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Four male shooters represented India in 1972. 50 m rifle, prone. Parimal Chatterjee; Qualification Round — 572(→ 95th place) Roy Choudhury; Qualification Round — 567(→ 99th place) Trap. Karni Singh; Qualification Round — 180(→ 34th place) Trap. Randhir Singh; Qualification Round — 173(→ 44th place) Skeet. Karni Singh
Pakistan at the 1972 Summer Olympics; IOC code: PAK: NOC: National Olympic Committee of Pakistan: Website: nocpakistan.org: in Munich; Competitors: 28 in 5 sports: Flag bearer : Mohammad Asad Malik: Medals Ranked 33rd: Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1: Summer Olympics appearances
India and Pakistan first participated at the 1900 and 1948 Olympic Games respectively. [3] [4] [5] India has outranked Pakistan in all editions of the Olympic Games, except on seven occasions (1960, 1968, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 2024), when Pakistan finished higher in the medal tally.
Arshad Nadeem made history for Pakistan as the first ever individual gold medalist for the country with an Olympic record throw in javelin:
Indian field hockey team that won the gold medal at 1928 Olympics. India made its first appearance at the 1900 Summer Olympics as part of British India (1858-1947), becoming the first Asian nation to participate in the Olympic Games. [1] A lone athlete Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two silver medals in athletics. [2]
Pakistan partied late into the night after javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem won the country’s first ever track and field medal with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters to take gold in Paris.
Arshad Nadeem took the top spot in javelin last week in the Paris Games, becoming the first Pakistani to win an individual gold medal in the country’s history.
The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad (German: Spiele der XX. Olympiade) and officially branded as Munich 1972 (German: München 1972; Bavarian: Minga 1972), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.