Pakistan at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Pakistan competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 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.

Medalists

Gold medal in the men's hockey competition and a bronze medal in the men's freestyle wrestling

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Abdul Khaliq

* Heat 2; 11.2 (→ did not advance)

• Iftikhar Shah

* Heat 7; Retired

Men's 200 metres

• Iftikhar Shah

* Heat 1; Non-starter

• Abdul Khaliq

* Heat 4; 23.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

• Mubarak Shah

* Heat 4; 15:43.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Abdul Malik, Ramzan Ali, Ghulam Raziq and Abdul Khaliq

* Heat 3; 42.5 (→ advanced to semifinals)

* 2nd semifinal; 42.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

• Ghulam Raziq

* Heat 4; 14.6 (→ advanced to quarter-finals)

* 2nd quarter-final; 14.4 (→ advanced to semifinals)

* 2nd semifinal; 14.3 (→ did not advance)

• Abdul Malik

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