Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
India at the 1972 Summer Olympics; IOC code: IND: NOC: Indian Olympic Association: Website: olympic.ind.in: in Munich; Competitors: 41 (40 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports: Flag bearer : D.N. Devine Jones: Medals Ranked 43rd: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1: Summer Olympics appearances
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
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.
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 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.
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.
This page was last edited on 11 December 2024, at 23:20 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
In the Olympic Games up until 1936, athletes from modern-day Pakistan participated as part of the team from British India.Several gold medalists for India in field hockey were born in what became Pakistan, including Muhammad Aslam (), Lal Shah Bokhari (1932), Sayed Jaffar (1932 and 1936), Ali Dara (1936) and Peter Paul Fernandes (1936).