Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Pakistan at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Pakistan at the; 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PAK
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Website	nocpakistan.org
in London
Competitors	35 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Ahmed Zahur Khan
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated June 25, 2025

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.^[1]

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

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarter-final		Semi-final		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Muhammad Sharif Butt	100 m	11.23	4	Did not advance
Muhammad Sharif Butt	200 m	22.8	2 Q	?	6	Did not advance
Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan	110 metres hurdles	?	6	Did not advance
Mohsin Nazar Khan	400 metres hurdles	59.5	6	Did not advance
Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik	Shot put	?	23	Did not advance
Ahmed Zahur Khan	Shot put	?	24	Did not advance
Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik	Discus throw	36.23	26	Did not advance
Ahmed Zahur Khan	Discus throw	36.23	26	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Allan Monteiro	Bantamweight	Babu Lall (IND) L	did not advance
Sydney Greve	Featherweight	Mohamed Ammi (FRA) L	did not advance
Anwar Pasha Turki	Welterweight	Alex Obeysekere (CEY) L	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

Track

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	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

Hockey

Summary

Key:

FT – After full-time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage					Semifinal	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

Source: FIH

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		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry	400 m freestyle	6:17.4	40	did not advance
Sultan Karim Ali	400 m freestyle	7:16.9	41	did not advance
Anwar Aziz Chaudhry	1500 m freestyle	25:37.4	39	did not advance
Jaffar Ali Shah	100 metre backstroke	1:30.2	39	did not advance
Iftikhar Ahmed Shah	200 metre breaststroke	3:28.1	32	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

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		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

References

↑ "Pakistan at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

External links

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