Pakistan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 April to 15 April 2018.^[1]

Pakistan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Pakistan
CGF code	PAK
CGA	Pakistan Olympic Association
Website	nocpakistan.org
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	56 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Usman Amjad Rathore (opening)
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 5
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Weightlifter Usman Amjad Rathore was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2][3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	2	2	4
Boxing	4	0	4
Field hockey	18	0	18
Shooting	5	2	7
Squash	2	2	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	2	2	4
Weightlifting	5	0	5
Wrestling	6	0	6
Total	46	10	56

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Muhammad Inam Wrestling 86 kg April 14  Bronze Talha Talib Weightlifting 62 kg April 5  Bronze Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt Weightlifting +105 kg April 9  Bronze Muhammad Bilal Wrestling 57 kg April 12  Bronze Tayab Raza Wrestling 125 kg April 14

Medals by sport Sport Total Weightlifting 0 0 2 2 Wrestling 1 0 2 3 Total 1 0 4 5

Medals by date Day Date Total 1 5 April 0 0 1 1 2 6 April 0 0 0 0 3 7 April 0 0 0 0 4 8 April 0 0 0 0 5 9 April 0 0 1 1 6 10 April 0 0 0 0 7 11 April 0 0 0 0 8 12 April 0 0 1 1 9 13 April 0 0 0 0 10 14 April 1 0 1 2 11 15 April 0 0 0 0 Total 1 0 4 5

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 0 4 5 Female 0 0 0 0 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 1 0 4 5

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Arshad Nadeem	Javelin throw	80.45	2 Q	76.02	8

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Najma Parveen	200 m	25.21	33	Did not advance
	400 m	57.12	31	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan participated with four athletes (two men and two women)

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Murad Ali	Men's singles	Buwaneka Goonethilleka (SRI) L 2-0	Did not advance
Muhammad Irfan Bhatti		BYE	Anthony Joe (AUS) L 2-0	Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir	Women's singles	Nicki Chan-Lam (MRI) L 2-0	Did not advance
Mahoor Shahzad		Alissa Dean (FIJ) W 2-0	Cristen Marritt (IOM) W 2-0	Rachel Honderich (CAN) L 2-0	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Murad Ali Muhammad Irfan Bhatti	Men's doubles	—	Sawan Serasinghe (AUS)  Matthew Chau (AUS) L 2-0	Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir Mahoor Shahzad	Women's doubles	—	Thilini Hendahewa (SRI)  Kavidi Sirimannage (SRI) L 2-0	Did not advance
Palwasha Bashir Muhammad Irfan Bhatti	Mixed doubles	Julien Paul (MRI)  Aurélie Allet (MRI) L 2-1	Did not advance
Mahoor Shahzad Murad Ali		Martin Campbell (SCO)  Julie MacPherson (SCO) L 2-0	Did not advance

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Roster

• Murad Ali
• Palwasha Bashir
• Muhammad Irfan Bhatti
• Mahoor Shahzad

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	1	+29	651	401	+250	3	Knockout stage
2	Scotland	3	2	1	9	6	+3	19	13	+6	592	476	+116	2
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	21	−9	526	619	−93	1
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	1	14	−13	2	28	−26	348	621	−273	0

Source: GC2018

Scotland 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 1 Alexander Dunn / Eleanor O'Donnell Murad Ali / Palwasha Bashir 21 12 21 13     2 Kieran Merrilees Muhammad Irfan Bhatti 21 6 21 16     3 Kirsty Gilmour Mahoor Shahzad 21 6 21 10     4 Martin Campbell / Patrick MacHugh Murad Ali / Muhammad Irfan Bhatti 21 8 21 10     5 Julie MacPherson / Eleanor O'Donnell Mahoor Shahzad / Palwasha Bashir 21 6 21 4

India 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 1 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / N. Sikki Reddy Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti / Palwasha Bashir 21 10 21 13     2 Srikanth Kidambi Murad Ali 21 16 22 20     3 Saina Nehwal Mahoor Shahzad 21 7 21 11     4 Pranaav Jerry Chopra / Chirag Shetty Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti / Murad Ali 21 9 21 15     5 Ashwini Ponnappa / Gadde Ruthvika Shivani Mahoor Shahzad / Palwasha Bashir 21 6 21 10

Pakistan 1	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		Sri Lanka 4
1 2 3 1 Irfan Saeed Bhatti / Palwasha Bashir Buwaneka Goonethilleka / Kavidi Sirimannage 16 21 4 21     2 Murad Ali Dinuka Karunaratne 18 21 17 21     3 Mahoor Shahzad Madushika Dilrukshi 21 14 21 18     4 Murad Ali / Irfan Saeed Bhatti Buwaneka Goonethilleka / Sachin Dias 11 21 14 21     5 Mahoor Shahzad / Palwasha Bashir Thilini Hendahewa / Kavidi Sirimannage 7 21 11 21

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan participated with a team of 4 athletes (4 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Syed Asif	−52 kg	—	Brian Agina (KEN) W 4-1	Reece McFadden (SCO) L 5-0	Did not advance
Ali Ahmad	−60 kg	BYE	Calum French (ENG) L 0-5	Did not advance
Gul Zaib	−69 kg	W Le Poullain (GUE) W 3-2	A Walsh (NIR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Awais Ali Khan	−81 kg	—	BYE	Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM) L 5-0	Did not advance

Hockey

Main article: Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Roster

• Mazhar Abbas
• Tasawar Abbas
• Mubashar Ali
• Muhammad Arshad
• Muhammad Atiq
• Ammad Shakeel Butt
• Imran Butt
• Muhammad Dilber
• Muhammad Irfan
• Muhammad Irfan
• Abu Mahmood
• Muhammad Qadir
• Muhammad Arslan Qadir
• Shafqat Rasool
• Rana Riaz
• Muhammad Rizwan
• Ali Shan
• Tazeem Ul Hassan

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	12	9	+3	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	England	4	2	1	1	15	8	+7	7
3	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	5	10	−5	4	5th–6th place match
4	Pakistan	4	0	4	0	6	6	0	4	7th–8th place match
5	Wales	4	0	1	3	6	11	−5	1	9th–10th place match

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 19:30 v Pakistan  1–1  Wales Ali  39' Report Shipperley  33' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) David Sweetman (GBR)

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7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 14:30 v India  2–2  Pakistan D. Singh  13' H. Singh  20' Report Md. Irfan Jr  39' Ali  60' Umpires: Lim Hong Zhen (SGP) David Sweetman (SCO)

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8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 14:30 v England  2–2  Pakistan Gleghorne 34' Ward 51' Report Md. Arslan 33' Ali 57' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Sam Rapaport (RSA)

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11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 14:30 v Malaysia  1–1  Pakistan Ramadan  39' Report Shafqat  9' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Seventh and eighth place

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 10:45 v Canada  1–3  Pakistan Kirkpatrick  12' Report Md. Arslan  34' Ali  40' Md. Irfan Jr.  57' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Tim Bond (NZ)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan participated with 7 athletes (5 men and 2 women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ghufran Adil	10 metre air rifle	613.9	10	Did not qualify
	50 metre rifle prone	602.3	23	Did not qualify
	50 metre rifle 3 positions	1145 -44x	8 Q	390.5	8
Muhammad Khalil Akhtar	25 metre rapid fire pistol	571 -14x	4 Q	8	6
Aamer Iqbal	Trap	106	24	Did not qualify
Muhammad Farrukh Nadeem		113	14	Did not qualify
Aamer Iqbal	Double trap	132	6 Q	31	5
Muhammad Farrukh Nadeem		122	14	Did not qualify
Usman Chand	Skeet	117	11	Did not qualify

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Minhal Sohail	10 metre air rifle	406.2	12	Did not qualify
Mehwish Farhan	10 metre air pistol	375 -7x	6 Q	112.1	8
	25 metre pistol	559 -12x	11	Did not qualify

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tayyab Aslam	Men's singles	Sorrentino (IVB) W 3–0	Clyne (SCO) L 3–1	Did not advance
Farhan Zaman		Chapman (IVB) W 3–1	Willstrop (ENG) L 3–0	Did not advance
Faiza Zafar	Women's singles	Bye	Urquhart (AUS) L 3–0	Did not advance
Madina Zafar		Saffery (WAL) L 3–0	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tayyab Aslam Farhan Zaman	Men's doubles	Declan (ENG)  Willstrop (ENG) L 2–0	Chapman (IVB)  Sorrentino (IVB) W 2–0	—	2 Q	Coll (NZL)  Grayson (NZL) L 2–0	Did not advance
Faiza Zafar Madina Zafar	Women's doubles	Chinappa (IND)  Pallikal Karthik (IND) L 2–1	Kellas (MLT)  Sultana (MLT) L 2–0	Evans (WAL)  Saffery (WAL) L 2–0	4	—	Did not advance
Faiza Zafar Farhan Zaman	Mixed doubles	Fernandes (GUY)  Seth (GUY) W 2–0	Urquhart (AUS)  Pilley (AUS) L 2–0	—	2 Q	Evans (WAL)  Creed (WAL) L 2–0	Did not advance
Madina Zafar Tayyab Aslam		Ghosal (IND)  Pallikal Karthik (IND) L 2–0	Fung-A-Fat (GUY)  Khalil (GUY) W 2–0	—	2 Q	Grinham (AUS)  Cuskelly (AUS) L 2–0	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Syed Tariq	50 m freestyle	24.82	43	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.21	41	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	27.39	12 Q	27.23	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	59.39	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bisma Khan	50 m freestyle	28.75	32	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:02.66	31	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	31.43	27	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Fahad Khawaja	Men's singles	Sultan (SEY) L 4–1	Yogarajah (MRI) L 4–2	3	Did not advance
Muhammad Rameez		Doughty (BAR) W 4–0	Mutua (KEN) W 4–0	1 Q	—	Gnanasekaran (IND) L 4–0	Did not advance
Hareem Ali	Women's singles	Kapugeekiyana (SRI) L 4–0	Yeung (CAN) L 4–0	3	—	Did not advance
Fatima Khan		Thomas (WAL) L 4–0	Freemam (SKN) W 4–1	2	—	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Fahad Khawaja Muhammad Rameez	Men's doubles	—	Bode Abiodun Olajide Omotayo (NGR) L 3–0	Did not advance
Hareem Ali Fatima Khan	Women's doubles	—	Ying Ho Karen Lyne (MAS) L 3–0	Did not advance
Hareem Ali Fahad Khawaja	Mixed doubles	Antoine Bernadet Justina Yeung (CAN) L 3–0	Did not advance
Fatima Khan Muhammad Rameez		Rhikesh Taucoory Elodi Ho Wan Kau (MRI) L 3–0	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Pakistan participated with 5 athletes (5 men).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdullah Ghafoor	−56 kg	101	5	126	6	227	6
Talha Talib	−62 kg	132	1	151	5	283
Abu Sufyan	−69 kg	130	5	Did not finish
Usman Rathore	−94 kg	150	7	Did not finish
Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt	+105 kg	173	4	222	3	395

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan participated with 6 athletes (6 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Muhammad Bilal	-57 kg	Gary Giordmaina (MLT) W 12–2	Charles Divoshan (SRI) W 12–2	Rahul Aware (IND) L 12–8	—	George Ramm (ENG) W 6–1
Abdul Wahab	-65 kg	Adam Vella (MLT) W 12-2	Vincent De Marinis (CAN) L 10-0	Did not advance
Muhammad Asad Butt	-74 kg	Oleg Gladkov (SCO) W 10-3	Sushil Kumar (IND) L 10-0	Did not advance	Jevon Balfour (CAN) L 10-0	Did not advance
Muhammad Inam	-86 kg	Jayden Lawrence (AUS) W 14–4	Somveer (IND) W 10–0	Alexander Moore (CAN) W by fall	—	Melvin Bibo (NGR) W 6–0
Umair Ahmad	-97 kg	Jordan Steen (CAN) L 11-0	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Nordic Round Robin				Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tayab Raza	-125 kg	Sinivie Boltic (NGR) W 10–2	Claude Kouamen Mbianga (CMR) W by injury	Sumit (IND) L 10–4	Korey Jarvis (CAN) L 9–0

See also

• Pakistan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics