Pakistan at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codePAK
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Websitenocpakistan.org
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors55 in 8 sports
Flag bearerAbdul Hamid
Medals
Ranked 31st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Pakistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 55 competitors, all men, took part in 43 events in 8 sports.[1] They won their first medal at this level, winning the silver in the men's field hockey competition.

Medalists

Silver medal in the men's field hockey team competition

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat 3 1st round; 10.8 (→ advanced to 2nd round)
  • Heat 2 2nd round; 10.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)
  • Semifinal 1; 10.6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 10 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 11 1st round; 11.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat 4 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 5 1st round; 21.1 (→ advanced to 2nd round)
  • Heat 1 2nd round; 21.1 (→ advanced to semifinals)
  • Semifinal 1; 21.5 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 9 1st round; 22.9 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat 1 1st round; 49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat 4 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 5 1st round; 1:59.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Heat 2 1st round; 4:15.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

  • 2:44.33 finished 22nd out of 33
  • 2:57.47 finished 30th out of 33

Men's 110 metres hurdles

  • Heat 1 1st round; 14.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)
  • Semifinal 2; 14.6 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 2 1st round; 16.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres hurdles

  • Heat 2 1st round; 55.1 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 3 1st round; 53.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Heat 1 1st round; 41.3 (→ advanced to semifinals)
  • Semifinal 2; 40.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Failed to qualify for final
  • Failed to qualify for final

Men's pole vault

  • Failed to qualify for final

Men's hop, step and jump

  • Failed to qualify for final
  • Failed to qualify for final

Men's throwing the discus

  • Failed to qualify for final

Men's throwing the javelin

  • 62.55m finished 14th out of 21
  • Failed to qualify for final

Men's throwing the hammer

  • 56.97m finished 11th out of 14

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's flyweight (up to 51 kg)

  • 1st round; Lost to T Spinks (GB/NI) on pts

Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)

  • 1st round; Bye
  • 2nd round; Lost to M Sitri (ITA) on pts

Men's featherweight (up to 57 kg)

  • 1st round; Bye
  • 2nd round; Lost to TO Falfan (ARG) TKO

Men's light welterweight (up to 63.5 kg)

  • 1st round; Lost to F Nenci (ITA) TKO

Men's welterweight (up to 67 kg)

  • 1st round; Lost to A Dori (HUN) on pts

Men's light middleweight (up to 71 kg)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Sprint
  • Heat 2 1st round (→ sent to repechage)
  • Repechage heat 1; finished 14th overall
Time trial
  • 1:20.8 finished 18th out of 19
Team pursuit
  • Heat 1; Lost to Colombia. Finished 12th overall
Individual road race
  • All retired

Shahzada Shahrukh, now in his new role as a cyclist, was Pakistan vice-captain of the men's hockey team at the London Olympic Games in 1948

Hockey

Main article: Hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round Group C

Semifinals

Final

Pakistan won the silver medal

Team Roster

Vice-captain Latifur Rehman (who also played for Pakistan at the Helsinki Olympiad in 1952) and Akhtar Hussain had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Two shooters represented Pakistan in 1956.

25 m pistol
  • 67/74/83/81/76/79 = Score 460. Finished 31st out of 33
300 m rifle, three positions
  • (84/-/-/-) (withdrew) (12/65/59/47) = Score 267. Finished 20th out of 20
50 m rifle, three positions
  • 389/353/257 = Score 999. Finished 43rd out of 44
50 m rifle, prone
  • 98/99/96/97/96/96 = Score 582. Finished 44th out of 44

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres backstroke

  • Heat 1 1st round; 1:10.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres breaststroke

  • Heat 3 1st round; Disqualified

Men's 200 metres butterfly stroke

  • Heat 3 1st round; 2:48.0 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's bantamweight (up to 56 kg)

  • Press 80kg
  • Snatch x
  • Jerk 97.5kg
  • Total not calculated (finished 15th out of 16)

Men's featherweight (up to 60 kg)

  • Press 72.5kg
  • Snatch 77.5kg
  • Jerk 97.5kg
  • Total 247.5kg (finished 18th out of 21)

Men's light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)

  • Press 105kg
  • Snatch 102.5kg
  • Jerk 130kg
  • Total 337.5kg (finished 10th out of 10)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's flyweight (up to 52 kg)

  • 1st round; Lost to JK Lee (KOR) by fall
  • 2nd round; Beat F Flannery (AUS) on pts 3:0
  • 3rd round; Lost to H Akbas (TUR) by fall

Men's bantamweight (up to 57 kg)

  • 1st round; Beat G Jameson (AUS) on pts 3:0
  • 2nd round; Lost to SK Lee (KOR) on pts 2:1
  • 3rd round; Lost to M Chakhov (USSR) by fall

Men's featherweight (up to 62 kg)

  • 1st round; Lost to S Sasahara (JPN) on pts 3:0
  • 2nd round; Lost to B Sit (TUR) on pts 2:1

Men's lightweight (up to 67 kg)

  • 1st round; Beat TK Oh (KOR) by fall
  • 2nd round; Lost to M Tovar Gonzalez (MEX) on pts 2:1
  • 3rd round; Beat J Taylor (GB/NI) on pts 3:0
  • 4th round; Lost to A Bestaev (USSR) by fall

Men's welterweight (up to 73 kg)

  • 1st round; Lost to A Tischendorf (GER) on pts 3:0
  • 2nd round; Bye
  • 3rd round; Lost to CW de Villiers (SAF) on pts 3:0

Men's middleweight (up to 79 kg)

  • 1st round; Lost to VM Punkari (FIN) by fall
  • 2nd round; Lost to I Atli (TUR) by fall

Mohammad Faiz, who took part in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne, was not the same person as wrestler Faiz Mohammad who participated in two Olympic Games—at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964—also in the middleweight category

References

  1. ^ "Pakistan at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

External links

Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
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