Pakistan competed at the

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in Melbourne,

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. 55 competitors, all men, took part in 43 events in 8 sports. They won their first medal at this level, winning the silver in the men's field hockey competition.

Medalists

Silver medal in the men's field hockey team competition

Athletics

Men's 100 metres *

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:* Heat 3 1st round; 10.8 (→ advanced to 2nd round) :* Heat 2 2nd round; 10.5 (→ advanced to semifinals) :* Semifinal 1; 10.6 (→ did not advance) * Ghulam Raziq :* Heat 10 1st round; 11.2 (→ did not advance) * Mohammad Sharif Butt :* Heat 11 1st round; 11.1 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres * Mohammad Sharif Butt :* Heat 4 1st round; 22.2 (→ did not advance) *

:* Heat 5 1st round; 21.1 (→ advanced to 2nd round) :* Heat 1 2nd round; 21.1 (→ advanced to semifinals) :* Semifinal 1; 21.5 (→ did not advance) * Abdul Aziz :* Heat 9 1st round; 22.9 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres * Abdullah Khan :* Heat 1 1st round; 49.0 (→ did not advance) Men's 800 metres * Abdullah Khan :* Heat 4 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance) * Mahmood Jan :* Heat 5 1st round; 1:59.5 (→ did not advance) Men's 1,500 metres * Mahmood Jan :* Heat 2 1st round; 4:15.0 (→ did not advance) Men's marathon * Havildar Mohammad Aslam :* 2:44.33 finished 22nd out of 33 * Abdul Rashid :* 2:57.47 finished 30th out of 33 Men's 110 metres hurdles * Ghulam Raziq :* Heat 1 1st round; 14.5 (→ advanced to semifinals) :* Semifinal 2; 14.6 (→ did not advance) * Khawaja Kalim Ghani :* Heat 2 1st round; 16.1 (→ did not advance) Men's 400 metres hurdles * Khawaja Kalim Ghani :* Heat 2 1st round; 55.1 (→ did not advance) *

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:* Heat 3 1st round; 53.1 (→ did not advance) Men's 4x100 metres relay * Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Sharif Butt,

and Ghulam Raziq :* Heat 1 1st round; 41.3 (→ advanced to semifinals) :* Semifinal 2; 40.8 (→ did not advance) Men's long jump * Mohammad Rashid :* Failed to qualify for final * Muhammad Ramzan Ali :* Failed to qualify for final Men's pole vault * Allah Ditta :* Failed to qualify for final Men's hop, step and jump * Mohammad Rashid :* Failed to qualify for final * Muhammad Ramzan Ali :* Failed to qualify for final Men's throwing the discus * Mohammad Ayub :* Failed to qualify for final Men's throwing the javelin * Mohammad Nawaz :* 62.55m finished 14th out of 21 *

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:* Failed to qualify for final Men's throwing the hammer *

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:* 56.97m finished 11th out of 14

Boxing

Men's flyweight (up to 51 kg) * Samuel Harris :* 1st round; Lost to T Spinks (GB/NI) on pts Men's bantamweight (up to 54 kg) * Rashid Ahmed :* 1st round; Bye :* 2nd round; Lost to M Sitri (ITA) on pts Men's featherweight (up to 57 kg) *

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:* 1st round; Bye :* 2nd round; Lost to TO Falfan (ARG) TKO Men's light welterweight (up to 63.5 kg) *

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:* 1st round; Lost to F Nenci (ITA) TKO Men's welterweight (up to 67 kg) * Bait Hussain :* 1st round; Lost to A Dori (HUN) on pts Men's light middleweight (up to 71 kg) *

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:* 1st round; Lost to BG Nikolov (BUL) on pts

Cycling

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:* Heat 2 1st round (→ sent to repechage) :* Repechage heat 1; finished 14th overall ; Time trial * Saleem Mahmood Farooqi :* 1:20.8 finished 18th out of 19 ; Team pursuit *

, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj Din :* Heat 1; Lost to

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. Finished 12th overall ; Individual road race *

, Saleem Mahmood Farooqi, Mohammad Naqi Malik and Meraj Din :* All retired Shahzada Shahrukh, now in his new role as a cyclist, was Pakistan vice-captain of the men's hockey team at the London Olympic Games in 1948

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

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(gk) * Munir Dar *

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* Akhtar Hussain * Ghulam Rasool *

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* Qazi Musarrat Hussain * Aziz Naik *

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* Zafar Ali Khan * Habibur Rehman *

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* Mohammad Amin * Naseer Bunda Vice-captain Latifur Rehman (who also played for Pakistan at the Helsinki Olympiad in 1952) and Akhtar Hussain had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan

Shooting

Two shooters represented Pakistan in 1956. ;

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* Zafar Ahmed Muhammad :* 67/74/83/81/76/79 = Score 460. Finished 31st out of 33 ; 300 m rifle, three positions * Saifi Chaudhry :* (84/-/-/-) (withdrew) (12/65/59/47) = Score 267. Finished 20th out of 20 ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Zafar Ahmed Muhammad :* 389/353/257 = Score 999. Finished 43rd out of 44 ; 50 m rifle, prone * Zafar Ahmed Muhammad :* 98/99/96/97/96/96 = Score 582. Finished 44th out of 44

Swimming

Men's 100 metres backstroke * Nazir Ahmed :* Heat 1 1st round; 1:10.7 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres breaststroke * Ghulam Rasul :* Heat 3 1st round; Disqualified Men's 200 metres butterfly stroke * Ghazi Shah :* Heat 3 1st round; 2:48.0 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men's bantamweight (up to 56 kg) * Habibur Rehman :* Press 80kg :* Snatch x :* Jerk 97.5kg :* Total not calculated (finished 15th out of 16) Men's featherweight (up to 60 kg) * Mohammad Bashir :* Press 72.5kg :* Snatch 77.5kg :* Jerk 97.5kg :* Total 247.5kg (finished 18th out of 21) Men's light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg) * Mohammad Iqbal Butt :* Press 105kg :* Snatch 102.5kg :* Jerk 130kg :* Total 337.5kg (finished 10th out of 10)

Wrestling

Men's flyweight (up to 52 kg) * Abdul Aziz :* 1st round; Lost to JK Lee (KOR) by fall :* 2nd round; Beat F Flannery (AUS) on pts 3:0 :* 3rd round; Lost to H Akbas (TUR) by fall Men's bantamweight (up to 57 kg) * Zahur Din :* 1st round; Beat G Jameson (AUS) on pts 3:0 :* 2nd round; Lost to SK Lee (KOR) on pts 2:1 :* 3rd round; Lost to M Chakhov (USSR) by fall Men's featherweight (up to 62 kg) *

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:* 1st round; Lost to S Sasahara (JPN) on pts 3:0 :* 2nd round; Lost to B Sit (TUR) on pts 2:1 Men's lightweight (up to 67 kg) * Mohammad Ashraf :* 1st round; Beat TK Oh (KOR) by fall :* 2nd round; Lost to M Tovar Gonzalez (MEX) on pts 2:1 :* 3rd round; Beat J Taylor (GB/NI) on pts 3:0 :* 4th round; Lost to A Bestaev (USSR) by fall Men's welterweight (up to 73 kg) * Mohammad Latif :* 1st round; Lost to A Tischendorf (GER) on pts 3:0 :* 2nd round; Bye :* 3rd round; Lost to CW de Villiers (SAF) on pts 3:0 Men's middleweight (up to 79 kg) *

Mohammad Faiz Faiz Muhammad (23 September 1937– 2014 ) was a Pakistani freestyle wrestler. He was from 5 AK regt (HAIDER DIL BN).VM Punkari (FIN) by fall :* 2nd round; Lost to I Atli (TUR) by fall Mohammad Faiz, who took part in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne, was not the same person as wrestler Faiz Mohammad who participated in two Olympic Games—at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964—also in the middleweight category

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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1956 in Pakistani sport