Pakistan at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | PAK |
CGA | Pakistan Olympic Association |
Website | nocpakistan |
in Delhi, India | |
Competitors | 54 |
Flag bearers | Opening:Mohammad Ali Shah (Chef-de-Mission) Closing: |
Medals Ranked 17th |
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Pakistan competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.
Medal | Name | Sport | Discipline | Date |
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Gold | Azhar Hussain | Wrestling | Men's 55 kg | 10 October |
Gold | Muhammad Inam | Wrestling | Men's 84 kg | 10 October |
Silver | Azhar Hussain | Wrestling | Men's 55 kg | 6 October |
Bronze | Muhammad Waseem | Boxing | Light flyweight | 11 October |
Bronze | Haroon Shahid Iqbal Khan | Boxing | Flyweight | 11 October |
The flag bearer for Pakistan at the opening ceremony was scheduled to be weight-lifter Shujauddin Malik but as the teams entered the stadium the chef de mission, Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah insisted on carrying the flag himself. Pakistan weightlifting manager Rashid Mehmood said the team had considered a boycott in protest at the actions of the official but later withdrew their threat after Pakistan Olympic Association chief, Arif Hasan, assured them Shah would be sanctioned for his actions. [1] [2]
Pakistan sent 2 para athletes.
Competitor(s) | Event | Time | Rank |
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Raheel Anwar | 100m | 12.68 [3] | 6 (heat 1) [3] |
Asghar Ali | 100m | 12.69 [4] | 7 (heat 3) [4] |
Pakistan sent 6 Boxers to 2010 Commonwealth Games. In the team is also the boxer Amir Khan's brother Haroon Khan who is a British Pakistani and was offered to represent the country on behalf of his dual nationality.
Competitor(s) | Event | Qualification bout | Opponent | 1/8 Elimination bout | Opponent | 1/4 Elimination bout | Opponent | Semifinals bout | Opponent | Rank |
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Muhammad Waseem | Lightflyweight (49 kg) | -- | 11-5 [5] | Chaminda Tennakoon | Duke Micah | Japhet Uutoni | ||||
Haroon Shahid Iqbal Khan | Flyweight (52 kg) | RSCH R3 [6] | Sunday Elias | 8-5 [7] | Gilbert Bactoria | +3-3 | Andrew Selby | Suranjoy Mayengbam | ||
Qadir Khan | Bantamweight (56 kg) | 0-7 | Akhil Kumar | -- | -- | -- | ||||
Nawaz Dad Khan | Lightweight (60 kg) | 1-11 [8] | Waheed Sogbamu | -- | -- | -- | ||||
Nisar Khan | Middleweight (75 kg) | RSCH R1 [9] | Peter Michael | 13-1 | Jovette Jean | 2-5 [10] | Keiran Harding | -- | ||
Mir Wais Khan | Super Heavyweight (91 kg+) | -- | 1-10 | Tariq Abdul Haqq | -- | -- | ||||
Pakistan has been drawn into Group A with Australia, India, Malaysia and Scotland. The following is a list of players and officials:
Officials
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Australia | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 |
India | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
Pakistan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
Malaysia | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | –9 |
Scotland | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | –18 |
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Player | Pld | Goals |
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Muhammad Imran | 3 | 2 |
Shakeel Abbasi | 3 | 2 |
Rehan Butt | 3 | 2 |
Muhammad Waqas | 3 | 1 |
Pakistan will send 6 male shooters and 1 female shooter to 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Competitor(s) | Event | Average | Total Points | Rank |
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Irshad Ali | 50m Singles | - | 519 | 17 [14] |
Kalimullah Khan | 50m Singles | - | 634.2 | 6 [15] |
Irshad Ali Kalimullah Khan | 50m Pairs | 8.900 | 1068 | 6 [16] |
Irshad Ali | 10m Air Pistol Singles | - | 550-7x [17] | 19 [17] |
Kalimullah Khan | 10m Air Pistol Singles | - | 667 [17] | 8 [17] |
Irshad Ali Kalimullah Khan | 10m Air Pistol Pairs | - | 1111-18x | 10 [18] |
Irshad Ali | 25m Centrefire Pistol Singles | - | - | - |
Mustaqeem Shah | 25m Centrefire Pistol Singles | - | - | - |
Irshad Ali Mustaqeem Shah | 25m Centrefire Pistol Pairs | - | - | - |
Irshad Ali | 25m Standard Pistol Singles | - | - | - |
Mustaqeem Shah | 25m Standard Pistol Singles | - | - | - |
Irshad Ali Mustaqeem Shah | 25m Standard Pistol Pairs | - | - | - |
Mustaqeem Shah | 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Singles | - | - | - |
Competitor(s) | Event | Average | Points | Rank |
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Tazeem Akhtar Abbasi | 25m Singles | 9.250 | 555 | 11 [19] |
Tazeem Akhtar Abbasi | 10m Air Pistol Singles | - | 369-8x [20] | 13 [20] |
Competitor(s) | Event | Points | Rank |
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Ahmed Sultan | Skeet Singles | - | - |
Amin Karamat | Skeet Singles | - | - |
Ahmed Sultan | Skeet Doubles | - | - |
Amin Karamat | Skeet Doubles | - | - |
Aamer Iqbal | Trap Singles | 105 | 32 [21] |
Aamer Iqbal | Double Trap Singles | - | - |
Pakistan sent 4 males squash players to 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Competitor(s) | Event | First Round | Opponent | Round of 32 | Opponent | Round of 16 | Opponent |
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Aamir Atlas Khan | Singles | 11-2, 11-2, 11-6 [22] | M. Masud Rana | 11-2, 11-4, 11-2 [23] | Colin Ramasra | 12-10, 3-11, 5-11, 5-11 [24] | Nick Matthew |
Danish Atlas Khan | Singles | 11-1, 11-5, 11-2 [25] | Bruce Barrows | 5-11, 4-11, 3-11 [26] | Daryl Selby | -- | |
Yasir Butt | Singles | w/o | Christopher Binnie | 4-11, 3-11, 1-11 [27] | Farhan Mehboob | -- | |
Farhan Mehboob | Singles | 11-3, 11-4, 11-8 [28] | Samuel Kyagulanyi | 11-4, 11-3, 11-1 [27] | Yasir Butt | 9-11, 6-11, 8-11 [29] | Stewart Boswell |
Competitor(s) | Event | First match | Opponent | Second match | Opponent | Round of 16 | Opponent |
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Aamer Atlas Khan Farhan Mehboob | Doubles | 7-11, 11-10, 3-11 [30] | Campbell Grayson Martin Knight | 11-1, 11-4 [31] | Samuel Kyagulanyi Brian Okumu | 4-11, 5-11 [32] | Stewart Boswell David Palmer |
Danish Atlas Khan Yasir Butt | Doubles | 8-11, 3-11 [33] | Alan Clyne Harry Leitch | 11-5, 11-8 [34] | James Matewere Julius Taulo | 6-11, 8-11 [35] | Daryl Selby Peter Barker |
Pakistan sent 2 tennis players to 2010 Commonwealth Games, one of whom is the recently successful US Open doubles runner-up Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
Competitor(s) | Event | First Round | Opponent | Second round | Opponent |
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Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Singles | 6-2, 7-6 [36] | Duncan Mugabe | 4-6, 5-7 | Matt Ebden |
Aqeel Khan | Singles | 2-6, 6-7 [37] | Ross Hutchins | -- | |
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Aqeel Khan | Doubles | 6-7, 4-6 [38] | P Hanley P Luczak | -- |
Pakistan sent 6 weightlifters and 1 para athlete to 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Athlete | Event | Weights Lifted | Total Lifted | Rank | |
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Snatch | Clean & Jerk | ||||
Abdullah Ghafoor | 56 kg | 104 | 133 | 237 | 4 [39] |
Muhammad Ishtiaq Ghafoor | 62 kg | 115 | 145 | 260 | 7 [40] |
Mati - ur - Rehman | 69 kg | 126 | 157 | 283 | 5 |
Khurram Shahzad | 85 kg | 140 | 166 | 306 | 7 [41] |
Shujauddin Malik | 94 kg | - | - | - | DNF [42] |
Sajjad Amin Malik | 105 kg | - | - | - | 7 |
Competitor(s) | Event | Total pressed | Rank |
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Nasir Butt | Open Bench Press |
Pakistan sent 6 wrestlers to the Games.
Competitor(s) | Event | Qualification | Opponent | Quarterfinals | Opponent | Repechage | Opponent | Bronze match | Opponent | Semi-finals | Opponent | Finals | Opponent | Rank |
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Azhar Hussain | 55 kg | Victory by fall [44] | Promise Mwenga | Anil Kumar | -- | -- | Victory by fall [45] | S. Manel Kumara Yaparathna Mudeyansellage vs | Victory by fall [46] | Ebikewenimo Welson | ||||
Sarmad Afaq | 60 kg | -- | 1-3 [47] | Viorel Etko | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
Muhammad Salman | 66 kg | 3-0 [48] | Roshan Indika Liyanage | Sushil Kumar | Mehrdad Tarash | 1-3 [46] | Chris Prickett | -- | -- | |||||
Muhammad Ali | 74 kg | -- | 0-3 [47] | Richard Brian Addinall | Bakary Jarju | Lost "by fall" [49] | Evan MacDonald | -- | -- | |||||
Muhammad Inam | 84 kg | -- | Greater superiority [50] | Elvis Nato Simiyu Malaba | -- | -- | 3-1 [51] | Gerald Waldemar Meyer | 3-1 [46] | Anuj Kumar | ||||
Muhammad Umar | 96 kg | -- | 0-3 [47] | Korey Jarvis | Bilal Abdo | 1-3 [49] | Leon Gregory Rattigan | -- | -- |
Competitor(s) | Event | Qualification [52] | Opponent | Repechage | Opponent | Quarterfinals | Opponent | Semi-finals | Opponent | Finals | Opponent | Rank |
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Azhar Hussain | 55 kg | -- | -- | 15-3 | Shane Parker | 9-2 | Sunday Sanni | 0-11 [53] | Rajender Kumar | |||
Sarmad Afaq | 60 kg | 1-13 [54] | Terence Christopher Bosson | 0-9 | Marius Loots | -- | -- | -- | ||||
Muhammad Salman | 66 kg | 0-5 | Cory O'Brien | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
Muhammad Ali | 74 kg | 0-5 [55] | Richard Brian Addinall | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
Muhammad Inam | 84 kg | Manoj Kumar | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
Muhammad Umar | 96 kg | -- | -- | 1-7 [56] | Eric Feunekes | -- | -- |
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