List of flag bearers for Pakistan at the Olympics
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Event year
Season
Flag bearer
Sport

19

2016

Summer

Shah Hussain Shah

Judo

18
2014
Winter
Muhammad Abbas
Alpine skiing

17
2012
Summer
Sohail Abbas
Field hockey

16
2010
Winter
Muhammad Abbas
Alpine skiing

15
2008
Summer
Zeeshan Ashraf
Field hockey

14
2004
Summer
Muhammad Nadeem
Field hockey

13
2000
Summer
Ahmed Alam
Field hockey

12
1996
Summer
Mansoor Ahmed
Field hockey

11
1992
Summer
Shahbaz Ahmed
Field hockey

10
1988
Summer
Nasir Ali
Field hockey

9
1984
Summer
Manzoor Hussain
Field hockey

8
1976
Summer
Abdul Rashid Jr
Field hockey

7
1972
Summer
Mohammad Asad Malik
Field hockey

6
1968
Summer
Tariq Aziz
Field hockey

5
1964
Summer
Manzoor Hussain Atif
Field hockey

4
1960
Summer
Muhammad Iqbal
Athletics

3
1956
Summer
Abdul Hamid
Field hockey

2
1952
Summer
Niaz Khan
Field hockey

1
1948
Summer
Ahmed Zahur Khan
Athletics

Drawing on the tabular data as well as the article excerpts provided at the end.

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The 2016 Summer Olympics ( Portuguese : Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 ) , [ a ] officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( Portuguese : Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada ) and commonly known as Rio 2016 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August . These were the first Olympic Games ever to be held in South America and the fourth to be held in a developing country , after the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico , the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union , and the 2008 Summer Olympics in China . More than 11,000 athletes from 205 National Olympic Committees took part , including first time entrants Kosovo , South Sudan , and the Refugee Olympic Team . With 306 sets of medals , the games featured 28 Olympic sports , including rugby sevens and golf , which were added to the Olympic program in 2009 . These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo , Belo Horizonte , Salvador , Brasília , and Manaus . These were the first Summer Olympic Games to take place under the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) presidency of Thomas Bach . The host city Rio de Janeiro was announced at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen , Denmark , on 2 October 2009 . Rio became the first South American city ever to host the Olympic Games . These were the first games to be held in a Portuguese-speaking country , the first summer edition to be held entirely in the host country 's winter season , the first since 1968 to be held in Latin America , and the first since 2000 to be held in the Southern Hemisphere . The United States topped the medal table , winning the most gold and overall medals , 46 and 121 , as well as its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold medal overall . Great Britain finished second and became only the second country in modern Olympic history to increase its tally of medals in the Olympiad immediately after it had been host nation . China finished third .
Shah Hussain Shah ( 8 June 1993 , London ) is a Pakistani judoka . Shah competes in the men 's -100 kg division . As of July 2014 , he is based in Japan . Shah Hussain received honour to bear Pakistan flag at Rio Olympics . Shah will represent Pakistan in 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia .
Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 12 August at the Carioca Arena 2 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca . Around 386 judoka competed in 14 events ( seven each for both men and women ) .
The 2014 Winter Olympics , officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) ( Russian : XXII Олимпийские зимние игры , tr . XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry ) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 , was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi , Krasnodar Krai , Russia , with opening rounds in certain events held on the eve of the opening ceremony , 6 February 2014 . Both the Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics were organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee ( SOOC ) . Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007 , during the 119th IOC Session held in Guatemala City . It was the first Olympics to be held in a CIS state since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 . The Soviet Union was previously the host nation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . These were the first Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) presidency of Thomas Bach . A record 98 events in fifteen winter sport disciplines were held during the Games . A number of new competitions - a total of twelve accounting for gender - were held during the Games , including biathlon mixed relay , women 's ski jumping , mixed-team figure skating , mixed-team luge , half-pipe skiing , ski and snowboard slopestyle , and snowboard parallel slalom . The events were held around two clusters of new venues : an Olympic Park constructed in Sochi 's Imeretinsky Valley on the coast of the Black Sea , with Fisht Olympic Stadium , and the Games ' indoor venues located within walking distance , and snow events in the resort settlement of Krasnaya Polyana . The 2014 Winter Olympics were the most expensive Games in the history of the Olympics . While originally budgeted at US $ 12 billion , major cost overruns , caused this figure to expand to US $ 51 billion , more than three times the cost of the 2012 London Olympics and even surpassing the estimated $ 44 billion cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .
Muhammad Abbas ( Urdu : محمد عباس ) , ( born February 16 , 1986 ) is a Pakistani alpine skier who was his nation 's first competitor at the Winter Olympic Games , in 2010 . Muhammad Abbas was not expected to win any medal , but he outraced some of the other debuting skiers . A group said to be particularly interested were Pakistani Canadians . Abbas was raised in a small village in Northern Pakistan , and his first pair of skis were carved out of wood by his father . He was discovered at age 8 by a Pakistani Air Force officer ( Group Captain ( R ) Zahid Farooq ) who remains his coach . Abbas works for the Air Force , his assignment being to ski .
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Russia from 9-22 February at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana , east of Sochi .
The 2012 Summer Olympics , formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London , United Kingdom . The first event , the group stage in women 's football , began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff , followed by the opening ceremony on 27 July . 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) participated . Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe and then-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone , London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore , defeating bids from Moscow , New York City , Madrid , and Paris . London became the first city to host the modern Olympics three times , having previously hosted the Summer Games in 1908 and in 1948 . Construction for the Games involved considerable redevelopment , with an emphasis on sustainability . The main focus was a new 200-hectare ( 490-acre ) Olympic Park , constructed on a former industrial site at Stratford , East London . The Games also made use of venues that already existed before the bid . The Games received general praise for their organisation , with the volunteers , the British military and public enthusiasm praised particularly highly . The opening ceremony , directed by Danny Boyle , received widespread acclaim throughout the world , particular praise from the British public and a minority of widely ranging criticisms from some social media sites . During the Games , Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time , winning his 22nd medal . Saudi Arabia , Qatar , and Brunei entered female athletes for the first time , so that every currently eligible country has sent a female competitor to at least one Olympic Games .
Sohail Abbas , ( born 9 June 1975 ) is a former captain of the Pakistan Hockey Team . He is the highest goal scorer in International field hockey with 348 International goals and widely regarded as one of the best penalty corner specialists of all time .
Field hockey at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 29 July to 11 August at the Riverbank Arena within the Olympic Park . On 13 November 2010 the International Hockey Federation ( FIH ) decided to allocate 12 teams for each men and women events respectively . Germany won the men 's tournament for the fourth time , and the women 's tournament was won by the Netherlands - their third Olympic women 's hockey title .
The 2010 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) and commonly known as Vancouver 2010 , informally the 21st Winter Olympics , was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond , West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands , and in the nearby resort town of Whistler . Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines . Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee ( VANOC ) , headed by John Furlong . The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada and the first by the province of British Columbia . Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Quebec , and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta . Metro Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area to host the Winter Olympics , although Calgary is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics . They will both be surpassed by Beijing in 2022 . Following Olympic tradition , the incumbent mayor of Vancouver Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy . The flag was raised on February 28 , 2006 , in a special ceremony and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony . The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean , who was accompanied by the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge . For the first time , Canada won gold in an official sport at an Olympic Games hosted at home , having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary ( although Canada won the woman 's curling event in Calgary when it was still only a demonstration sport ) . Canada clinched their first gold medal on the second day of the competition and first topped the gold medal tally on the second to last day of competition and went on to become the first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count .
Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Canada at Whistler Creekside in Whistler , British Columbia , north of Vancouver . The ten events were scheduled for February 13-27 ; weather delayed the first event , the men 's downhill , two days until Monday , February 15 .
The 2008 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad ( Chinese : 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会 ; pinyin : Dì Èrshíjiǔ Jiè Xiàjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì ) and commonly known as Beijing 2008 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing , China . [ b ] A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) competed in 28 sports and 302 events ( one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics ) . This was the first time that China had hosted the Summer Olympics , but the third time that the Games had been held in East Asia , following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo , Japan , and the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics . These were the second summer Olympic Games staged in a Communist country , after the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics and the third in a developing country after the Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union and the first overall Olympics to be hosted by a Communist state since the former Yugoslavia hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001 , having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) after two rounds of voting . The Government of the People 's Republic of China promoted the Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transport systems . A total of 37 venues were used to host the events , including twelve constructed specifically for the 2008 Olympics . The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong , making this the third Olympics for which the events were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs . [ c ] The sailing events were contested in Qingdao , while the football events took place across several different cities . The official logo for the 2008 Games , titled Dancing Beijing , featured a stylised calligraphic character jīng ( 京 , means capital ) in reference to the host city . The Beijing Olympics was watched by 3,500,000,000 people worldwide and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay . The event sets numerous world and Olympics records in the history of sports , and is also the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time and second-most expensive overall , after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .
Zeeshan Ashraf Qasmi ( born 28 February 1977 in Quetta , Pakistan ) is a field hockey player . He plays full back . He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2001 , and competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games .
Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held over a fourteen-day period beginning on 10 August , and culminating with the medal finals on 22 and 23 August . All games were played at the hockey field constructed on the Olympic Green .
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( Greek : Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004 , Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 2004 ) , officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 2004 , was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens , Greece , from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home . The Games saw 10,625 athletes compete , some 600 more than expected , accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries . There were 301 medal events in 28 different sports . Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance . 2004 also marked the return of the Olympic Games to the city where they began . Having previously hosted the Olympics in 1896 , Athens became one of only four cities to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games on two separate occasions at the time ( together with Paris , London , and Los Angeles ) . A new medal obverse was introduced at these Games , replacing the design by Giuseppe Cassioli that had been used since the 1928 Games . This rectified the long lasting mistake of using a depiction of the Roman Colosseum rather than a Greek venue . The new design features the Panathenaic Stadium . The 2004 Summer Games were hailed as unforgettable , dream games by IOC President Jacques Rogge , and left Athens with a significantly improved infrastructure , including a new airport , ring road , and subway system . There have been arguments ( mostly in popular media ) regarding the cost of the 2004 Athens Summer Games and their possible contribution to the 2010-2018 Greek government-debt crisis , however , there is little or no evidence for such a correlation . The 2004 Olympics were generally deemed to be a success , with the rising standard of competition amongst nations across the world .
Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed ( also Muhammad Nadeem , Urdu : محمد ندیم احمد ; born 5 March 1972 in Gojra , Punjab ) is a retired Pakistani field hockey player . He represented Pakistan in two editions of the Olympic Games ( 2000 and 2004 ) , and has served as a full-fledged member and single-time captain of the national field hockey team throughout his sporting career . Nadeem made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , where he and the Pakistanis missed a chance to claim a bronze medal against the Aussies in the men 's field hockey tournament with an official score of 3-6 . At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Nadeem qualified for the second time as a member of the Pakistani squad in the men 's field hockey after receiving a wild card invitation from the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Madrid , Spain . Narrowly missing out a slot for the semifinals by two points , Nadeem helped the Pakistanis scored a goal of 4-2 to defeat the notorious New Zealand team in the fifth place classification match . Serving as the team captain in field hockey , Nadeem was also appointed by the Pakistan Olympic Association to carry the Pakistani flag in the opening ceremony . Shortly after his second Olympics , Nadeem announced his official retirement from international hockey after intense pressures escalated him from the team 's fifth-place finish at the concluded Games .
Field Hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Hockey Centre located within the Helliniko Olympic Complex . The competitions for both men and women was split into two groups with the top two teams after the preliminary rounds progressing through to the semi-finals .
The 2000 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium , was an international multi-sport event held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . It was the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia , and also the Southern Hemisphere , the first being in Melbourne , Victoria , in 1956 .
Ahmed Alam ( born 16 February 1972 in Karachi ) was a field hockey player and Former Hockey captain & Goalkeeper of Pakistan National Hockey Team , and captain of the Pakistan Hockey team in the 2000 Summer Olympics .
Field Hockey at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre .
The 1996 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad , commonly known as Atlanta 1996 , and also referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event that was held from July 19 to August 4 , 1996 , in Atlanta , Georgia , U.S . These Games , which were the fourth Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States , marked the centennial of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens - the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games . They were also the first since 1924 to be held in a different year from a Winter Olympics , under a new IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating , even-numbered years . More than 10,000 athletes from 197 National Olympic Committees competed in 26 sports , including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball , mountain biking , and softball , as well as the new disciplines of lightweight rowing and women 's football ( soccer ) . 24 countries made their Summer Olympic debut in Atlanta , including eleven former Soviet republics participating for the first time as independent nations . The hosting United States led the medal count with a total of 101 medals , and the most gold ( 44 ) and silver ( 32 ) medals out of all countries . The U.S. topped the medal count for the first time since 1984 , and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics . Notable performances during competition included those of Andre Agassi - who became the first men 's singles tennis player to combine a career Grand Slam with an Olympic gold medal , Donovan Bailey - who set a new world record of 9.84 for the men 's 100 meters , and Lilia Podkopayeva - who became the second gymnast to win an individual event gold after winning the all-round title in the same Olympics . The festivities were marred by violence on July 27 , when Eric Rudolph detonated pipe bombs at Centennial Olympic Park - a downtown park that was built to serve as a public focal point for the Games ' festivities , killing 1 and injuring 111 . In 2003 , Rudolph confessed to the bombing and a series of related attacks on abortion centers and a gay bar , and was sentenced to life in prison . He claimed that the bombing was meant to protest the U.S. government 's sanctioning of abortion on demand . The Games turned a profit , helped by record revenue from sponsorship deals and broadcast rights , and reliance on private funding ( as opposed to the extensive public funding used on later Olympics ) , among other factors .
Mansoor Ahmed ( 7 January 1968 - 12 May 2018 ) was a Pakistani field hockey player . He represented Pakistan national hockey team in 338 matches between 1986-2000 .
The Olympic field hockey tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , United States , was held in Herndon Stadium and Panther Stadium from July 20 to August 2 , 1996 .
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( Spanish : Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992 , Catalan : Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992 ) , officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Barcelona , Spain from 25 July to 9 August 1992 . Beginning in 1994 , the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the Summer and Winter Olympics in alternating even-numbered years . The 1992 Summer Olympics was the last occasion for the Summer and Winter Olympics to be staged in the same year . This Olympiad was the first since the end of the Cold War , and was unaffected by boycotts for the first time since the 1972 Olympiad . The Unified Team topped the medal table , winning 45 gold and 112 overall medals .
Shahbaz Ahmad ( Urdu : شہباز احمد ) ( born September 1 , 1968 ) is a former field hockey player from Pakistan who is also known by his nickname as Shahbaz Ahmed Senior . He is also known as the Maradona of hockey for his outstanding stick work .
The Olympic field hockey tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Spain , was held in Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa from 26 July to 8 August 1992 .
The 1988 Summer Olympics ( Korean : 서울 하계 올림픽 ; RR : Seoul Hagye Ollimpik [ sʌ.ul ɦaɡje olːimpʰik ] ) , officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event celebrated from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul , South Korea . In the Seoul Games , 159 nations were represented by a total of 8,391 athletes : 6,197 men and 2,194 women . 237 events were held and 27,221 volunteers helped to prepare the Olympics . 11,331 media ( 4,978 written press and 6,353 broadcasters ) showed the Games all over the world . These were the last Olympic Games for the Soviet Union and East Germany , as both ceased to exist before the next Olympic Games . The Soviets utterly dominated the medal table , winning 55 gold and 132 total medals . No country came close to this result after 1988 . The games were boycotted by North Korea and its ally , Cuba . Ethiopia , Albania and the Seychelles did not respond to the invitations sent by the IOC . Nicaragua did not participate due to athletic and financial considerations . The participation of Madagascar had been expected , and their team was expected at the opening ceremony of 160 nations . However , the country withdrew because of financial reasons .
Nasir Ali ( born January 1 , 1959 in Sialkot ) is a Pakistani field hockey player . He played at fullback position . He was a player in the National hockey team from 1981 to 1988 . He was captain of the Pakistan Hockey Team which finished 5th in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul , after being a member of the Gold Medal-winning team at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles . He was capped 150 times and scored 19 goals .
Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul took place from 18 September to 1 October 1988 at the Seongnam Stadium in Seongnam . Twenty teams ( twelve for men and eight for women ) competed in the tournament .
The 1984 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 28 to August 12 , 1984 , in Los Angeles , California , United States ( and other venues around the United States ) . This was the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games , the first being in 1932 . California was the home state of then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan , who officially opened the Games . The logo for the 1984 Games , branded Stars in Motion , featured red , white and blue stars arranged horizontally and struck through with alternating streaks . The official mascot of the Games was Sam the Olympic Eagle . These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch . The 1984 Games were boycotted by a total of fourteen Eastern Bloc countries , including the Soviet Union and East Germany , in response to the American-led boycott of the previous 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ; Romania was the only Eastern Bloc nation that opted to attend the Games . Iran and Libya also chose to boycott the Games for unrelated reasons . Despite the field being depleted in certain sports due to the boycott , 140 National Olympic Committees took part , which was a record at the time . The United States won the most gold and overall medals , followed by Romania and West Germany . The 1984 Summer Olympics are widely considered to be the most financially successful modern Olympics and served as an example of how to run the model Olympic Games . As a result of low construction costs , coupled with a reliance on private corporate funding , the 1984 Olympic Games generated a profit of more than $ 250 million .
Manzoor Hussain Junior Golden Player ( born 28 October 1958 in Sialkot , Pakistan ) is a hockey player from Pakistan . A forward , Manzoor Hussain played between 1975 and 1984 , he was capped 175 times with 86 goals . He won Bronze in the 1976 Olympics and was Captain of Pakistan team that won Gold at the 1984 Olympics . Manzoor was also the member of Pakistan team that won World cup in 1978 and 1982 . He was known for his exceptional stick work , and one of its remarkable display was in 1982 World cup final where he scored the goal by dodging six German defenders . Manzoor Hussain and his two brothers , Maqsood Hussain and Mahmood Hussain represented Pakistan in 1984 Champions Trophy in Karachi in a match and made world record .
Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 29 July to 11 August 1984 at the Weingart Stadium , in Monterey Park .
The 1976 Summer Olympics , officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad ( French : Les XXIes olympiques d'été ) , was an international multi-sport event in Montreal , Quebec , Canada , in 1976 , and the first Olympic Games held in Canada . Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12 , 1970 , at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam , over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles . It was the first and , so far , only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada . Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010 , respectively . Twenty-nine countries , mostly African , boycotted the Montreal Games when the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) refused to ban New Zealand , after the New Zealand national rugby union team had toured South Africa earlier in 1976 in defiance of the United Nations ' calls for a sporting embargo . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals .
Abdul Rashid ( born 3 March 1947 ) is a Pakistani field hockey player . He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics , the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics . He was part of the gold , silver and bronze winning teams at those Olympics .
The Field Hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics , which was held in the Molson Stadium at the McGill University , on an artificial surface for the first time . Only a men 's competition occurred .
The 1972 Summer Olympics ( German : Olympische Sommerspiele 1972 ) , officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Munich , West Germany , from 26 August to 11 September 1972 . The sporting nature of the event was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week , in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at Olympic village were killed by Black September terrorists . The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany , after the 1936 Games in Berlin , which had taken place under the Nazi regime . The West German Government had been eager to have the Munich Olympics present a democratic and optimistic Germany to the world , as shown by the Games ' official motto , Die Heiteren Spiele , or the cheerful Games . The logo of the Games was a blue solar logo ( the Bright Sun ) by Otl Aicher , the designer and director of the visual conception commission . The Olympic mascot , the dachshund Waldi , was the first officially named Olympic mascot . The Olympic Fanfare was composed by Herbert Rehbein . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals . The Olympic Park ( Olympiapark ) is based on Frei Otto 's plans and after the Games became a Munich landmark . The competition sites , designed by architect Günther Behnisch , included the Olympic swimming hall , the Olympics Hall ( Olympiahalle , a multipurpose facility ) and the Olympic Stadium ( Olympiastadion ) , and an Olympic village very close to the park . The design of the stadium was considered revolutionary , with sweeping canopies of acrylic glass stabilized by metal ropes , used on such a large scale for the first time .
Muhammad Asad Malik ( born October 30 , 1941 ) is a Pakistani field hockey player . He won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics , a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , and a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .
The field hockey tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the 12th edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics . The West German victory was the first title by a European nation since 1920 but was marred by the behavior of Pakistani players , fans , and officials after losing the final . At the final whistle , Pakistani fans and officials invaded the pitch before assaulting West German police and stadium security , storming the tournament officials table and pouring a bucket of water over International Hockey Federation president Rene Frank , while the players destroyed their locker room and refused to wear their silver medals or face the West German flag as it was raised at the medal ceremony . The eleven Pakistani players were banned for life from their national team , but after a high-level apology , the ban was reduced to two years , and eight of them played at the 1976 Olympics .
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( Spanish : Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968 ) , officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City , Mexico , from October 12 to the 27th . These were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America and the first to be staged in a Spanish-speaking country . They were the first Games to use an all-weather ( smooth ) track for track and field events instead of the traditional cinder track . The 1968 Games were the third to be held in the last quarter of the year , after the 1956 Games in Melbourne and the 1964 Games in Tokyo . The Mexican Student Movement of 1968 happened concurrently and the Olympic Games were correlated to the government 's repression . The United States won the most gold and overall medals for the last time until 1984 .
Dr. Tariq Aziz ( Urdu : طارق عزیز born 5 February 1938 ) is a Pakistani former field hockey player . He won a Gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , and a Silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo . Aziz was born in Amritsar , British India .
The men 's field hockey tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the 11th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics . It took place over a fourteen-day period beginning on 13 October , and culminated with the medal finals on 26 October . All games were played at the Municipal Stadium in Mexico City , Mexico . Pakistan won the gold medal for the second time after defeating Australia 2-1 in the final . Defending champions India won the bronze medal by defeating the West Germany 2-1 .
The 1964 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad ( Japanese : 第十八回オリンピック競技大会 , Hepburn : Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai ) , was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo , Japan , from 10 to 24 October 1964 . Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics , but this honour was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan 's invasion of China , before ultimately being cancelled because of World War II . The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia , and the first time South Africa was barred from taking part due to its apartheid system in sports . ( South Africa was , however , allowed to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics , also held in Tokyo , where it made its Paralympic Games debut . ) Tokyo was chosen as the host city during the 55th IOC Session in West Germany , on 26 May 1959 . These games were also the first to be telecast internationally without the need for tapes to be flown overseas , as they had been for the 1960 Olympics four years earlier . The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3 , the first geostationary communication satellite , and from there to Europe using Relay 1 . These were also the first Olympic Games to have color telecasts , albeit partially . Certain events like the sumo wrestling and judo matches , sports huge in Japan , were tried out using Toshiba 's new colour transmission system , but only for the domestic market . History surrounding the 1964 Olympics was chronicled in the 1965 documentary film Tokyo Olympiad , directed by Kon Ichikawa . The games were scheduled for mid-October to avoid the city 's midsummer heat and humidity and the September typhoon season . The previous Olympics in Rome in 1960 started in late August and experienced hot weather .
Brigadier ( R ) Manzoor Hussain Atif ( 4 September 1928 - 8 December 2008 ) was a former secretary of Pakistan Hockey Federation and an Olympian in the game of field hockey .
Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 11 to 23 October at the Komazawa Hockey Field . 15 teams played in the field hockey competition .
The 1960 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( Italian : Giochi della XVII Olimpiade ) , was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11 , 1960 , in Rome , Italy . The city of Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics , but following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 , Rome had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to London . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals .
Muhammad Iqbal ( KB ) ( /ˈɪkbɑːl/ ; Urdu : محمد اِقبال ; 9 November 1877 - 21 April 1938 ) , widely known as Allama Iqbal , was a poet , philosopher and politician , as well as an academic , barrister and scholar in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement . He is called the Spiritual Father of Pakistan . He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature , with literary work in both Urdu and Persian . Iqbal is admired as a prominent poet by Indians , Pakistanis , Iranians , Bangladeshis and other international scholars of literature . Though Iqbal is best known as an eminent poet , he is also a highly acclaimed Muslim philosophical thinker of modern times . His first poetry book , The Secrets of the Self , appeared in the Persian language in 1915 , and other books of poetry include The Secrets of Selflessness , Message from the East and Persian Psalms . Amongst these , his best known Urdu works are The Call of the Marching Bell , Gabriel 's Wing , The Rod of Moses and a part of Gift from Hijaz . Along with his Urdu and Persian poetry , his Urdu and English lectures and letters have been very influential in cultural , social , religious and political discourses . In 1922 New Years Honours , he was made a Knight Bachelor by King George V , While studying law and philosophy in England , Iqbal became a member of the London branch of the All-India Muslim League . Later , during the League 's December 1930 session , he delivered his most famous presidential speech known as the Allahabad Address in which he pushed for the creation of a Muslim state in north-west India . In much of South Asia and the Urdu-speaking world , Iqbal is regarded as the Shair-e-Mashriq ( Urdu : شاعر مشرق , Poet of the East ) . He is also called Mufakkir-e-Pakistan ( Urdu : مفکر پاکستان , The Thinker of Pakistan ) , Musawwar-e-Pakistan ( Urdu : مصور پاکستان , Artist of Pakistan ) and Hakeem-ul-Ummat ( Urdu : حکیم الامت , The Sage of the Ummah ) .
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , 34 events in athletics were contested , 24 by men and 10 by women . There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 73 countries .
The 1956 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event that was held in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia from 22 November to 8 December 1956 , with the exception of the equestrian events , which were held in Stockholm , Sweden in June 1956 . These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania , as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America . Melbourne is the most southerly city ever to host the Olympics . Due to the Southern Hemisphere 's seasons being different from those in the Northern Hemisphere , the 1956 Games did not take place at the usual time of year , because of the need to hold the events during the warmer weather of the host 's spring/summer ( which corresponds to the Northern Hemisphere 's autumn/winter ) . The Olympic equestrian events could not be held in Melbourne due to Australia 's strict quarantine regulations , so they were held in Stockholm five months earlier . This was the second time that the Olympics were not held entirely in one country , the first being the 1920 Summer Olympics , which were held in Antwerp , Belgium , with some events taking place in Ostend , Belgium and Amsterdam , Netherlands . Despite uncertainties and various complications encountered during the preparations , the 1956 Games went ahead in Melbourne as planned and turned out to be a success . The enduring tradition of national teams parading as one during the closing ceremony was started at these Olympics . Several teams boycotted the Games in protest of the IOC 's rejection to suspend the USSR after their invasion of Hungary . The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals .
Abdul Hamid Hamidi ( 7 January 1927 - 12 July 2019 ) was a field hockey player from Pakistan . He was born in Bannu . He won silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics and gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics . After his retirement from professional competition , he managed the national team on several occasions , including during the 1966 and 1970 Asian Games . He also served as the secretary general of the Pakistan Hockey Federation . As of 2017 , he lived in Islamabad . He died in 2019 , at the age of 92 .
The field hockey tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was contested from November 23 to December 6 , with twelve participating teams . Only men competed in field hockey at these Games . India won the gold medal for the sixth successive Games , not allowing a single goal against in the entire tournament . Pakistan won the silver medal , and Germany won the bronze .
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( Finnish : Kesäolympialaiset 1952 ; Swedish : Olympiska sommarspelen 1952 ) , officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad , were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki , Finland , from July 19 to August 3 , 1952 . Helsinki had been earlier selected to host the 1940 Summer Olympics , which were cancelled due to World War II . It is the northernmost city at which a summer Olympic Games have been held . These were the first games to be held in a non-Indo-European language speaking country . It was also the Olympic Games at which the most number of world records were broken until it was surpassed by the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . The Soviet Union , the People 's Republic of China , Hong Kong , Indonesia , Israel , Thailand , and Saarland made their Olympic debuts in Helsinki 1952 . The United States won the most gold and overall medals .
Niaz Khan ( 21 August 1917 - 19 October 2001 ) was a Pakistani field hockey player . He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics .
The men 's field hockey tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was the seventh edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics .
The 1948 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event which was held in London , United Kingdom from 29 July to 14 August 1948 . After a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II ; these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin . The 1940 Olympic Games had been scheduled for Tokyo , and then for Helsinki ; the 1944 Olympic Games had been provisionally planned for London . This was the second occasion that London had hosted the Olympic Games , having previously hosted them in 1908 , forty years earlier . The Olympics would again return to London 64 years later in 2012 , making London the first city to have hosted the games three times , and the only such city until Paris and Los Angeles host their third games in 2024 and 2028 , respectively . The 1948 Olympic Games were the first of two summer Olympic Games held under the IOC presidency of Sigfrid Edström . The event came to be known as the Austerity Games , because of the difficult economic climate and rationing imposed in the aftermath of World War II . No new venues were built for the games ( with events taking place mainly at Empire Stadium and the Empire Pool at Wembley Park ) , and athletes were housed in existing accommodation at the Wembley area instead of an Olympic Village , as were the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and the subsequent 1952 Games in Helsinki . A record 59 nations were represented by 4,104 athletes , 3,714 men and 390 women , in 19 sport disciplines . Germany and Japan were not invited to participate in the games ; the Soviet Union was invited but chose not to send any athletes , sending observers instead to prepare for the 1952 Olympics . One of the star performers at the Games was Dutch sprinter Fanny Blankers-Koen . Dubbed The Flying Housewife , the thirty-year-old mother of two won four gold medals in athletics .
Ahmed Zahur Khan ( born 1918 ) was a Pakistani shot putter and discus thrower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics .
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London , 33 athletics events were contested , 24 for men and 9 for women . Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games : women 's 200 metres , women 's long jump and women 's shot put . There were a total number of 745 participating athletes from 53 countries .