Pakistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics Last updated March 08, 2025
Sporting event delegation
Pakistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , Australia . 55 competitors, all men, took part in 43 events in 8 sports. [ 1] They won their first medal at this level, winning the silver in the men's field hockey competition.
Medalists Silver medal in the men's field hockey team competition
Medals by sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Field Hockey 0 1 0 1 Total 0 1 0 1
Athletics Men's 100 metres
Heat 3 1st round; 10.8 (→ advanced to 2nd round) Heat 2 2nd round; 10.5 (→ advanced to semifinals) Semifinal 1; 10.6 (→ did not advance) Heat 10 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance) Heat 11 1st round; 11.1 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres
Heat 4 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance) Heat 5 1st round; 21.1 (→ advanced to 2nd round) Heat 1 2nd round; 21.1 (→ advanced to semifinals) Semifinal 1; 21.5 (→ did not advance) Heat 9 1st round; 22.9 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres
Heat 1 1st round; 49.0 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres
Heat 4 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance) Heat 5 1st round; 1:59.5 (→ did not advance) Men's 1,500 metres
Heat 2 1st round; 4:15.0 (→ did not advance) Men's marathon
2:44.33 finished 22nd out of 33 2:57.47 finished 30th out of 33 Men's 110 metres hurdles
Heat 1 1st round; 14.5 (→ advanced to semifinals) Semifinal 2; 14.6 (→ did not advance) Heat 2 1st round; 16.1 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres hurdles
Heat 2 1st round; 55.1 (→ did not advance) Heat 3 1st round; 53.1 (→ did not advance) Men's 4x100 metres relay
Heat 1 1st round; 41.3 (→ advanced to semifinals) Semifinal 2; 40.8 (→ did not advance) Men's long jump
Failed to qualify for final Failed to qualify for final Men's pole vault
Failed to qualify for final Men's hop, step and jump
Failed to qualify for final Failed to qualify for final Men's throwing the discus
Failed to qualify for final Men's throwing the javelin
62.55m finished 14th out of 21 Failed to qualify for final Men's throwing the hammer
56.97m finished 11th out of 14 Boxing Men's flyweight (up to 51 kg)
1st round; Lost to T Spinks (GB/NI) on pts Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)
1st round; Bye 2nd round; Lost to M Sitri (ITA) on pts Men's featherweight (up to 57 kg)
1st round; Bye 2nd round; Lost to TO Falfan (ARG) TKO Men's light welterweight (up to 63.5 kg)
1st round; Lost to F Nenci (ITA) TKO Men's welterweight (up to 67 kg)
1st round; Lost to A Dori (HUN) on pts Men's light middleweight (up to 71 kg)
Cycling Sprint Heat 2 1st round (→ sent to repechage) Repechage heat 1; finished 14th overall Time trial 1:20.8 finished 18th out of 19 Team pursuit Heat 1; Lost to Colombia . Finished 12th overall Individual road race Shahzada Shahrukh , now in his new role as a cyclist, was the vice-captain of the Pakistan men's hockey team at the London Olympic Games in 1948
Hockey Preliminary round Group C
Semifinals
Final
Pakistan won the silver medal
Team Roster
Vice-captain Latifur Rehman (who also played for Pakistan at the Helsinki Olympiad in 1952) and Akhtar Hussain had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan
Swimming Men's 100 metres backstroke
Heat 1 1st round; 1:10.7 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres breaststroke
Heat 3 1st round; Disqualified Men's 200 metres butterfly stroke
Heat 3 1st round; 2:48.0 (→ did not advance) Weightlifting Men's bantamweight (up to 56 kg)
Press 80kg Snatch x Jerk 97.5kg Total not calculated (finished 15th out of 16) Men's featherweight (up to 60 kg)
Press 72.5kg Snatch 77.5kg Jerk 97.5kg Total 247.5kg (finished 18th out of 21) Men's light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)
Press 105kg Snatch 102.5kg Jerk 130kg Total 337.5kg (finished 10th out of 10) Wrestling Men's flyweight (up to 52 kg)
1st round; Lost to JK Lee (KOR) by fall 2nd round; Beat F Flannery (AUS) on pts 3:0 3rd round; Lost to H Akbas (TUR) by fall Men's bantamweight (up to 57 kg)
1st round; Beat G Jameson (AUS) on pts 3:0 2nd round; Lost to SK Lee (KOR) on pts 2:1 3rd round; Lost to M Chakhov (USSR) by fall Men's featherweight (up to 62 kg)
1st round; Lost to S Sasahara (JPN) on pts 3:0 2nd round; Lost to B Sit (TUR) on pts 2:1 Men's lightweight (up to 67 kg)
Men's welterweight (up to 73 kg)
Men's middleweight (up to 79 kg)
1st round; Lost to VM Punkari (FIN) by fall 2nd round; Lost to I Atli (TUR) by fall Mohammad Faiz, who took part in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne, was not the same person as wrestler Faiz Mohammad who participated in two Olympic Games—at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964—also in the middleweight category
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