Pakistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
# Pakistan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Pakistan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Pakistan has not won any medal since 1992 Summer Olympics.

National Olympic Committee of Pakistan sent the nation's smallest ever delegation to the Games, as the men's field hockey failed to qualify for the first time in a non-boycott Olympic edition. A total of seven athletes, four men and three women, were selected to the Pakistani team across four different sports. All of them had gained their Olympic entries, either through Tripartite Commission invitations or quota spots, with swimmers Lianna Swan and Haris Bandey, as well as judoka Shah Hussain Shah, being based abroad. Meanwhile, rapid fire pistol shooter Ghulam Mustafa Bashir was nominated by the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) to bear the nation's flag in the opening ceremony.

Pakistan's Olympic campaign ended on August 15, a week before the close of the Olympics, after Najma Parveen failed to pass the preliminary heats in the women's 200 metres, making it Pakistan's worst ever performance at the Olympics.

## Athletics

Pakistan has received universality slots from IAAF to send two athletes (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mehboob Ali | Men's 400 m | 48.37 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Najma Parveen | Women's 200 m | 26.11 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Pakistan has qualified one judoka for the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in judo. Hussain Shah earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as Pakistan's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Shah Hussain Shah | Men's −100 kg | Bye | Bloshenko (UKR) L 000–100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

Pakistan has received two invitations from the Tripartite Commission to send shooters competing in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol and women's 10 m air rifle, respectively, to the Olympics.

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Ghulam Mustafa Bashir | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol | 571 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Minhal Sohail | Women's 10 m air rifle | 413.2 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

## Swimming

Pakistan has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Haris Bandey | Men's 400 m freestyle | 4:33.13 | 50 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lianna Swan | Women's 50 m freestyle | 29.02 | 64 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
