Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The nation returned to the Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics

American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan...

. Pakistan won the gold medal in the men's hockey team competition.

Athletics

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...

Men's 100 metres

• Mohammad Mansha
  Mohammad Mansha
  Mohammad Mansha was a Pakistan sprinter who represented the country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in both the 100 and 200 metres events....
  
  
• Heat 6 round 1; 10.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Mohammad Mansha
  Mohammad Mansha
  Mohammad Mansha was a Pakistan sprinter who represented the country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in both the 100 and 200 metres events....
  
  
• Heat 3 round 1; 22.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Syed Meesaq Rizvi
  Syed Meesaq Rizvi
  Syed Meesaq Rizvi was a Pakistani sprinter and middle-distance runner who represented the country at two Summer Olympic Games, in Los Angeles in 1984 and in Seoul in 1988, without winning any medals.-Biography:...
  
  
• Heat 3 round 1; 49.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Syed Meesaq Rizvi
  Syed Meesaq Rizvi
  Syed Meesaq Rizvi was a Pakistani sprinter and middle-distance runner who represented the country at two Summer Olympic Games, in Los Angeles in 1984 and in Seoul in 1988, without winning any medals.-Biography:...
  
  
• Heat 6 round 1; 1:51.29 (→ did not advance)

Men's javelin throw

• Mohammad Rasheed
• Qualifying Group 2; 74.58m (→ did not advance, overall 21st place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. The boxing schedule began on July 29 and ended on August 11. Twelve men's boxing events were contested.-Light Flyweight :...

Men's bantamweight (54kg)

• Babar Ali Khan
• 1/32 round; Bye
• 1/16 round; Defeated Firmin Abissi (BEN) on pts 5:0
• 1/8 round; Lost to Robinson Pitalua Tamara (COL) on pts 5:0

Men's lightweight (60kg)

• Asif Kamran Dar
• 1/32 round; Defeated Shlomo Niazov (ISR) on pts 5:0
• 1/16 round; Lost to Leopoldo Contancio (PHI) on pts 5:0

Men's welterweight (67kg)

• Syed Abrar Hussain
• 1/32 round; Bye
• 1/16 round; Lost to Vesa Koskela (SWE) on pts 4:1

Men's super heavyweight (+91kg)

• Mohammad Yousuf
• 1/8 round; Lost to Lennox Lewis
  Lennox Lewis
  Lennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship...
  
   (CAN) RSC rd 3

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round Pool B

• Drew with ((3-3)
• Defeated (3-0)
• Drew with (3-3)
• Defeated (7-1)
• Drew with (0-0)

Semifinals

• Defeated (1-0)

Final

• Defeated (2-1, after extra time)

Pakistan won the gold medal

Team Roster

• Manzoor Hussain (captain)
• Hanif Khan (vice-captain)
• Syed Ghulam Moinuddin
  Syed Ghulam Moinuddin
  Syed Ghulam Moinuddin is a former field hockey player from Pakistan. He was the member of the winning Pakistani team in 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
   (gk)
• Shahid Ali Khan
  Shahid Ali Khan
  Shahid Ali Khan is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Pakistan, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and later became the Pakistan's goal keeping coach. Eight years later he was on the side that captured the bronze medal in...
  
   (gk)
• Mushtaq Ahmed
• Ishtiaq Ahmed
• Naeem Akhtar
• Nasir Ali
  Nasir Ali
  Nasir Ali is a Pakistani field hockey player. He played at fullback position. He was a player in the National hockey team from 1981 to 1988....
  
  
• Tauqeer Dar
  Tauqeer Dar
  Tauqeer Dar is a former field hockey player from Pakistan. He was the member of the winning Pakistani team in 1984 Summer Olympics. He is the son of Munir Ahmad Dar and the nephew of Tanvir Dar. He is also the son-in-law of Khawaja Zaka-ud-Din who was the head-coach of Pakistani hockey team for...
  
  
• Khalid Hameed
• Kalimullah
• Ayaz Mahmood
• Rashidul Hasan
• Hasan Sardar
• Qasim Zia
  Qasim Zia
  Qasim Zia is an Olympian who represented Pakistan in Field Hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles and 1986 Hockey World Cup. Qasim Zia was a fullback. He played 87 International matches, in which he scored 15 goals...
  
  
• Saleem Sherwani

Forward Saleem Sherwani is not the same player as his namesake, Saleem Sherwani (field hockey goalkeeper)

Saleem Sherwani (field hockey goalkeeper)

Saleem Sherwani is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Pakistan Men's National Hockey Team. He won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany and bronze medal in 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:...

 who was the Pakistan goalkeeper at the Munich Olympics in 1972 and in the Montreal Olympiad in 1976.

Wrestling Freestyle

Men's 74kg Group A

• Gul Mohammad
  Gul Mohammad
  Gul Mohammad , sometimes referred to as Gul Mahomed, played Test cricket for India and Pakistan....
  
  
• Round 1; Lost to Ali Faris (IRQ) by fall
• Round 2; Bye
• Round 3; Lost to Myung-Woo Han (KOR) by fall

Men's 90kg Group A

• Abdul Majeed Maruwala
• Round 1; Beat Ilie Matei (ROM) on pts 12:0
• Round 2; Beat Edwin Lins (AUT) on pts 11:6
• Round 3; Lost to Ismail Temiz (TUR) on pts. Match drawn 3:3 but Temiz won the judges verdict
• Round 4; Lost to Ed Banach
  Ed Banach
  Edward Joseph Banach is an athlete who wrestled for the University of Iowa from 1980-1983. He was a standout wrestler, with a career record of 141-9-1 and the school record for most pins in a career . Banach was a four-time NCAA All-American, and a three-time NCAA national champion . He was named...
  
   (USA) by fall

Yachting

Soling Class

• Khalid Mahmood Akhtar, Adnan Yousuf and Naseem Anwar Khan
• Points 172.00 Net points 145.00 after seven races. Finished 20th out of 22

Finn Class

• Arshad Chaudhry
• Points 198.00 Net points 168.00 after seven races. Finished 24th out of 28

470 Class

• Munir Sadiq
  Munir Sadiq
  Munir Sadiq is a former Pakistani three times Asian Games gold medalist in sailing having won his first at the 1978 Bangkok Games.-Early life and education:Sadiq completed his intermediate from Cadet College, Petaro in 1973....
  
   and Mohammad Zakaullah
• Points 182.00 Net points 147.00 after seven races. Finished 22nd out of 28