Pakistan at the 1956 Summer Olympics


Pakistan competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 55 competitors, all men, took part in 43 events in 8 sports. They won their first medal at this level, winning the silver in the men's field hockey competition.

Medalists

Silver medal in the men's field hockey team competition

Athletics

Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 400 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1,500 metres
Men's marathon
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Men's long jump
Men's pole vault
Men's hop, step and jump
Men's throwing the discus
Men's throwing the javelin
Men's throwing the hammer
Men's flyweight
Men's bantamweight
Men's featherweight
Men's light welterweight
Men's welterweight
Men's light middleweight
;Sprint
;Time trial
;Team pursuit
;Individual road race
Shahzada Shahrukh, now in his new role as a cyclist, was Pakistan vice-captain of the men's hockey team at the London Olympic Games in 1948

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round Group C
Semifinals
Final
Pakistan won the silver medal
Team Roster
Vice-captain Latifur Rehman and Akhtar Hussain had represented the gold medal winning India men's hockey team in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, before migrating to Pakistan

Shooting

Two shooters represented Pakistan in 1956.
;25 m pistol
;300 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, three positions
;50 m rifle, prone
Men's 100 metres backstroke
Men's 200 metres breaststroke
Men's 200 metres butterfly stroke
Men's bantamweight
Men's featherweight
Men's light heavyweight
Men's flyweight
Men's bantamweight
Men's featherweight
Men's lightweight
Men's welterweight
Men's middleweight
Mohammad Faiz, who took part in the 1956 Olympics at Melbourne, was not the same person as wrestler Faiz Mohammad who participated in two Olympic Games—at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964—also in the middleweight category