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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).
Pakistan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem captured Pakistan's first Olympic medal since 1992 and first gold medal since 1984, as well as the country's first ever gold medal in an individual sport.
The previous Olympic record holder was Norwegian Andreas Thorkildsen, who achieved 90.57 m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. [58] Nadeem's throw is the sixth-longest throw ever, when considering only the best throw from each athlete. [5] [59] Nadeem won Pakistan’s first Olympic medal since 1992, and their first Olympic gold medal since 1984. [60]
Gold medalist Arshad Nadeem of Team Pakistan celebrates after competing in the Men's Javelin Throw Final on day 13 of the Olympic Games at Stade de France on Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris Credit - Elsa ...
Pakistan's previous gold medal came in men's field hockey at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and it's last medal of any color was a field hockey bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
Nadeem’s was Pakistan’s first gold medal since its field hockey team took the top spot at the 1984 games in Los Angeles, and its only medal in 32 years since field hockey nabbed bronze in 1992 ...
Pakistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics; IOC code: PAK: NOC: National Olympic Committee of Pakistan: Website: nocpakistan.org: in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 () – August 8, 2021 () Competitors: 10 in 6 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Mahoor Shahzad Muhammad Khalil Akhtar: Flag bearer (closing) Arshad Nadeem: Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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.