Pakistan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The men's hockey team won a silver medal.
Medalists
Silver medal in men's field hockey team competition
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 200 metres
Nusrat Iqbal Sahi
Heat 6 1st round; 22.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
Nusrat Iqbal Sahi
Heat 1 1st round; 49.47 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Muhammad Siddique
Heat 6 1st round; 1:52.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
Mohammad Younus
Heat 2 1st round; 3:44.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 metres hurdles
Bashir Ahmed
Heat 1 1st round; 15.38 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres hurdles
Norman Brinkworth
Heat 3 1st round; 54.67 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m relay
Mohammad Younus, Norman Brinkworth, Muhammad Siddique and Nusrat Iqbal Sahi
Heat 1 1st round; DNP (→ did not participate)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Jan Baloch First round — Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (BUL), TKO-2
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Malang Baloch First round — Lost to Graham Moughton (GBR), 0:5
Hockey
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary round Group A
Defeated (3-0) Drew with (1-1) Defeated (3-1) Lost to (1-2) Defeated (3-1) Defeated (3-0) Defeated (3-1) Semifinals Defeated (2-0) Final Lost to (0-1) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
Mohammad Asad Malik (captain) Saeed Anwar (vice-captain) Saleem Sherwani (gk) Mohammad Aslam (gk) Munawwaruz Zaman Zahid Sheikh Fazalur Rehman Shahnaz Sheikh Abdul Rasheed Jr Akhtarul Islam Islahuddin Mudassar Asghar Jahangir Butt Iftikhar Syed Riaz Ahmed Akhtar Rasool Tanvir Dar Umar Farooq
Weightlifting
Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)
Mohammad Arshad Malik
Press 117.5kg
Snatch 107.5kg
Jerk 147.5kg
Total 372.5kg (finished 19th out of 19)
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (– 67 kg) Allah Ditta 1st round — Lost to Jorge Ramos (CUB) 2nd round — Lost to Risto Darlev (YUG)
Men's Freestyle Welterweight (– 74 kg) Muhammad Yaghoub 1st round — Lost to Mildos Urbanovics (HUN) 2nd round — Drew with Shakar Khan Shakar (AFG) 3rd round — Lost to Jan Karlsson (SWE)