Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Pakistan at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codePAK
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Websitenocpakistan.org
in Helsinki
Competitors38 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Mohammad Niaz Khan
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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Source:[2]

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat 7 1st round; 11.0 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 9 1st round; 10.9 (→ advanced to second round)
  • Heat 1 2nd round; 10.9 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 11 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat 8 1st round; 22.7 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 9 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 11 1st round; 22.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat 1 1st round; 51.2 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 3 1st round; 51.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

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

Men's 10,000 metres

  • 33.50.4 finished 30th out of 33

Men's marathon

  • 2.43:38.2 finished 38th out of 53
  • Interrupted, did not finish

Men's 400 metres hurdles

  • Heat 2 1st round; 56.1 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat 5 1st round; 56.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

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

Men's 4x400 metres relay

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

Men's throwing the javelin

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

Men's throwing the hammer

  • Qualifying trials heat 1; 48.36m finished 15th out of 16
  • Qualifying trials heat 2; 47.45m finished 15th out of 16

Men's 10,000 metres walk

  • Heat 1 1st round; disqualified

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's featherweight (57 kg)

  • 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)

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

Men's welterweight (67 kg)

Men's middleweight (75 kg)

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's 1,000 metres sprint scratch race

  • 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

  • 1:21.2 finished 25th out of 27

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

  • Both broke off and did not finish

Hockey

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Main article: Hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • First round; Bye
  • Second round; Defeated  France (6-0)
  • Semifinals
  • Third Place Match

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

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Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

One shooter represented Pakistan in 1952.

50 m rifle, prone
  • Score 90/86/94/96=366 finished 8th out of 58

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Muhammad Ramzan 400 m freestyle 5:45.7 7 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 23:44.3 6 — Did not advance
Muhammad Bashir 200 m breaststroke 3:01.3 8 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's middleweight (75 kg)

  • Press 95 kg
  • Snatch 100 kg
  • Jerk 130 kg
  • Total 325 kg finished 17th out of 20

References

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  1. ^ "Pakistan at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ "1952 Oslo Official Olympic Report" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2011.