# Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Pakistan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 35 events in 7 sports. 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 Muhammad Bashir in the freestyle contests, making this Pakistan's most successful Olympics to date.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Pakistan men's Abdul Hamid Abdul Rashid Abdul Waheed Bashir Ahmad Ghulam Rasul Anwar Khan Khursheed Aslam Habib Ali Kiddie Manzoor Hussain Atif Munir Dar Mushtaq Ahmad Motiullah Naseer Bunda Noor Alam | Field hockey | Men's tournament | 9 September |
| Bronze | Muhammad Bashir | Wrestling | Freestyle welterweight | 6 September |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Field hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* DQ = Disqualified
* DNS / F = Did not start / finish
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
* NM = No mark

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Abdul Khaliq | 200 m | 11.2 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Iftikhar Shah | 200 m | DNF | – | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Iftikhar Shah | 100 m | DNS | – | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdul Khaliq | 100 m | 23.1 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mubarak Shah | 5000 m | 15:54.2 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdul Khaliq Abdul Malik Ghulam Raziq Muhammad Ramzan Ali | 4 × 100 metres relay | 42.67 | 3 | N/A | N/A | 42.99 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ghulam Raziq | 110 metres hurdles | 14.6 Q | 3 | 14.4 Q | 3 | 14.3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdul Malik | 110 metres hurdles | 15.4 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muhammad Yaqub | 400 metres hurdles | N/A | N/A | 52.8 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mubarak Shah | 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:20.0 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
* ↑ Retired.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarter-final | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Muhammad Ramzan Ali | Long jump | NM | – | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Iftikhar Shah | Long jump | DNS | – | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muhammad Khan | Triple jump | 14.43 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Allah Ditta | Pole vault | 4.00 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Haider Khan | Shot put | 13.53 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muhammad Iqbal | Hammer throw | 60.86 | 11 Q | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 61.79 | 12 |
| Haider Khan | Discus throw | 46.57 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muhammad Nawaz | Javelin throw | 70.05 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
* ↑ Failed to record a jump.

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Muhammad Nasir | Bantamweight | Sadegh Ali Akbarzadeh Khoi (IRI) W 4–1 | Thein Myint (BIR) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ghulam Sarwar | Lightweight | Adalberto Hernández (MEX) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ghulam Sarwar | Middleweight | Tadeusz Walasek (POL) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Muhammad Safdar | Middleweight | Bye | Giulio Saraudi (ITA) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling
### Track
#### Sprint, tandem and pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Muhammad Ashiq | Sprint | André Gruchet (FRA) L 11.6 | Luis Muciño (MEX) L 12.8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdul Razzaq Baloch | Sprint | Kurt Rechsteiner (SUI) L 11.7 | Herbert Francis (USA) L 12.1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muhammad Ashiq Abdul Razzaq Baloch | Tandem | Roland Surrugue (FRA) Michel Scob (FRA) L 11.0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Muhammad Ashiq | Time trial | 1:20.17 | 25 |

## Hockey
### Summary

Key:
* FT – After full-time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Pakistan men's | Men's tournament | Australia W 3–0 | Poland W 8–0 | Japan W 10–0 | 1 | Germany W 2–1 | Spain W 1–0 | India W 1–0 | |

### Team roster

Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| FB | Manzoor Hussain Atif | September 4, 1928 | 31 | 5 | 1 |
| | Ghulam Rasool | May 1, 1931 | 29 | 6 | 0 |
| | Anwar Khan | September 24, 1933 | 26 | 6 | 1 |
| RW | Noor Alam | December 5, 1925 | 30 | 6 | 2 |
| | Abdul Hamid | January 7, 1927 | 33 | 6 | 8 |
| | Habib Ali Kiddie | December 7, 1929 | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| | Naseer Bunda | May 15, 1932 | 28 | 6 | 7 |
| | Motiullah | January 31, 1938 | 22 | 6 | 1 |
| | Abdul Rashid | June 1, 1922 | 38 | 6 | 0 |
| | Bashir Ahmed | December 23, 1934 | 25 | 6 | 0 |
| | Abdul Waheed | November 30, 1936 | 23 | 6 | 4 |
| | Mushtaq Ahmad | August 28, 1932 | 27 | 2 | 1 |
| | Khursheed Aslam | April 6, 1936 | 24 | 1 | 0 |

### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | 9–12th place classification |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | 13–16th place classification |
* 1 2 Australia and Poland finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool, which Australia won 2–0.
* 26 August 1960 10:00
| Pakistan | 3–0 | Australia |
| H. Abdul 48' Noor 53' Mushtaq 56' | | |
* Stadio dei Marmi, Rome Umpires: Van Ballgoijen de Jong (NED) Elgershuizen (NED)
* 29 August 1960 16:30
| Pakistan | 8–0 | Poland |
| H. Abdul 6', 24', 55' Noor 18' Mutti 22' W. Abdul 45', 69' Nasir 60' | | |
* Stadio dei Marmi, Rome Umpires: Whitelaw (GBR) McIldowie (RSA)
* 1 September 1960 10:00
| Pakistan | 10–0 | Japan |
| W. Abdul 21', 30' H. Abdul 24', 37', 50', 51' Nasir 33', 45', 60' Khan 59' | | |
* Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: H. Singh (IND) Burgess (GBR)

### Quarter-finals

* 5 September 1960 14:30
| Pakistan | 2–1 | United Team of Germany |
| Naseer 22', 62' | | Delmes 52' |
* Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: Asselman (BEL) de Bourguignon (BEL)

### Semi-finals

* 7 September 1960 10:00
| Pakistan | 1–0 | Spain |
| Manzoor 12' | | |
* Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: MacDowell (AUS) Massart (BEL)

### Gold medal match

* 9 September 1960 15:30
| Pakistan | 1–0 | India |
| Bunda 6' | | |
* Olympic Velodrome, Rome Umpires: MacDowell (AUS) Massart (BEL)

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Muhammad Iqbal | 25 m rapid fire pistol | N/A | N/A | 501 | 55 |
| Zafar Ahmed Muhammad | 50 m pistol | 289 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdul Aziz Wains | 300 m free rifle, three positions | 487 | 19 Q | DNS | DNS |
| Saifi Chaudhry | 50 m rifle three positions | 506 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Saifi Chaudhry | 50 m rifle prone | 373 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Press | Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Muhammad Azam | 56 kg | AC | AC | 82.5 | 18 | 100.0 | – | 217.5 | AC |
| Abdul Ghani Butt | 67.5 kg | AC | AC | 92.5 | 25 | 125.0 | 20 | 217.5 | AC |

## Wrestling

Key:
* VFA – Victory by fall.
* VIN – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* VPO – Decision by points.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 6 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Points | Opposition Result | Points | Opposition Result | Points | Opposition Result | Points | Opposition Result | Points | Opposition Result | Points | Points | Rank |
| Din Nawab | Flyweight | Seán O'Connor (IRL) W$^{VFA}$ | =1 | Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov (BUL) W$^{VPO}$ | =4 | Masayuki Matsubara (JPN) L $^{VFA}$ | 9 | Ahmet Bilek (TUR) L $^{VFA}$ | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Muhammad Siraj-Din | Bantamweight | Walter Pilling (GBR) W$^{VFA}$ | =1 | Tauno Jaskari (FIN) L$^{VPO}$ | =7 | Mykhailo Shakhov (URS) L $^{VPO}$ | =10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Muhammad Akhtar | Featherweight | Mohammad Ibrahim Kederi (AFG) W$^{VFA}$ | =1 | Tamiji Sato (JPN) L$^{VPO}$ | =6 | Jan Żurawski (POL) W $^{VPO}$ | =7 | Vladimer Rubashvili (URS) W $^{VPO}$ | 6 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR) W $^{VPO}$ | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Muhammad Siraj-Din | Lightweight | Moustafa Tajiki (IRN) L$^{VFA}$ | =22 | Nick Stamulus (AUS) W$^{VPO}$ | =15 | Roger Bielle (FRA) W $^{VPO}$ | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Muhammad Bashir | Welterweight | Peter Amey (GBR) W$^{VFA}$ | 0 | Juan Rolón (ARG) W$^{VPO}$ | 1 | Emam Ali Habibi (IRN) L $^{VPO}$ | 3 | Karl Bruggmann (SUI) W $^{VFA}$ | 0 | Gaetano De Vescovi (ITA) W $^{VPO}$ | 1 | İsmail Ogan (TUR) L $^{VPO}$ Doug Blubaugh (USA) L $^{VFA}$ | 7 | 12 | |
| Faiz Muhammad | Middleweight | Takashi Nagai (JPN) L$^{VPO}$ | 3 | Mohammad Asif Khokan (AFG) W $^{VPO}$ | 1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muhammad Nazir | Heavyweight | Lyutvi Akhmedov (BUL) L$^{VFA}$ | 4 | Nizam-ud-din Subhani (AFG) W$^{VPO}$ | 1 | Hamit Kaplan (TUR) L $^{VFA}$ | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |