Pakistan at the
Olympics
IOC codePAK
NOCPakistan Olympic Association
Websitenocpakistan.org
Medals
Ranked 80th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
10
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Pakistan first participated in the Olympic Games in 1948 in London, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union. It has participated in every Winter Olympic Games since the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, when alpine skier Mohammad Abbas became the first Pakistani athlete to qualify for a Winter Olympics event.

Pakistani athletes have won a total of ten medals, all in the Summer Olympics. Pakistan's men's field hockey team won eight medals in the nine games it participated in between 1956 and 1992, which included a run of 5 consecutive finals between 1956 and 1972, that yielded 2 gold and 3 silver medals in quick succession.

The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome has been the most successful Olympics for Pakistan, with Pakistan winning two medals: a gold medal in field hockey and a bronze medal in wrestling.

Pakistan has won two individual medals in the Olympics to date, both bronze medals: one in wrestling in Rome 1960 and one in boxing in Seoul 1988. Pakistan has not won a single medal at the Olympic games since 1992 Barcelona.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Arshad Nadeem made history by becoming the first ever Pakistani athlete to qualify for a track and field final at the Olympics.[1]

History

The Pakistan Olympic Association was created in 1948, while the Pakistan Sports Board was established in 1962.

Participation and medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table
  Peach colour indicates best performance

Summer Olympics

Games Athletes Athletes by sport Medals Total Rank
Athletics Badminton Boxing Cycling Field Hockey Judo Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Weightlifting Wrestling
1900–1936 as part of  India
1948 London 39[2] 5 - 3 2 19 - - - 4 - 2 4 - - - 0[2] –
1952 Helsinki 44[3] 16[3] - 4 2 18 - - 1 2 - 1 1 - - - 0[3] –
1956 Melbourne 62[4] 19[4] - 6 4 18[4] - - 2 3 - 3 6 - 1[4] - 1[4] 31
1960 Rome 49[5] 12[5] - 4 2 18 - - 4 - - 2 7 1[5] - 1[5] 2[5] 20
1964 Tokyo 41 6 - 4[6] 4[6] 18 - - 5 - - 1[6] 6 - 1[6] - 1[6] 30
1968 Mexico City 20[7] - - - - 18[7] - - - - - - 2[7] 1[7] - - 1[7] 29
1972 Munich 25 5 - 2[8] - 18 - - - - - 1[8] 2[8] - 1[8] - 1[8] 33
1976 Montreal 24 2[9] - 2 - 16 - - - - - 2 2 - - 1[9] 1[9] 37
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles 29 3[10] - 4[10] - 16 - 6[10] - - - - 2[10] 1[10] - - 1[10] 25
1988 Seoul 31 7 - 2[11] - 16 - 2[11] - - 1[11] - 3[11] - - 1[11] 1[11] 46
1992 Barcelona 27 4 - 4 - 16 - 2[12] - - - - 1[12] - - 1[12] 1[12] 54
1996 Atlanta 24[13] 2[13] - 4[13] - 16[13] - - - 1[13] - - 1[13] - - - 0[13] –
2000 Sydney 27[14] 2[14] - 4[14] - 16[14] - 3[14] 1[14] 1[14] - - - - - - 0[14] –
2004 Athens 26[15] 2[15] - 5[15] - 16[15] - - 1[15] 2[15] - - - - - - 0[15] –
2008 Beijing 21 2 - - - 16 - - 1 2 - - - - - - 0 –
2012 London 21 2 - - - 16 - - 1 2 - - - - - - 0 –
2016 Rio de Janeiro 7[16] 2[16] - - - - 1[16] - 2[16] 2[16] - - - - - - 0 [17] –
2020 Tokyo 10[18] 2 1 - - - 1 - 3 2 - 1 - - - - 0 [19] –
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 3 3 4 10 80

Winter Olympics

Games Athletes Athletes by sport Medals Total Rank
Alpine skiing Cross country skiing
1924–2006 did not participate
2010 Vancouver 1 1 - - - - 0 –
2014 Sochi 1 1 - - - - 0 –
2018 Pyeongchang 2[20] 1[20] 1[20] - - - 0 –
2022 Beijing 1 1 - - - - 0 –
2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Total Rank
Boxing 0 0 1 1 69
Field hockey 3 3 2 8 6
Wrestling 0 0 1 1 60
Total 3 3 4 10 80

List of medalists

Medal Name/Team Games Sport Event Date
Silver Silver
1956 Melbourne Field Hockey Field hockey Men's tournament 6 December 1956
Gold Gold
1960 Rome Field Hockey Field hockey Men's tournament 9 September 1960
Bronze Bronze Muhammad Bashir Wrestling Wrestling Men's freestyle welterweight 6 September 1960
Silver Silver
1964 Tokyo Field Hockey Field hockey Men's tournament 23 October 1964
Gold Gold
1968 Mexico City Field Hockey Field hockey Men's tournament 26 October 1968
Silver Silver
1972 Munich Field Hockey Field hockey Men's tournament 10 September 1972
Bronze Bronze
1976 Montreal Field Hockey Field hockey Men's tournament 30 July 1976
Gold Gold
1984 Los Angeles Field Hockey Field hockey Men's tournament 11 August 1984
Bronze Bronze Hussain Shah 1988 Seoul Boxing Boxing Men's middleweight 27 September 1988[21]
Bronze Bronze
1992 Barcelona Field Hockey Field hockey Men's tournament 8 August 1992

Men's Field Hockey team at the Summer Olympics

Team United Kingdom
1948 		Finland
1952 		Australia
1956 		Italy
1960 		Japan
1964 		Mexico
1968 		West Germany
1972 		Canada
1976 		Soviet Union
1980 		United States
1984 		South Korea
1988 		Spain
1992 		United States
1996 		Australia
2000 		Greece
2004 		China
2008 		United Kingdom
2012 		Brazil
2016 		Japan
2020 		France
2024 		United States
2028 		Australia
2032 		Total
 Pakistan 4th 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd DNP 1st 5th 3rd 6th 4th 5th 8th 7th DNQ TBD 16

TBD (to be determined), DNQ (did not qualify), DNP (did not participate)

Milestones

Firsts

Multiple Medalists

Athlete Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Manzoor Hussain Atif Field hockey 1952–64 1 2 0 3
Munir Dar Field hockey 1956–64 1 2 0 3
Anwar Khan Field hockey 1956–64 1 2 0 3
Motiullah Field hockey 1956–64 1 2 0 3
Saeed Anwar Field hockey 1964–72 1 2 0 3
Muhammad Asad Malik Field hockey 1964–72 1 2 0 3
Abdul Rashid Field hockey 1968–76 1 1 1 3
Abdul Hamid Field hockey 1948–60 1 1 0 2
Habib Ali Kiddie Field hockey 1952–60 1 1 0 2
Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool Field hockey 1956–60 1 1 0 2
Noor Alam Field hockey 1956–60 1 1 0 2
Naseer Bunda Field hockey 1956–60 1 1 0 2
Zakir Hussain Field hockey 1956–68 1 1 0 2
Khwaja Zakauddin Field hockey 1960–64 1 1 0 2
Khalid Mahmood Field hockey 1964–68 1 1 0 2
Tariq Aziz Field hockey 1964–68 1 1 0 2
Tariq Niazi Field hockey 1964–68 1 1 0 2
Jahangir Butt Field hockey 1968–72 1 1 0 2
Riaz Ahmed Field hockey 1968–72 1 1 0 2
Manzoor Hussain Field hockey 1976–84 1 0 1 2
Hanif Khan Field hockey 1976–84 1 0 1 2
Shahid Ali Khan Field hockey 1984–92 1 0 1 2
Saleem Sherwani Field hockey 1972–76 0 1 1 2
Munawwar uz Zaman Field hockey 1972–76 0 1 1 2
Akhtar Rasool Field hockey 1972–76 0 1 1 2
Mudassar Asghar Field hockey 1972–76 0 1 1 2
Islahuddin Siddique Field hockey 1972–76 0 1 1 2
Shahnaz Sheikh Field hockey 1972–76 0 1 1 2
Iftikhar Ahmed Syed Field hockey 1972–76 0 1 1 2

Best Performances (Athletics)

Athlete(s) Event Games Result
Muhammad Aslam,
Abdul Aziz,
Muhammad Shariff Butt,
Muhammad Fazil 		Men's 4 x 100 metres relay 1952 Helsinki Semi-Final
Abdul Khaliq Men's 100 metres 1956 Melbourne 4th in Semi-Final heat
Abdul Khaliq Men's 200 metres 1956 Melbourne 4th in Semi-Final heat – Stands in top seven athletes
Ghulam Raziq Men's 110 metres hurdles 1956 Melbourne Semi-Final
Abdul Aziz,
Muhammad Sharif Butt,
Abdul Khaliq,
Ghulam Raziq 		Men's 4 x 100 metres relay 1956 Melbourne Semi-Final
Ghulam Raziq Men's 110 metres hurdles 1960 Rome 4th in Semi-Final heat
Abdul Malik,
Muhammad Ramzan Ali,
Ghulam Raziq,
Abdul Khaliq 		Men's 4 x 100 metres relay 1960 Rome Semi-Final
Bashir Ahmed, Mohammad Sadaqat, Mohammad Afzal, Muhammad Fayyaz Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 1988 Seoul Semi-Final
Arshad Nadeem Men's Javelin Throw 2020 Tokyo Final (5th place - 84.62m)

See also

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National sports teams of Pakistan
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