Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Pakistan at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Pakistan at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PAK
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Website	nocpakistan.org
in Helsinki
Competitors	38 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Mohammad Niaz Khan
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Pakistan competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 38 competitors, all men, took part in 25 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Results by event ^[2]

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Mohammad Sharif Butt

Heat 7 1st round; 11.0 (→ did not advance)

Jemadar Mohammad Aslam

Heat 9 1st round; 10.9 (→ advanced to second round)
Heat 1 2nd round; 10.9 (→ did not advance)

Abdul Aziz

Heat 11 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Abdul Aziz

Heat 8 1st round; 22.7 (→ did not advance)

Jemadar Mohammad Aslam

Heat 9 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)

Mohammad Sharif Butt

Heat 11 1st round; 22.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

Abdul Rehman

Heat 1 1st round; 51.2 (→ did not advance)

Aurang Zeb

Heat 3 1st round; 51.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

Alam Zeb

Heat 3 1st round; 1:56.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

Abdul Rashid

33.50.4 finished 30th out of 33

Men's marathon

Havildar Mohammad Aslam

2.43:38.2 finished 38th out of 53

Mohammad Benaras

Interrupted, did not finish

Men's 400 metres hurdles

Mohammad Shafi

Heat 2 1st round; 56.1 (→ did not advance)

Mirza Khan

Heat 5 1st round; 56.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

Mohammad Sharif Butt, Mohammad Fazil, Abdul Aziz and Jemadar Mohammad Aslam

Heat 4 1st round; 42.8 (→ advanced to semifinals)
Semifinals heat 1; 42.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Shafi, Mirza Khan and Aurang Zeb

Heat 2 1st round; 3:23.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's throwing the javelin

Jalal Khan

Qualifying trials heat 1; 55.56m finished 12th out of 13

Men's throwing the hammer

Fazal Hussain

Qualifying trials heat 1; 48.36m finished 15th out of 16

Mohammad Iqbal

Qualifying trials heat 2; 47.45m finished 15th out of 16

Men's 10,000 metres walk

Allah Ditta

Heat 1 1st round; disqualified

Boxing

Men's featherweight (57 kg)

Sydney Greve

1st round; Beat A Leyes (ARG) KO 2nd rd
2nd round; Lost to J Ventaja (FRA) on pts 3:0

Men's lightweight (60 kg)

Mohammad Ali

1st round; Bye
2nd round; Lost to V Marute (VEN) KO 1st rd

Men's welterweight (67 kg)

Anwar Pasha Turki

1st round; Lost to H van der Linde (RSA) TKO 1st rd

Men's middleweight (75 kg)

Khan Mohammad

1st round; Beat H Nowara (POL) on pts 2:1
2nd round; Lost to W Sentimenti (ITA) on pts 3:0

Cycling

Men's 1,000 metres sprint scratch race

Mohammad Naqi Malik

Heat 5 1st round (→ entered repechage phase)
Repechage heat 3 (→ did not qualify for quarter-finals) Placed 19th overall

Men's 1,000 metres time trial

Imtiaz Bhatti

1:21.2 finished 25th out of 27

Men's team competition individual road race (190.4 km)

Mohammad Naqi Malik and Imtiaz Bhatti

Both broke off and did not finish

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

First round; Bye
Second round; Defeated France (6-0)

Semifinals

Lost to Netherlands (0-1)

Third Place Match

Lost to Great Britain (1-2)

Pakistan finished 4th

Team Roster

Latifur Rehman had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan

Shooting

One shooter represented Pakistan in 1952.

50 m rifle, prone

Jan Azam

Score 90/86/94/96=366 finished 8th out of 58

Swimming

Men's 400 metres freestyle

Mohammad Ramzan

Heat 8 1st round; 5:45.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres freestyle

Mohammad Ramzan

Heat 2 1st round; 23:44.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres breaststroke

Muhammad Bashir

Heat 2 1st round; 3:01.3 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting