Pakistan At The 2024 Summer Olympics
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2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...
in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Javelin thrower
Arshad Nadeem Arshad Nadeem ( Punjabi and ur, ; born January 2, 1997) is a Pakistani javelin thrower. He represents WAPDA in the domestic competition. He is the first Pakistani to qualify for the final of any track and field event at the Olympic Games and ...
captured Pakistan's first Olympic medal since 1992 and first gold medal since 1984, as well as the country's first ever gold medal in an individual sport. Nadeem broke the 16-year-old Olympic record of 90.57 metres, recording a throw of 92.97 metres.


Medalists


Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. In a first for Pakistan, Arshad Nadeem and the three shooters, Ghulam Mustafa Bashir, Gulfam Joseph and Kishmala Talat qualified for their respective events after reaching the qualifications marks, while the rest of the athletes, Faiqa Riaz, Muhammad Ahmed Durrani and Jehanara Nabi were given wild cards (universality places). This was also the most gender balanced contingent sent by Pakistan to the Olympic games.


Athletics

Pakistani track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): ;Track & road events ;Field events


Shooting

Pakistani shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.


Swimming

Pakistan sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. They were given wildcards.


See also

* Pakistan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics


References

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