Pakistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
# Pakistan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Pakistan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support to the United States boycott.

Pakistan Olympic Association sent a total of 21 athletes, 19 men and 2 women, to compete in 4 different sports. Four of their athletes were selected to the team under wild card entries, without having qualified. Men's field hockey was the only team-sport in which Pakistan had its representation in these Olympic games. Field hockey team captain Sohail Abbas was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Pakistan, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in London since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where the men's field hockey team won the bronze.

## Athletics

### 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Liaquat Ali | 100 m | 10.90 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Rabia Ashiq | 800 m | 2:17.39 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Field hockey

Pakistan ensured its place in the men's event after winning a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.

### Men's tournament

**Roster**

The following is the Pakistan roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head Coach: Akhtar Rasool

* I. Shah (GK)
* Muhammad Irfan
* Muhammad Rizwan Sr.
* Muhammad Rizwan Jr.
* Fareed Ahmed
* Rashid Mehmood
* Muhammad Waqas
* Muhammad Umar Bhutta
* Abdul Haseem Khan
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Sohail Abbas (C)
* Muhammad Tousiq
* Shafqat Rasool
* Rehan Butt
* Waseem Ahmed
* Muhammad Imran

Reserves:

* Imran Butt (GK)
* Syed Kashif Shah

Pakistan is in Pool A of the men's competition.

**Group play**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 11 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 4 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 1 | Eleventh place game |

* 30 July 2012 13:45

| Spain | 1–1 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Quemada 47' | Report | Butt 46' |

* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nigel Iggo (NZL)
* 1 August 2012 19:00

| Pakistan | 2–0 | Argentina |
| - | - | - |
| Imran 30' Abbas 44' | Report | |

* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Marcin Grochal (POL)
* 3 August 2012 16:00

| Great Britain | 4–1 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Tindall 4' Clarke 26' Jackson 50', 67' | Report | Abbas 70' |

* Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
* 5 August 2012 10:45

| Pakistan | 5–4 | South Africa |
| - | - | - |
| Khan 20', 26' Rasool 23' Abbas 64' Ahmed 67' | Report | McDade 2' Reid-Ross 22', 35' Paton 48' |

* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
* 7 August 2012 10:45

| Australia | 7–0 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| de Young 5' Knowles 6' Ciriello 29', 34' Ford 42' Dwyer 48' Turner 70' | Report | |

* Umpires: Gary Simmonds (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

**7th/8th place game**

* 9 August 2012 11:30

| Pakistan | 3–2 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Waqas 31' Khan 44' Imran 61' | Report | Hyun 30', 33' |

* Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL)

## Shooting

International Shooting Sport Federation has allocated a wild card for Pakistan enabling an entry for the shooting event in London Summer Olympics.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Khurram Inam | Skeet | 112 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Federation of International Aquatics has allocated two wild cards for Pakistan enabling an entry for the swimming event in London Summer Olympics.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Israr Hussain | 100 m freestyle | 57.86 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anum Bandey | 400 m individual medley | 5:34.64 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
