Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## 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

* 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
