title: Pakistan at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: # 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
  