Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Pakistan
games=1948 Summer
competitors= 35 (39)
sports= 6 (7)
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Pakistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres
* Mohammad Sharif Butt:* Heat 11 1st round (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
* Mohammad Sharif Butt:* Heat 9 1st round 22.8 (→ advanced to second round):* Heat 4 2nd round (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles
* Mazhar-ul-Haq Khan:* Heat 6 1st round (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres hurdles
* Mohsin Khan:* Heat 2 1st round 59.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's putting the shot
* Zahur Ahmed Khan:* Did not qualify for final
* Nazar Mohammad Malik:* Did not qualify for final

Men's throwing the discus
* Zahur Ahmed Khan:* Did not qualify for final
* Nazar Mohammad Malik:* Did not qualify for final

=Boxing=

Men's bantamweight (-54kg)

* Alex Monterio:* 1st round; Lost to B Lall (IND) RSC

Men's featherweight (-58kg)

* Sydney Greave:* 1st round; Lost to D Shepherd (RSA) on pts

Men's welterweight (-67kg)

* Anwar Pasha Turki:* 1st round; Lost to A Obeyesekere (CEY) on pts

=Cycling=

Men's 1,000 metres scratch

* Mohammad Naqi Malik:* Heat 10 1st round; Lost to J Heid (USA):* Repechage heat 3; Lost to C Bazzano (AUS)

Men's 1,000 metres time trial

* Wazir Ali:* 1:24.8 finished 20th out of 21

Men's cycle road race

* Wazir Ali:* DNF (did not finish)

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Group C

:* Defeated flagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer (2-1):* Defeated flagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer (9-0):* Defeated flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer (3-1):* Defeated flagIOC|NED|1948 Summer (6-1)

*Semifinals

:* Lost to flagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer (0-2)

*Third place match

:* Drew with flagIOC|NED|1948 Summer (1-1)

*Replay of third place match

:* Lost to flagIOC|NED|1948 Summer (1-4)Pakistan finished 4th

Team Roster

* Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara (captain)
* Shahzada Shahrukh (vice-captain)
* M Anwar Beg Moghal (gk)
* Syed Mohammad Saleem (gk)
* Mohammad Niaz Khan
* Shahzada Mohammad Khurram
* Hamidullah Burki
* Abdul Ghafoor Khan
* Masood Ahmed Khan
* Mahmoodul Hasan Sheikh
* Abdul Aziz Malik
* Abdul Qayyum Khan
* Abdul Razzaq
* Khawaja Mohammad Taqi
* Mukhtar Bhatti
* Abdul Hameed
* Azizur Rehman Khan
* Rehmatullah Sheikh
* Milton D'Mello

Pakistan captain Ali Iqtidar Shah (A I S) Dara had represented (undivided) India's gold medal winning men's hockey team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Hockey vice-captain Shahzada Shahrukh appeared for Pakistan in the cycling event of the Melbourne Olympics in 1956

=Swimming=

Men's 400 metres freestyle

* Anwar Aziz Chaudhry:* Heat 3 1st round; 6:17.4 (→ did not advance)

* Sultan Karamally:* Heat 6 1st round; 7:16.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres freestyle

* Anwar Aziz Chaudhry:* Heat 1 1st round; 25:37.4 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres breaststroke

* Iftikhar Ahmed Shah:* Heat 3 1st round; 3:28.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 metres backstroke

* Jaffer Ali Shah:* Heat 2 1st round; 1:30.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x200 metres relay

* Anwar Aziz Chaudhry, Sultan Karamally, Iftikhar Ahmed Shah and Jaffer Ali Shah:* Heat 1 1st round; 12:25.8 (→ did not advance)

=Weightlifting=

Men's middleweight (-75kg)

* Mohammad Iqbal Butt:* Press 92.5kg:* Snatch 90kg:* Jerk 122.5kg:* Total 305kg (finished 22nd out of 24)

Men's heavyweight (over 82.5kg)

* Mohammad Naqi Butt:* Press 97.5kg:* Snatch 97.5kg:* Jerk 125kg:* Total 320kg (finished 15th out of 16)

Wrestling Freestyle

* Mohammad Amin (Bantamweight)
* Shaukat Ali (Featherweight)
* Abdul Hamid (Lightweight)
* Mohammad Anwar (Heavyweight)

:* All four wrestlers could not compete as they had been mistakenly entered for the Greco-Roman style and not freestyle

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]