~!~ Olympics 2008 ~!~

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BEIJING: The Beijing Olympics 2008 has been declared open amid a colourful ceremony, which was promised to be a spectacular Olympic opening gala, here today.

The three-hour show at Beijing's iconic "Bird's Nest" national stadium is being attended
by many international personalities including Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and President of the United States George W. Bush.

With the beginning of the greatest show on earth the world’s dream will come true as athletes from 205 countries will compete for 17 days to win 312 medals.

The mega event has begun at 8:08 pm, on the eighth day of the eight month of 2008 -- a tribute to the number eight that many Chinese deem lucky as it represents prosperity.

On this occasion, more than 10,000 performers showcase the nation's ancient history
and its rise as a modern power before an audience of 160,000 people.

The opening ceremony has been marked with spectacular performance of acrobatics, cultural shows and enormous fireworks display across the city.

As China claims the history will view the 2008 Olympics as a significant milestone in the country's remarkable transformation.

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Olympics: Medals’ race to kick of today
BEIJING: Saturday sees the first full day of Olympic competition in Beijing following Friday''s spectacular opening ceremony, with the honour of claiming the first gold medal of the 2008 Games set to go to the winner of the women''s 10 metre air rifle event. China''s reigning champion Du Li will be under pressure to retain her title and so give the hosts an ideal start in their quest to top the medal table. Seven golds in all are up for grabs on Saturday, with China''s world champion Peng Wei a strong contender for gold in the day''s other shooting discipline, the men''s 10m air pistol. But Wang Yifu, the coach of China''s shooting team, said double gold on the range was far from a foregone conclusion. Judo also has two golds, in the women''s 48kg and men''s 60kg classes, on offer on Saturday. Most eyes mat-side will be on Japanese heroine Ryoko Tani, the seven-time world champion, who is aiming for a rare third straight Olympic gold medal. If successful, Tani will become only the fourth woman to achieve the feat after Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina, and swimmers Dawn Fraser from Australia and Hungary''s Krisztina Egerszegi. In the men''s 60kg event, some of the leading contenders for places on the podium could be knocked out in the early stages. Austria''s European champion Ludwig Paischer is on course to clash with Britain''s Craig Fallon, the 2005 world champion, in the second round with Dutch world champion Ruben Houkes placed in the other block. Cyclists in the men''s road race will grab a quick glimpse of the Great Wall of China but won''t have much time for sightseeing on a 245 kilometre course which, combined with the heat and humidity in Beijing, not to mention the pollution, promises to provide a grueling endurance test. The biggest threat to Italy''s reigning champion Paolo Bettini is set to come from Spanish star Alejandro Valverde. Podium places are also due to be decided in the women''s sabre fencing competition and the 48kg women''s weightlifting class. Beijing will also catch its first glimpse in the evening of US swim star Michael Phelps as he opens his multi gold medal campaign in the 400m individual medley.

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PAKISTAN AT 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS


ATHLETICS

200 metres: Round 1 heat 6 Maqsood Ahmed 21.70sec 8th out of 8

1500 metres (women): Round 1 heat 1 Shazia Hidayat 5:07.17min 14th out of 14.

BOXING

Welterweight (67kg): 1st round Usmanullah Khan lost to Yovanny Lorenzo (Dominican Republic) on points 5:4

Featherweight (57kg): 1st round Haider Ali lost to Ramazan Palyani (Turkey) on points 5:4

Light Welterweight (63.5kg): 1st round Ghulam Shabbir lost to Kelson Carlos Santos (Brazil) RSC outclassed in fourth round

Lightweight (60kg): 1st round bye. 2nd round Asghar Ali Shah lost to Tigkran Ouzlian (Greece) on points 17:15

HOCKEY

Preliminaries Group A: Pakistan drew with Canada 2-2 (half-time 2-2), beat Great Britain 8-1 (h-t 4-1), drew with Germany 1-1 (h-t 1-1), drew with Malaysia 2-2 (h-t 1-1), beat Netherlands 2-0 (h-t 1-0). Pakistan topped Group A 5 played, 2 won, 3 drawn, GF 15, GA 6, points 9. Semifinals Pakistan lost to Korea 1-0

(h-t 0-0). Bronze medal match Pakistan lost to Australia 6-3 (h-t Australia 3-1). Pakistan finished 4th.

ROWING

Single sculls: Preliminary round heat 3 Mohammad Akram 7:54.71min 6th out of 6, repechage 3 7:51.40min 5th out of 5, semifinals C/D race 2 7:45.12 5th out of 6, race D for last five positions Mohammad Akram did not start

Lightweight double sculls: Preliminary round heat 2 Pakistan (Zahid Ali Pirzada/Hazrat Islam) 7:13.62min 5th out of 5, repechage 4 7:13.98min 4th out 4, classification races race cancelled, finals race C 6:52.12min 5th out of 5.

SHOOTING

Skeet: Qualification series 1 Khurram Inam score 72 joint 15th out of 49, final score 119 joint 23rd out of 49.

SWIMMING

100 metres butterfly: Heat 1 Kamal Salman Masud 1:00.60min 7th out of 7.

PAKISTAN DID NOT WIN A MEDAL.

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PAKISTAN AT 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS

ATHLETICS

Long jump (women): Qualifying round Group B Shabana Akhtar 5.80m 16th out of 17

Hammer throw: Qualifying round Group B Aqarab Abbas 65.60m 16th out of 18.

BOXING

Light Flyweight (48kg): 1/16 elimination Abdul Rasheed Qambrani lost to Oleg Kiryukhin (Ukraine) on points 17:3

Light Welterweight (63.5kg): 1/16 elimination Usmanullah Khan lost to Nordine Mouchi (France) KO in first round

Welterweight (67kg): 1/16 elimination Abdul Rasheed Baloch beat Jesus Flores (Mexico) on points 12:7, 1/8 elimination lost to Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan) on points 13:9

Super Heavyweight (+91kg): 1/16 elimination Sifarish Khan bye, 1/8 elimination lost to Duncan Dokiwari (Nigeria) RSC in second round.

HOCKEY

Preliminaries Group A: Pakistan beat USA 4-0 (half-time 3-0), lost to Spain 3-0 (h-t 2-0), lost to Germany 3-1 (h-t Germany 1-0), drew with India 0-0 (h-t 0-0), beat Argentina 6-2 (h-t 1-1). Pakistan finished at number four after Spain, Germany and India in Group A 5 played, 2 won, one drawn, 2 lost, GF 11, GA 8, points 5. Classification matches Pakistan beat Great Britain 2-1 (h-t 1-1). Final 5-6 Pakistan lost to Korea 3-1 (h-t 2-1). Pakistan finished 6th.

SWIMMING

100 metres butterfly: Heat 1 Kamal Salman Masud 58.59sec 4th out of 5.

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE)

90kg: Round 1 Mohammad Bashir Bhola Bhala lost to Makharbek Khadartsev (Russia) on points 10:0.

PAKISTAN DID NOT WIN A MEDAL.

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PAKISTAN AT 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS

ATHLETICS

100 metres: Round 1 heat 3 Arif Hussain 10.83sec 5th out of 8

200 metres: Round 1 heat 10 Arif Hussain 21.75sec 5th out of 7

1500 metres: Round 1 heat 2 Nadir Khan 3:44.96min 9th out of 13

400 metres hurdles: Round 1 heat 3 Ghulam Abbas 50.57sec 6th out of 7

Triple jump: Qualifying heat 1 Banaras Khan 15.37m 21st out of 21

BOXING

Welterweight: Round 1 Khyber Shah lost to Mario Antonio Romero (Nicaragua) on points 7:2

Light Middleweight: Round 1 Syed Abrar Hussain lost to Noureddine Meziane (Algeria) on points 7:0

Light Heavyweight: Round 1 Mohammad Asghar w/o Ali Kazemi (Iran), round 2 lost to Zoltan Beres (Hungary) RSC in first round

Lightweight: Round 1 Arshad Hussain lost to Henry Kungsi (Papua New Guinea) on points 13:9

HOCKEY

Preliminary Group B: Pakistan beat Malaysia 4-1 (half-time 3-1), beat New Zealand 1-0 (h-t 0-0), beat Unified Team 6-2 (h-t 2-2), beat Holland 3-2 (h-t 1-1), beat Spain 6-1 (h-t 1-0). Pakistan topped Group B 5 played, 5 won, GF 20, GA 6, points 10. Semifinals Pakistan lost to Germany 2-1 in extra time (h-t Pakistan 1-0). Place 3rd-4th Pakistan beat Holland 4-3 (h-t Holland 2-0). Pakistan won the bronze medal

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE)

Up to 57kg: Elimination B 1st round Naseer Ahmed lost to Keiji Okuyama (Japan) on points 5:0, 2nd round lost to Alejandro Puerto Diaz (Cuba) on points 6:0

YACHTING

470 Class: Pakistan (Mamoon Sadiq/Javed Rasool) points 273.00, net points 231.00 36th out of 37

PAKISTAN WON A BRONZE MEDAL.

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PAKISTAN AT 1988 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS

ATHLETICS

100 metres: Round 1 heat 7 Mohammad Afzal 10.91sec 6th out of 7 (overall 77th out of 101)

200 metres: Round 1 heat 3 Mohammad Afzal 21.89sec 6th out of 7 (overall 52nd out of 71)

400 metres: Round 1 heat 8 Mohammad Fayyaz 47.13sec 6th out of 8 (overall 39th out of 73)

800 metres: Round 1 heat 4 Syed Meesaq Rizvi 1:51.58min 6th out of 8 (overall 50th out of 67)

4x400 metres relay: Round 1 heat 3 Pakistan (Bashir Ahmed/Mohammad Sadaqat/Mohammad Afzal/Mohammad Fayyaz) 3:08.54min 6th out of 7. Semifinal heat 2 Pakistan 3:09.50min 8th out of 8 (overall 15th out of 22)

Long jump: Qualifying Group 2 Mohammad Urfaq 7.09m 16th out of 17

Triple jump: Qualifying Group 2 Haider Ali Shah 14.88m 19th out of 20.

BOXING

Light Middleweight (71kg): 1/32 bout 31 Syed Abrar Hussain beat Noureddine Meziane (Algeria) KO in second round, 1/16 bout 5 beat Mayo Franco (Cameroon) RSC, 1/8 bout 8 lost to Raymond Downey (Canada) on points 5:0

Middleweight (75kg): 1/32 bye. 1/16 bout 9 Syed Hussain Shah beat Martin Amarillas (Mexico) on points 3:2, 1/8 bout 5 beat Musungay Kabongo (Zaire) on points 5:0. Quarter-finals bout 3 Syed Hussain Shah beat Zoltan Fuzesy (Hungary) on points 3:2, semifinals bout 2 lost to Egerton Marcus (Canada) on points 4:1. Syed Hussain Shah won the bronze medal.

HOCKEY

Preliminary round Group A: Pakistan beat Spain 5-1 (half-time 0-1), beat Kenya 8-0 (h-t 4-0), beat Argentina 2-1 (h-t 1-0), lost to Australia 4-0 (h-t 4-0), lost to Holland 2-0 (h-t 2-0). Pakistan finished third after Australia and Holland in Group A 5 played, 3 won, 2 lost, GF 15, GA 8, points 6. Semifinals round match 3 Pakistan beat USSR 1-0 (h-t 0-0), final 5-6 places Pakistan beat India 2-1 (h-t 0-1). Pakistan finished 5th.

TABLE TENNIS

Men's singles: Preliminary Group F Farjad Saif beat Zoran Kalinic (Yugoslavia) 3-1, beat Claudio Kano (Brazil) 3-0, lost to A Abdelhalim (Egypt) 1-3, lost to Erik Lindh (Sweden) 1-3, lost to Desmond Douglas (Great Britain) 0-3, lost to Huei Chieh Huang (Chinese Taipei) 0-3, beat Martinez Fermin (Dominican Republic) 3-1. Matches played 7, won 3, lost 4. Placed 4th out of 8 in group.

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE)

57kg: Group A round 1 Mohammad Azeem beat Georg-Jose Auer (Austria) as Auer showed passivity with Azeem leading 9:0, round 2 lost to Ryo Kanehama (Japan) on points 9:6. Mohammad Azeem ranked 21st overall out of 49

74kg: Group A round 1 Mohammad Anwar beat Djib Diouf (Senegal) by fall, round 2 lost to Ayatol Vagozari (Iran) on points 20:9, round 3 lost to Adlan Varaev (USSR) by fall. Mohammad Anwar ranked 13th overall out of 30

90kg: Group A round 1 Abdul Majeed Maruwala beat Walter Koenig (Australia) by fall, round 2 beat Christ Iloanusi (Nigeria) as Iloanusi showed passivity with Majeed leading 4:0, round 3 lost to Akira Ota (Japan) by fall, round 4 lost to Gabor Toth (Hungary) on points 6:2. Abdul Majeed Maruwala ranked 7th overall out of 28.

YACHTING

470 Class: Pakistan (Mamoon Sadiq/Javed Rasool) points 223.00, net points 187.00 29th out of 29.

PAKISTAN WON A BRONZE MEDAL.

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PAKISTAN AT 1984 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS

ATHLETICS

100 metres: Round 1 heat 6 Mohammad Mansha 10.87sec 7th out of 7

200 metres: Round 1 heat 3 Mohammad Mansha 22.04sec 6th out of 8

400 metres: Round 1 heat 3 Syed Meesaq Rizvi 49.58sec 7th out of 7

800 metres: Round 1 heat 6 Syed Meesaq Rizvi 1:51.29min 5th out of 7

Javelin throw: Qualifying Group 2 Mohammad Rasheed 74.58m 9th out of 13.

BOXING

Bantamweight (54kg): 1/32 bye. 1/16 bout 142 Babar Ali Khan beat Firmin Abissi (Benin) on points 5:0, 1/8 bout 211 lost to Robinson Pitalua Tamara (Colombia) on points 5:0

Lightweight (60kg): 1/32 bout 14 Asif Kamran Dar beat Shlomo Niazov (Israel) on points 5:0, 1/16 bout 172 lost to Leopoldo Cantancio (Philippines) on points 5:0

Welterweight (67kg): 1/32 bye. 1/16 bout 106 Syed Abrar Hussain lost to Vesa Koskela (Sweden) on points 4:1

Super Heavyweight (+91kg): 1/8 bout 165 Mohammad Yousuf lost to Lennox Lewis (Canada) RSC in third round.

HOCKEY

Pool B: Pakistan drew with New Zealand 3-3 (half-time 1-1), beat Kenya 3-0 (h-t 3-0), drew with Holland 3-3 (h-t Holland 2-1), beat Canada 7-1 (h-t 5-0), drew with Great Britain 0-0 (h-t 0-0). Pakistan finished second after Great Britain in Pool B 5 played, 2 won, 3 drawn, GF 16, GA 7, points 7. Semifinals Pakistan beat Australia 1-0 (h-t 1-0). Final Pakistan beat FR Germany 2-1 (h-t 0-0). Pakistan won the gold medal.

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE)

74kg (middleweight): Group A round 1 Gul Mohammad lost to Ali Faris (Iraq) by fall, round 2 bye, round 3 lost to Myung-Woo Han (Korea) by fall

90kg (light heavyweight): Group A round 1 Abdul Majeed Maruwala beat Ilie Matei (Romania) on points 12:0, round 2 beat Edwin Lins (Austria) on points 11:6, round 3 lost to Ismail Temiz (Turkey) on technical points after drawing 3:3, round 4 lost to Ed Banach (USA) by fall.

YACHTING

Soling Class: Pakistan (Khalid M Akhtar/Adnan Yousuf/Naseem Anwar Khan) points 172.00, net points 145.00 20th out of 22

Finn Class: Arshad Chaudhry points 198.00, net points 168.00 24th out of 28

470 Class: Pakistan (Munir Sadiq/Mohammad Zakaullah) points 182.00, net points 147.00 22nd out of 28.

PAKISTAN WON A GOLD MEDAL.

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PAKISTAN AT 1972 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS

ATHLETICS

200 metres: 1st round heat 6 Nusrat Iqbal Sahi 22.07sec 5th out of 5

400 metres: 1st round heat 1 Nusrat Iqbal Sahi 49.47sec 8th out of 8

800 metres: 1st round heat 6 Mohammad Siddiq 1:52.6min 7th out of 8

1500 metres: 1st round heat 2 Mohammad Younus 3:44.1min 7th out of 10

110 metres hurdles: 1st round heat 1 Bashir Ahmed 15.38sec 8th out of 8

400 metres hurdles: 1st round heat 3 Norman Brinkworth 54.67sec 7th out of 7

4x100 metres relay: 1st round heat 1 Pakistan (Mohammad Younus/Norman Brinkworth/Mohammad Siddiq/Nusrat Iqbal Sahi) did not participate.

BOXING

Flyweight: 1/16 finals Jan Baloch lost to Georgi Kostadinov (Bulgaria) RSC in second round

Light Welterweight: 1/16 finals Malang Baloch lost to Graham Moughton (Great Britain) on points.

HOCKEY

Preliminary round Group A: Pakistan beat France 3-0 (half-time 1-0), drew with Spain 1-1 (h-t 1-1), beat Uganda 3-1 (h-t 2-0), lost to Germany 2-1 (h-t 0-0), beat Argentina 3-1 (h-t 1-0), beat Malaysia 3-0 (h-t 1-0), beat Belgium 3-1 (h-t 1-1). Pakistan ended at number two behind Germany in Group A 7 played, 5 won, one drawn, one lost, GF 17, GA 6, points 11. Semifinals Pakistan beat India 2-0 (h-t 2-0). Final Pakistan lost to Germany 1-0 (h-t 0-0). Pakistan won the silver medal.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Middleweight (up to 75kg): Mohammad Arshad Malik press 117.5kg, snatch 107.5kg, jerk 147.5kg, total 372.5kg 19th out of 19.

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE)

Bantamweight (up to 67kg): 1st round Allah Ditta lost to Jorge Ramos (Cuba), 2nd round lost to Risto Darlev (Yugoslavia)

Welterweight (up to 74kg): 1st round Mohammad Yaqoob lost to Mildos Urbanovics (Hungary), 2nd round drew with S Shakarsha (Afghanistan), 3rd round lost to Jan Karlsson (Sweden).

PAKISTAN WON A SILVER MEDAL.

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PAKISTAN AT 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS

ATHLETICS

100 metres: 1st round heat G Iftikhar Shah 11.4sec 7th out of 7

400 metres: 1st round heat D Mohammad Sadiq 47.3sec 6th out of 8. 2nd round heat A Mohammad Sadiq 48.0sec 8th out of 8

800 metres: 1st round heat B Anar Khan 1:56.4min 8th out of 8

1500 metres: 1st round heat C Anar Khan 3:56.7min 11th out of 11

110 metres hurdles: 1st round heat B Ghulam Raziq 14.7sec 5th out of 8

400 metres hurdles: 1st round heat C Manzoor-ul-Haq Awan 55.3sec 8th out of 8

Long jump: Qualifying round Iftikhar Shah disqualified all three jumps not measured

Marathon: Mohammad Yousuf 2:40.46.0hrs 48th out of 58.


BOXING

Lightweight (up to 60kg): Series No 2 Ghulam Sarwar beat Jacques Cotot (France) on points. Series No 3 lost to James Vincent McCourt (Ireland) on points

Middleweight (up to 75kg): Series No 2 Sultan Mahmood lost to Valery Popenchenko (USSR) RSC in 1st round

Light Heavyweight (up to 81kg): Series No 1 Barkat Ali lost to Robert H Christopherson (USA) on points

Heavyweight (over 81kg): Series No 2 Abdul Rehman lost to Hans Huber (Germany) KO in 1st round.


CYCLING

1,000 metres time trial: Final classification Mohammad Hafeez 1:18.50min (45.859 km/h) 23rd out of 26

4,000 metres team pursuit race: Elimination heats race No 7 Pakistan (Mohammad Ashiq/Lal Bux/Mohammad Hafeez/Mohammad Shafi) 5:38.77min (42.506 km/h) lost to Thailand (Preeda Chullamondhol/Somchai Chantarasamriti/Smaisuk Krisansuwan)

4,000 metres individual pursuit race: Elimination heats race No 12 Mohammad Ashiq disqualified as Antonio Duque Garza (Mexico) won by pursuing (Wbp)

Scratch sprint race: Heats race No 3 Mohammad Hafeez lost to Sergio Bianchetto (Italy). Repechages elimination race No 7 Mohammad Hafeez lost to Peder Pedersen (Denmark).


HOCKEY

Pool A 1st round league: Pakistan beat Japan 1-0 (half-time 0-0), beat Kenya 5-2 (h-t 2-2), beat Great Britain 1-0 (h-t 0-0), beat Rhodesia 6-0 (h-t 4-0), beat New Zealand 2-0 (h-t 1-0), beat Australia 2-1 (h-t 1-1). Pakistan topped Pool A 6 played, 6 won, GF 17, GA 3, points 12. Semifinals Pakistan beat Spain 3-0 (h-t 2-0). Final Pakistan lost to India 1-0 (h-t 1-0). Pakistan won the silver medal.


SHOOTING

Small bore rifle 3 positions (50 metres): Aziz Ahmed Chaudhry score 1040 50th out of 53. Saifi Chaudhry retired

Small bore rifle prone position (50 metres): Aziz Ahmed Chaudhry score 567 73rd out of 73

Free pistol (50 metres): M A Salaam score 507 46th out of 52

Rapid fire pistol (25 metres): Abdur Rashid score 538 49th out of 53

Clay pigeon shooting: Mohiuddin Khawaja score 91 51st out of 51.


WEIGHTLIFTING

Bantamweight (56kg): Mohammad Azam Mian total 295.0kg 20th out of 24.


WRESTLING (FREESTYLE)

Flyweight (52kg): 1st round Mohammad Niaz drew with Said Aliakbar Haydari (Iran), 2nd round beat Athanasios Zafiropoulos (Greece), 3rd round beat Stoytcho Malov Georgiev (Bulgaria), 4th round lost to Chang Sun Chang (Korea)

Bantamweight (57kg): 1st round Siraj Din beat Walter Pilling (Britain), 2nd round beat Karl Dodrimont (Germany), 3rd round lost to Yojiro Uetake (Japan)

Featherweight (63kg): 1st round Mohammad Akhtar lost to Nodar Khokhashvili (USSR), 2nd round lost to Stantcho Kolev Ivanov (Bulgaria)

Lightweight (70kg): 1st round Mohammad Bashir beat Stefanos Ioannidis (Greece), 2nd round lost to Zarbegi Beriashvili (USSR), 3rd round lost to Mahmut Atalay (Turkey) by fall

Welterwight (78kg): 1st round Mohammad Afzal lost to Karoly Bajko (Hungary), 2nd round beat Byung-Sup Choi (Korea), 3rd round beat Perko A Dermendjiev (Bulgaria), 4th round lost to Mohamad-Ali Sanatkaran (Iran) by default

Middleweight (87kg): 1st round Faiz Mohammad beat Alfonso Rafael Gonzalez (Panama) by fall, 2nd round drew with Doo-Man Kang (Korea), 3rd round lost to Geza Hollosi (Hungary), 4th round lost to Daniel Oliver Brand (USA) by fall.

PAKISTAN WON A SILVER MEDAL.

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PAKISTAN AT 1960 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS
by Gul Hameed Bhatti
ATHLETICS

100 metres: Heat 2 Abdul Khaliq 11.2sec 7th out of 7. Heat 7 Iftikhar Shah retired

200 metres: Heat 1 Iftikhar Shah non-starter. Heat 4 Abdul Khaliq 23.1sec 6th out of 6

5,000 metres: Heat 4 Mubarak Shah 15:43.0min 12th out of 13

4x100 metres relay: Pakistan (Abdul Malik/Ramzan Ali/Ghulam Raziq/Abdul Khaliq) 42.5sec 3rd out of 3. Second semifinal Pakistan 42.8sec 6th out of 6

110 metres hurdles: Heat 4 Ghulam Raziq 14.6sec 3rd out of 6. Heat 5 Abdul Malik 15.4sec 6th out of 6. Second quarter-final Ghulam Raziq 14.4sec 3rd out of 6. Second semifinal Ghulam Raziq 14.3sec 4th out of 5

400 metres hurdles: Heat 3 Mohammad Yaqub 52.8sec 5th out of 6

3,000 metres steeplechase: Heat 2 Mubarak Shah 9:20.0min 9th out of 10

Long jump: Qualification 3rd series Ramzan Ali failed to record a jump

Hop, step and jump: Qualification 3rd series Mohammad Khan 14.43m failed to qualify for final

Pole vault: Qualification Allah Ditta 4.00m failed to qualify for final

Putting the shot: Qualification Haider Khan 16.47m failed to qualify for final

Throwing the hammer: Qualification Mohammad Iqbal 60.86m qualified for the final. Final Mohammad Iqbal 61.79m 12th out of 15

Throwing the discus: Qualification Haider Khan 46.57m failed to qualify for final

Throwing the javelin: Qualification 2nd series Mohammad Nawaz 70.05m failed to qualify for final.

BOXING

Bantamweight (up to 54kg): Round 1 thirtyseconds of final bye. Round 2 sixteenths of final Mohammad Nasir beat S Akbarzadeh (Iran) on points. Round 3 eights of final lost to M Thein (Burma) on points

Lightweight (up to 60kg): Round 1 thirtyseconds of final bye. Round 2 sixteenths of final Ghulam Sarwar lost to A Hernandez (Mexico) on points

Middleweight (up to 75kg): Round 1 sixteenths of final Sultan Mahmood lost to T Walasek (Poland) on points

Light Heavyweight (up to 81kg): Round 1 sixteenths of final bye. Round 2 eights of final Mohammad Safdar lost to G Saraudi (Italy) on points.

CYCLING

Individual scratch sprint: Heat 7 Mohammad Ashiq 3rd out of 3. Heat 8 A R Baloch 3rd out of 3. Repechages 4th A R Baloch lost to H Francis (USA). 5th Mohammad Ashiq lost to L Mucino (Mexico)

Tandem sprint: Heat 2 Mohammad Ashiq/A R Baloch not present

1,000 metres standing start time trial: Mohammad Ashiq 1:20.17min 25th out of 25.

HOCKEY

Elimination rounds Round B: Pakistan beat Australia 3-0 (half-time 0-0), beat Poland 8-0 (h-t 4-0), beat Japan 10-0 (h-t 4-0). Pakistan topped Round B 3 played, 3 won, GF 21, GA 0, points 6. Quarter-finals Pakistan beat Germany 2-1 (h-t 1-0). Semifinals Pakistan beat Spain 1-0 (h-t 1-0). Final Pakistan beat India 1-0 (h-t 1-0). Pakistan won the gold medal.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Bantamweight (57kg): Mohammad Azam Mian total 182.5kg unplaced

Lightweight (67.5kg): Abdul Ghani Butt total 217.5kg unplaced.

SHOOTING

Free rifle (300 metres): Elimination rounds Group One Aziz Wains score 487 19th out of 20. Final Aziz Wains not present

Free pistol (50 metres): Elimination rounds Group One M Zafar Ahmed score 289 31st out of 33

Small bore rifle (prone position): Elimination rounds Group One Saifi Chaudhry score 373 39th out of 43

Small bore rifle (three positions): Elimination rounds Group Two Saifi Chaudhry score 506 34th out of 38. Aziz Wains not present

Pistol rapid fire shooting at silhouette (25 metres): Mohammad Iqbal score 501 55th out of 57.

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE)

Flyweight (52kg): 1st round Nawab Din beat S O'Connor (Ireland) by fall, 2nd round beat V Dimitrov (Bulgaria) on points, 3rd round lost to M Matsubara (Japan) by fall, 4th round lost to A Bilek (Turkey) by fall. Nawab Din ranked 9th out of 17

Bantamweight (57kg): 1st round Siraj Din beat W Pilling (Great Britain) by fall, 2nd round lost to T Jaskari (Finland) on points, 3rd round lost to M Shakhov (USSR) on points. Siraj Din ranked joint 10th out of 19

Featherweight (62kg): 1st round Mohammad Akhtar beat M Kederi (Afghanistan) by fall, 2nd round lost to T Sato (Japan) on points, 3rd round beat I Zurawski (Poland) on points, 4th round beat V Rubashvili (USSR) on points, 5th round lost to M Dagistanli (Turkey) by fall. Mohammad Akhtar ranked 6th out of 25

Lightweight (67kg): 1st round Mohammad Din lost to M Tajiki (Iran) by fall, 2nd round beat N Stamulis (Australia) on points, 3rd round beat R Bielle (France) on points. Mohammad Din ranked joint 12th out of 24

Welterweight (73kg): 1st round Mohammad Bashir beat P Amey (Great Britain) by fall, 2nd round beat I Rolon (Argentine) on points, 3rd round lost to G Habibi (Iran) on points, 4th round beat K Bruggmann (Switzerland) by fall, 5th round beat G De Vescovi (Italy) on points, final round bout 1 lost to I Ogan (Turkey) on points, final round bout 3 lost to D Blubaugh (USA) by fall. Mohammad Bashir ranked 3rd out of 23 and won the bronze medal.

Middleweight (79kg): 1st round Faiz Mohammad admitted to subsequent round, 2nd round lost to T Nagai (Japan) on points, 3rd round beat M A Khokan (Afghanistan) on points. Faiz Mohammad ranked 11th out of 19.

Heavyweight (over 87kg): 1st round Mohammad Nazir lost to L Djiber (Bulgaria) by fall, 2nd round beat N Subhani (Afghanistan) on points, 3rd round lost to H Kaplan (Turkey) by fall. Mohammad Nazir ranked 12th out of 17.

PAKISTAN WON A GOLD AND A BRONZE MEDAL.

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PAKISTAN AT 1956 OLYMPIC GAMES: ALL RESULTS
by Gul Hameed Bhatti
ATHLETICS

100 metres: 1st round heat 3 Abdul Khaliq 10.8sec 2nd out of 5. 1st round heat 10 Ghulam Raziq 11.2sec 6th out of 6. 1st round heat 11 Mohammad Sharif Butt 11.1sec 4th out of 6. 2nd round heat 2 Abdul Khaliq 10.5sec 2nd out of 6. Semifinal 1 Abdul Khaliq 10.6sec 4th out of 6

200 metres: 1st round heat 4 Mohammad Sharif Butt 22.2sec 3rd out of 5. 1st round heat 5 Abdul Khaliq 21.1sec 1st out of 6. 1st round heat 9 Abdul Aziz 22.9sec 5th out of 5. 2nd round heat 1 Abdul Khaliq 21.1sec 1st out of 6. Semifinal 1 Abdul Khaliq 21.5sec 4th out of 6

400 metres: 1st round heat 1 Abdullah Khan 49.0sec 3rd out of 5

800 metres: 1st round heat 4 Abdullah Khan 1:52.6min 5th out of 7. 1st round heat 5 Mahmood Jan 1:59.5min 6th out of 6

1,500 metres: 1st round heat 2 Mahmood Jan 4:15.0min 14th out of 15

Marathon: Mohammad Aslam 2:44.33hrs 22nd out of 33 (another 13 did not finish). Abdul Rashid 2:57.47 30th out of 33

110 metres hurdles: 1st round heat 1 Ghulam Raziq 14.5sec 3rd out of 6. 1st round heat 2 Khawaja Kalim Ghani 16.1sec 6th out of 6. Semifinal 2 Ghulam Raziq 14.6sec 5th out of 6

400 metres hurdles: 1st round heat 2 Khawaja Kalim Ghani 55.1sec 4th out of 5. 1st round heat 3 Mohammad Yaqub 53.1sec 5th out of 6

4x100 metres relay: 1st round heat 1 Pakistan (Abdul Aziz/Mohammad Sharif Butt/Abdul Khaliq/Ghulam Raziq) 41.3sec 3rd out of 5. Semifinal 2 Pakistan 40.8sec 5th out of 6

Long jump: Mohammad Rashid failed to qualify for final. Ramzan Ali failed to qualify for final

Pole vault: Allah Ditta failed to qualify for final

Hop, step and jump: Mohammad Rashid failed to qualify for final. Ramzan Ali failed to qualify for final

Throwing the discus: Mohammad Ayub failed to qualify for final

Throwing the javelin: Mohammad Nawaz 62.55m 14th out of 21. Jalal Khan failed to qualify for final

Throwing the hammer: Mohammad Iqbal 56.97m 11th out of 14.

BOXING

Flyweight (up to 51kg): 1st round Samuel Harris lost to T Spinks (Great Britain & Northern Ireland) on points

Bantamweight (up to 54kg): 1st round bye. 2nd round Rashid Ahmed lost to M Sitri (Italy) on points

Featherweight (up to 57kg): 1st round bye. 2nd round Maurice White lost to T O Falfan (Argentine) TKO

Light Welterweight (up to 68.5kg): 1st round Rehmat Gul lost to F Nenci (Italy) TKO

Welterweight (up to 67kg): 1st round Bait Hussain lost to A Dori (Hungary) on points

Light Middleweight (up to 71kg): 1st round Mohammad Safdar lost to B G Nikolov (Bulgaria) on points.

CYCLING

1,000 metres scratch race: 1st round heat 2 Shahzada Shahrukh 3rd out of 3. Repechage heat 1 Shahzada Shahrukh lost to E Godefroid (Belgium)

1,000 metres time trial: Saleem Farooqi 1:20.8min 18th out of 19

4,000 metres pursuit race: Elimination heat 1 Pakistan (Shahzada Shahrukh/Saleem Farooqi/Mohammad Naqi Mallick/Meraj Din) lost to Colombia (O Echeverry Bernal/H Rua Betancourt/R Hoyos Vallejo/H Monsalve Velasquez)

Road race: Pakistan (Shahzada Shahrukh/Saleem Farooqi/Mohammad Naqi Mallick/Meraj Din) all retired.

HOCKEY

Preliminary round Group C: Pakistan beat Belgium 2-0 (half-time 1-0), beat New Zealand 5-1 (h-t 2-0), drew with Germany 0-0 (h-t 0-0). Pakistan topped Group C 3 played, 2 won, drawn 1, GF 7, GA 1, points 5. Semifinals Pakistan beat Great Britain & Northern Ireland 3-2 (h-t 3-1). Final Pakistan lost to India 1-0 (h-t 0-0). Pakistan won the silver medal.

SHOOTING

Free pistol (distance 50 metres): M Z Ahmed score 460 31st out of 33

Free rifle (distance 300 metres): Saifi Chaudhry score 267 20th out of 20

Small bore rifle three positions (distance 50 metres): M Z Ahmed score 999 43rd out of 44

Small bore rifle prone (distance 50 metres): M Z Ahmed score 582 44th out of 44.

SWIMMING

100 metres backstroke: 1st round heat 1 Nazir Ahmed 1:10.7min 6th out of 6

200 metres breaststroke: 1st round heat 3 Ghulam Rasul disqualified

200 metres butterfly stroke: 1st round heat 3 Ghazi Shah 2:48.0min 6th out of 7.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Bantamweight (up to 56kg): Habib-ur-Rehman total not calculated 15th out of 16

Featherweight (up to 60kg): Mohammad Bashir total 247.5kg 18th out of 21

Light Heavyweight (up to 82.5kg): Mohammad Iqbal Butt total 337.5kg 10th out of 10.

WRESTLING (FREESTYLE)

Flyweight (up to 52kg): 1st round Abdul Aziz lost to J K Lee (Korea) by fall, 2nd round beat F Flannery (Australia) on points, 3rd round lost to H Akbas (Turkey) by fall

Bantamweight (up to 57kg): 1st round Zahur Din beat G Jameson (Australia) on points, 2nd round lost to S K Lee (Korea) on points, 3rd round lost to M Chakhov (USSR) by fall

Featherweight (up to 62kg): 1st round Mohammad Nazir lost to S Sasahara (Japan) on points, 2nd round lost to B Sit (Turkey) on points

Lightweight (up to 67kg): 1st round Mohammad Ashraf beat T K Oh (Korea) by fall, 2nd round lost to M Tovar Gonzalez (Mexico) on points, 3rd round beat J Taylor (Great Britain & Northern Ireland) on points, 4th round lost to A Bestaev (USSR) by fall

Welterweight (up to 73kg): 1st round Mohammad Latif lost to A Tischendorf (Germany) on points, 2nd round bye, 3rd round lost to C W de Villiers (South Africa) on points

Middleweight (up to 79kg): 1st round Faiz Mohammad lost to V M Punkari (Finland) by fall, 2nd round lost to J Atli (Turkey) by fall.

PAKISTAN WON A SILVER MEDAL