The Pakistan Olympic Association was created in 1948, while the Pakistan Sports Board was established in 1962.
Athletics in Pakistan is overseen by the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) which organizes athletic tournaments in Pakistan. Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking.
Pakistan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Pakistan has not won any medal since 1992 Summer Olympics.
Jalal Khan was a Pakistani javelin thrower. Khan represented Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Arshad Nadeem is a Pakistani javelin thrower. He is the reigning Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion. He is also the current silver medalist in the World Athletics Championship. He set an Olympic record with a throw of 92.97 metres (305.0 ft) at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The men's javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 4 and 7 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. Approximately 35 athletes competed; the exact number depended on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking.
Pakistan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was Pakistan's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Pakistan competed at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September-6 October 2019, with their sole athlete, Arshad Nadeem, competing in the men's javelin throw event.
Jehanara Nabi is a Pakistani swimmer who has set multiple national records. She competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi. She competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle and women's 400 metre freestyle events at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris on a wild card. Nabi was the flag bearer for Pakistan alongside Arshad Nadeem at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
Dominican Republic competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Peru competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1936, Peruvian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for Helsinki 1952.
Bulgaria competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Bulgarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympics from 1924 onwards, except for three occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's instigation in World War II, and the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and Soviet boycott, respectively.
Taiwan, participating under the name Chinese Taipei, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the country's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Ukraine competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era and the first since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A total of 140 athletes competed amid the Russian invasion, the lowest number in the history of Ukraine's participation in the games.
Qatar competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Shooting competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held between October 21 and 27, 2023 at the Polígono de Tiro de Pudahuel.
Armenia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Kazakhstan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Pakistan competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27 August 2023.
The men's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 6 and 8 August 2024. This is the 27th time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics since its introduction in 1908.
