Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics
| Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | PAK | ||||||||
| NOC | Pakistan Olympic Association | ||||||||
| Website | nocpakistan |
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| Competitors | 44 (all men) in 7 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Muhammad Iqbal | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 20th |
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Pakistan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 35 events in 7 sports. Here, they won their first Olympic Games gold medal by defeating India in the final of the men's hockey competition. The country also landed their first individual Olympic Games medal, a bronze, through welterweight wrestler Mohammad Bashir in the freestyle contests. Making this Pakistan's most successful Olympics to date.
Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 5,000 metres
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Men's 3,000 metres steeplechase
Men's long jump
Men's hop, step and jump
Men's pole vault
Men's putting the shot
Men's throwing the hammer
Men's throwing the discus
Men's throwing the javelin
Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg)
Men's lightweight (up to 60 kg)
Men's middleweight (up to 75 kg)
Men's light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)
Men's individual scratch sprint
Men's tandem sprint
Men's 1,000 metres standing start time trial
Elimination rounds Round B
Quarter-finals
Semifinals
Final
Pakistan won the gold medal
Four shooters represented Pakistan in 1960.
Men's bantamweight (57 kg)
Men's lightweight (67.5 kg)
Men's flyweight (52 kg)
Nawab Din ranked 9th out of 17
Men's bantamweight (57 kg)
Siraj Din ranked joint 10th out of 19
Men's featherweight (62 kg)
Mohammad Akhtar ranked 6th out of 25
Men's lightweight (67 kg)
Mohammad Din ranked joint 12th out of 24
Men's welterweight (73 kg)
Mohammad Bashir won the bronze medal after being ranked 3rd out of 23
Men's middleweight (79 kg)
Faiz Mohammad ranked 11th out of 19
Men's heavyweight (over 87 kg)
Mohammad Nazir ranked 12th out of 17
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