Muhammad Sadiq (sprinter)

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Muhammad Sadiq
Personal information
NationalityPakistani
Born (1938-09-29) 29 September 1938 (age 87)
Sport
SportSprinting
Event
400 metres

Muhammad Sadiq (born 29 September 1938) is a Pakistani sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1]

Sadiq won the gold medal in the 400 m at the 1963 Pakistani Athletics Championships, running 49.0 seconds. He then won the silver medal at the 1964 edition before following that up with a bronze at the 1965 Championships. [2]

In the 1964 Olympic 400 m, Sadiq placed 6th in his heat, running 47.3 to advance to the quarter-finals. He only ran 48.0 in his next race and did not advance to the semi-finals. [3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Muhammad Sadiq Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. "National Athletics Championship Results". Athletics Federation of Pakistan. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. Muhammad Sadiq at Olympedia OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg