Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Pakistan at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code PAK
NOC Pakistan Olympic Association
Website nocpakistan.org
in Rome
Competitors 44 (all men) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Muhammad Iqbal
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 0 1 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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 Mohammad Bashir in the freestyle contests. Making this Pakistan's most successful Olympics to date.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat 2; 11.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 7; Retired

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat 1; Non-starter
  • Heat 4; 23.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat 4; 15:43.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Heat 3; 42.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)
  • 2nd semifinal; 42.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

  • Heat 4; 14.6 (→ advanced to quarter-finals)
  • 2nd quarter-final; 14.4 (→ advanced to semifinals)
  • 2nd semifinal; 14.3 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 5; 15.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres hurdles

  • Heat 3; 52.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase

  • Heat 2; 9:20.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Qualification 3rd series; Failed to record a jump

Men's hop, step and jump

  • Qualification 3rd series; 14.43m (→ did not advance)

Men's pole vault

  • Qualification; 4.00m (→ did not advance)

Men's putting the shot

  • Qualification; 16.47m (→ did not advance)

Men's throwing the hammer

  • Qualification; 60.86m (→ qualified for final)
  • Final; 61.79m finished 12th out of 15

Men's throwing the discus

  • Qualification; 46.57m (→ did not advance)

Men's throwing the javelin

  • Qualification 2nd series; 70.05m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)

  • 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 60 kg)

  • Round 1 thirtyseconds of final; Bye
  • Round 2 sixteenths of final; Lost to A Hernandez (MEX) on pts

Men's middleweight (up to 75 kg)

  • Round 1 sixteenths of final; Lost to T Walasek (POL) on pts

Men's light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)

  • Round 1 sixteenths of final; Bye
  • Round 2 eighths of final; Lost to G Saraudi (ITA) on pts

Cycling

Men's individual scratch sprint

  • Heat 7; (→ sent to repechage)
  • Repechage 5th; 12.8 Lost to L Mucino (MEX)
  • Heat 8; (→ sent to repechage)
  • Repechage 4th; 12.1 Lost to H Francis (USA)

Men's tandem sprint

  • Heat 2; Not present

Men's 1,000 metres standing start time trial

  • 1:20.17 finished 25th out of 25

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Elimination rounds Round B

Quarter-finals

Semifinals

Final

Pakistan won the gold medal

Shooting

Four shooters represented Pakistan in 1960.

25 m pistol
  • 253/248 = 501 finished 55th out of 57
50 m pistol
  • Elimination rounds Group One; 59/77/74/79 = 289 finished 31st out of 33
300 m rifle, three positions
  • Elimination rounds Group One; 153/180/154 = 487 19th out of 20
50 m rifle, three positions
  • Elimination rounds Group Two; 185/160/161 = 506 finished 34th out of 38
50 m rifle, prone
  • Elimination rounds Group One; 95/89/96/93 = 373 finished 39th out of 43

Weightlifting

Men's bantamweight (57 kg)

  • Press not counted
  • Snatch 82.5kg
  • Jerk 100kg
  • Total 182.5kg Unplaced

Men's lightweight (67.5 kg)

  • Press not counted
  • Snatch 92.5kg
  • Jerk 125.0kg
  • Total 217.5kg Unplaced

Wrestling

Men's flyweight (52 kg)

  • 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 (57 kg)

  • 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 (62 kg)

  • 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 (67 kg)

  • 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 (73 kg)

  • 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 (79 kg)

  • 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 87 kg)

  • 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

  1. ↑ "Pakistan at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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