditta	Pole vault	4.00	26	Did not advance
Haider Khan	Shot put	13.53	24	Did not advance
Muhammad Iqbal	Hammer throw	60.86	11 Q	N/A				61.79	12
Haider Khan	Discus throw	46.57	33	Did not advance
Muhammad Nawaz	Javelin throw	70.05	11	Did not advance

1. Failed to record a jump.

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Muhammad Nasir	Bantamweight	Sadegh Ali Akbarzadeh Khoi (IRI) W 4–1	Thein Myint (BIR) L 0–5	did not advance
Ghulam Sarwar	Lightweight	Adalberto Hernández (MEX) L 1–4	did not advance
Ghulam Sarwar	Middleweight	Tadeusz Walasek (POL) L 0–5	did not advance
Muhammad Safdar	Middleweight	Bye	Giulio Saraudi (ITA) L 0–5	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Track

Sprint, tandem and pursuit

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Muhammad Ashiq	Sprint	André Gruchet (FRA) L 11.6	Luis Muciño (MEX) L 12.8	Did not advance
Abdul Razzaq Baloch		Kurt Rechsteiner (SUI) L 11.7	Herbert Francis (USA) L 12.1	Did not advance
Muhammad Ashiq Abdul Razzaq Baloch	Tandem	Roland Surrugue (FRA)  Michel Scob (FRA) L 11.0	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Muhammad Ashiq	Time trial	1:20.17	25

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full-time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pakistan men's	Men's tournament	Australia W 3–0	Poland W 8–0	Japan W 10–0	1	Germany W 2–1	Spain W 1–0	India W 1–0

Team roster

Head coach:

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Tournament games	Tournament goals
FB	Manzoor Hussain Atif	September 4, 1928	31	5	1
	Ghulam Rasool	May 1, 1931	29	6	0
	Anwar Khan	September 24, 1933	26	6	1
RW	Noor Alam	December 5, 1925	30	6	2
	Abdul Hamid	January 7, 1927	33	6	8
	Habib Ali Kiddie	December 7, 1929	30	4	0
	Naseer Bunda	May 15, 1932	28	6	7
	Motiullah	January 31, 1938	22	6	1
	Abdul Rashid	June 1, 1922	38	6	0
	Bashir Ahmed	December 23, 1934	25	6	0
	Abdul Waheed	November 30, 1936	23	6	4
	Mushtaq Ahmad	August 28, 1932	27	2	1
	Khursheed Aslam	April 6, 1936	24	1	0

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	6	Quarter-finals
2	Australia[a]	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	3
3	Poland[a]	3	1	1	1	3	10	−7	3	9–12th place classification
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	2	20	−18	0	13–16th place classification

Source: FIH
Notes:

1. Australia and Poland finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which Australia won 2–0.

26 August 1960 10:00 Pakistan  3–0  Australia H. Abdul  48' Noor  53' Mushtaq  56' Stadio dei Marmi, Rome Umpires: Van Ballgoijen de Jong (NED) Elgershuizen (NED)

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29 August 1960 16:30 Pakistan  8–0  Poland H. Abdul  6', 24', 55' Noor  18' Mutti  22' W. Abdul  45', 69' Nasir  60' Stadio dei Marmi, Rome Umpires: Whitelaw (GBR) McIldowie (RSA)

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1 September 1960 10:00 Pakistan  10–0  Japan W. Abdul  21', 30' H. Abdul  24', 37', 50', 51' Nasir  33', 45', 60' Khan  59' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: H. Singh (IND) Burgess (GBR)

Quarter-finals

5 September 1960 14:30 Pakistan  2–1  United Team of Germany Naseer  22', 62' Delmes  52' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: Asselman (BEL) de Bourguignon (BEL)

Semi-finals

7 September 1960 10:00 Pakistan  1–0  Spain Manzoor  12' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: MacDowell (AUS) Massart (BEL)

Gold medal match

9 September 1960 15:30 Pakistan  1–0  India Bunda  6' Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: MacDowell (AUS) Massart (BEL)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Muhammad Iqbal	25 m rapid fire pistol	N/A		501	55
Zafar Ahmed Muhammad	50 m pistol	289	31	Did not advance
Abdul Aziz Wains	300 m free rifle, three positions	487	19 Q	DNS
Saifi Chaudhry	50 m rifle three positions	506	34	Did not advance
Saifi Chaudhry	50 m rifle prone	373	39	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Muhammad Azam	56 kg	AC	AC	82.5	18	100.0	–	217.5	AC
Abdul Ghani Butt	67.5 kg	AC	AC	92.5	25	125.0	20	217.5	AC

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VFA – Victory by fall.
• VIN – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• VPO – Decision by points.

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Round 6		Total
		Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Opposition Result	Points	Points	Rank
Din Nawab	Flyweight	Seán O'Connor (IRL) WVFA	=1	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov (BUL) WVPO	=4	Masayuki Matsubara (JPN) L VFA	9	Ahmet Bilek (TUR) L VFA	9	did not advance
Muhammad Siraj-Din	Bantamweight	Walter Pilling (GBR) WVFA	=1	Tauno Jaskari (FIN) LVPO	=7	Mykhailo Shakhov (URS) L VPO	=10	did not advance
Muhammad Akhtar	Featherweight	Mohammad Ibrahim Kederi (AFG) WVFA	=1	Tamiji Sato (JPN) LVPO	=6	Jan Żurawski (POL) W VPO	=7	Vladimer Rubashvili (URS) W VPO	6	Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR) W VPO	6	did not advance
Muhammad Siraj-Din	Lightweight	Moustafa Tajiki (IRN) LVFA	=22	Nick Stamulus (AUS) WVPO	=15	Roger Bielle (FRA) W VPO	12	did not advance
Muhammad Bashir	Welterweight	Peter Amey (GBR) WVFA	0	Juan Rolón (ARG) WVPO	1	Emam Ali Habibi (IRN) L VPO	3	Karl Bruggmann (SUI) W VFA	0	Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) W VPO	1	İsmail Ogan (TUR) L VPO  Doug Blubaugh (USA) L VFA	7	12
Faiz Muhammad	Middleweight	Takashi Nagai (JPN) LVPO	3	Mohammad Asif Khokan (AFG) W VPO	1	Did not advance
Muhammad Nazir	Heavyweight	Lyutvi Akhmedov (BUL) LVFA	4	Nizam-ud-din Subhani (AFG) WVPO	1	Hamit Kaplan (TUR) L VFA	4	Did not advance