Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

==Results by event ==

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 (6-0)


 * Semifinals


 * Lost to (0-1)


 * Third Place Match


 * Lost to (1-2)

Pakistan finished 4th

Team Roster


 * Mohammad Niaz Khan (captain)
 * Abdul Aziz Malik (vice-captain)
 * Fazalur Rehman (gk)
 * Qazi Abdul Waheed (gk)
 * Manzoor Hussain Atif
 * Asghar Ali Khan
 * Mohammad Rafiq
 * Khawaja Mohammad Aslam
 * Habib Ali Kiddie
 * Jack Britto
 * Safdar Ali Babul
 * Abdul Latif Mir
 * Mahmoodul Hasan Sheikh
 * Syed Azmat Ali
 * Abdul Hameed
 * Abdul Qayyum Khan
 * Habibur Rehman
 * Latifur Rehman

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
Men's middleweight (75 kg)


 * Mohammad Iqbal Butt
 * Press 95kg
 * Snatch 100kg
 * Jerk 130kg
 * Total 325kg finished 17th out of 20