# Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Pakistan competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 20 events in 6 sports. As many as 19 Pakistani competitors were members of the field hockey team, which reached the hockey semifinal undefeated, but their campaign ended there.

## 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
* ? = Unknown

### 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 Sharif Butt | 100 m | 11.23 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Muhammad Sharif Butt | 200 m | 22.8 | 2 Q | ? | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan | 110 metres hurdles | ? | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohsin Nazar Khan | 400 metres hurdles | 59.5 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik | Shot put | ? | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Zahur Khan | Shot put | ? | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik | Discus throw | 36.23 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Zahur Khan | Discus throw | 36.23 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 |
| Allan Monteiro | Bantamweight | Babu Lall (IND) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sydney Greve | Featherweight | Mohamed Ammi (FRA) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anwar Pasha Turki | Welterweight | Alex Obeysekere (CEY) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

Two cyclists, all men, represented Pakistan in 1948.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Wazir Ali | Individual road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Track

| 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 Naqi Mallick | Sprint | Jack Heid (USA) L 1:57.4 | Charlie Bazzano (AUS) L 2:31.0 | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance | Did not Advance |

## Hockey
### Summary

Key:
* FT – After full-time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Pakistan men's | Men's tournament | Belgium W 2–1 | Denmark W 9–0 | France W 3–1 | Netherlands W 6–1 | 1 | Great Britain L 0–2 | Netherlands D 1–1 | Netherlands L 1–4 | 4th |

### Team roster

Head coach:
| Player | DoB | Age | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| Aziz Malik | April 16, 1916 | 32 | West Punjab Police | 7 | 9 |
| Mukhtar Bhatti | October 1932 | 16 | Brothers Club | 3 | 0 |
| Hamidullah Burki | November 10, 1920 | 27 | Brothers Club | 6 | 0 |
| Ali Dara | April 1, 1915 | 33 | Aryans, Lahore | 7 | 10 |
| Milton D'Mello | | | BOAC | 1 | 0 |
| Abdul Hamid | January 7, 1927 | 21 | NWFP | 3 | 1 |
| Abdul Ghafoor Khan | 1920 | 26 | Aryans, Lahore | 4 | 0 |
| Abdul Qayyum Khan | November 1922 | 25 | Pak Independents | 1 | 0 |
| Aziz-ur Rehman | 1923 | 24 | Pak Independents | 2 | 0 |
| Niaz Khan | August 21, 1917 | 30 | Naeem Club | 6 | 0 |
| Khawaja Muhammad Taqi | 1918 | 30 | Pak Independents | 2 | 0 |
| Muhammad Khurram | March 1920 | 27 | Aryans, Lahore | 1 | 0 |
| Masood Ahmed Khan | June 1918 | 28 | Brothers Club | 6 | 1 |
| Anwar Baig | November 1924 | 22 | Frontier | 6 | 0 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 1921 | 25 | Aryans, Lahore | 6 | 1 |
| Syed Muhammad Salim | September 5, 1909 | 38 | Naeem Club, Lahore | 1 | 0 |
| Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh | October 2, 1926 | 21 | Aryans, Lahore | 6 | 0 |
| Mahmood-ul Hassan | August 10, 1924 | 23 | Burma Shell | 4 | 0 |
| Remat Ullah Sheikh | February 1921 | 27 | Septans Club, Rawalpindi | 5 | 0 |

### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | France | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |
| 5 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 | |
* 2 August 1948
| Pakistan | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Dara MA Khan | Report | H. Delaval 10' |
* 3 August 1948
| Pakistan | 9–0 | Denmark |
| Aziz 5', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Dara | Report | |
* 5 August 1948
| Pakistan | 3–1 | France |
| Malik 33' Dara 38', 53' | Report | Lacroix ?' |
* Lyons Sports Ground Umpires: Cowlishaw (GBR) and Allen (GBR)
* 7 August 1948
| Pakistan | 6–1 | Netherlands |
| Dara 3', ?', ?', ?' Hamid 3' Razzaq | Report | Kruize |

### Semifinals

* 9 August 1948
| Great Britain | 2–0 | Pakistan |
| White 55' Adlard 60' | Report | |
* Wembley Stadium Umpires: Jean Weymann (SUI) Erik Husted (DEN)

### Bronze medal match

* 12 August 1948 16:30
| Netherlands | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Pakistan |
| Kruize 37' | Report | Hamid 12' |
* Wembley Stadium Umpires: Cowlishaw (GBR) Allen (GBR)
* 13 August 1948
| Netherlands | 4–1 | Pakistan |
| Boerstra 32' Bromberg 38' Kruize Esser | Report | MA Khan 31' |
* Lyons Sports Ground Umpires: Cowlishaw (GBR) Allen (GBR)
Note: 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
### Key

* Note–Ranks given are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
* DQ = Disqualified
* DNS / F = Did not start / finish
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anwar Aziz Chaudhry | 400 m freestyle | 6:17.4 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sultan Karim Ali | 400 m freestyle | 7:16.9 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anwar Aziz Chaudhry | 1500 m freestyle | 25:37.4 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jaffar Ali Shah | 100 metre backstroke | 1:30.2 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Iftikhar Ahmed Shah | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:28.1 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anwar Aziz Chaudhry Iftikhar Ahmed Shah Jaffar Ali Shah Sultan Karim Ali | 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 12:25.8 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 Iqbal Butt | 75 kg | 92.5 | 18 | 90.0 | 23 | 122.5 | 19 | 305.0 | 22nd |
| Muhammad Naqi Butt | +82.5 kg | 97.5 | 15 | 97.5 | 15 | 125.0 | 14 | 305.0 | 15th |

## Wrestling

* 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