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Pakistan at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Pakistan competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It was Pakistan's 14th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.[1]

CG codePAK
CGANational Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Websitenocpakistan.org
Competitors67 (42 men and 25 women) in 12 sports
Quick facts Pakistan at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, CG code ...
Pakistan at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Pakistan
CG codePAK
CGANational Olympic Committee of Pakistan
Websitenocpakistan.org
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors67 (42 men and 25 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Muhammad Inam
Bismah Maroof
Flag bearer (closing)Zaman Anwar
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
7
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Muhammad Inam and Bismah Maroof were the country's flagbearers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.[2][3]

Arshad Nadeem won Pakistan's first ever gold medal in Javelin Throw at the Commonwealth Games and the first Athletics gold medal since 1962.[4] Pakistan won a total of seven medals, including two golds, three silvers and two bronze medals, which was its best medal haul at the Commonwealth Games since 1970.[5] Overall Pakistan finished at 18 on the medal table out of 72 participating nations.

Administration

Syed Mohammad Abid Qadri was the Chef de Mission for the Pakistani team in Birmingham.[6]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[7]

More information Sport, Men ...
Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 325
Badminton 224
Boxing 3[a]14
Cricket N/a1515
Hockey 18018
Gymnastics 101
Judo 202
Squash 224
Swimming 134
Table tennis 101
Weightlifting 303
Wrestling 606
Total422567
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Notes
  1. [a]
    One boxer failed to make the draw and thus no longer counted.

Medallists

More information Medals by date, Total ...
Medals by date
Day Date Total
Day 1 29 Jul 0 0 0 0
Day 2 30 Jul 0 0 0 0
Day 3 31 Jul 0 0 0 0
Day 4 1 Aug 0 0 0 0
Day 5 2 Aug 0 0 0 0
Day 6 3 Aug 1 0 1 2
Day 7 4 Aug 0 0 0 0
Day 8 5 Aug 0 2 1 3
Day 9 6 Aug 0 1 0 1
Day 10 7 Aug 1 0 0 1
Day 11 8 Aug 0 0 0 0
Total 2 3 2 7
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More information Medals by gender, Total ...
Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Male 2 3 2 7
Female 0 0 0 0
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 2 3 2 7
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More information Medals by sport, Total ...
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Athletics1001
Weightlifting1001
Wrestling0314
Judo0011
Total2327
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Main article: 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table
More information Medal, Name ...
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldNooh Dastgir ButtWeightliftingMen's +109kg3 August
 Gold Arshad Nadeem Athletics Javelin throw 7 August
 SilverMuhammad InamWrestlingMen's -86kg5 August
 SilverZaman AnwarWrestlingMen's -125kg5 August
 SilverSharif TahirWrestlingMen's -74kg6 August
 BronzeShah Hussain ShahJudoMen's -90kg3 August
 BronzeInayat UllahWrestlingMen's -65kg5 August
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Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

A squad of five athletes was officially confirmed as of 19 July 2022.[8][9]

Men
Track and road events
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Shajar Abbas 100 m 10.38 4 Did not advance
200 m 21.12 1 Q 20.89 8 q 21.16 8
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Field events
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Jamshad Ali Shot put 15.72 11
Arshad Nadeem Javelin throw 90.18 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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Women
Track and road events
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Aneela Gulzar 100 m 14.01 8 Did not advance
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Field events
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Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Anila Baig Discus throw F44/64 20.69 10
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Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Pakistan received a Bipartite Invitation for the mixed team competition. A squad of four players was selected shortly after the selection trials on 12 May 2022.[10]

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Murad Ali Men's singles  Tamakloe (GHA)
W (21–9, 21–8)		  Teh (SGP)
L (14–21, 16–21)		 Did not advance
Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti  Mulenga (ZAM)
W (21–6, 21–19)		  Ng (MAS)
L (10–21, 9–21)		 Did not advance
Mahoor Shahzad Women's singles  P Ramdhani (GUY)
W (21–10, 21–8)		  Kashyap (IND)
L (20–22, 1–8 ret.)		 Did not advance
Ghazala Siddique  Chater (FLK)
W (21–4, 21–3)		  Richardson (JAM)
L (15–21, 14–21)		 Did not advance
Murad Ali
Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti		 Men's doubles N/a  Elliott &
Summers (RSA)
W (21–19, 21–17)		  Rankireddy &
Shetty (IND)
L (8–21, 7–21)		 Did not advance
Mahoor Shahzad
Ghazala Siddique		 Women's doubles N/a  Chen &
Somerville (AUS)
L (10–21, 13–21)		 Did not advance
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Mixed team
Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team
Summary
More information Team, Event ...
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
 Pakistan Mixed team  India
L 0–5		  Australia
L 2–3		  Sri Lanka
L 1–4		 4 Did not advance
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Squad
Group stage
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  India 3 3 0 14 1 +13 28 2 +26 620 329 +291 3 Knockout stage
2  Sri Lanka 3 2 1 7 8 −1 14 16 −2 489 520 −31 2
3  Australia 3 1 2 6 9 −3 12 18 −6 514 546 −32 1
4  Pakistan 3 0 3 3 12 −9 6 24 −18 382 610 −228 0
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Source: BWF

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of five boxers was officially confirmed as of 19 July 2022.[8]

More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Zohaib Rasheed Men's Flyweight N/a Failed to enter draw due to mistake by a technical delegate
Ilyas Hussain Men's Featherweight Lesotho M. Mokhotho

W RSC

 Trinidad and Tobago A. Joseph

W 3–2

 Northern Ireland J. Gallagher

L 0–5

 Did not advance
Suleman Baloch Men's Light welterweight India S.Thapa
L 0–5		 Did not advance
Nazeer Ullah Khan Men's Heavyweight N/a England L. Williams
L 0–5		 Did not advance
Mehreen Baloch Women's Featherweight N/a Sri Lanka S. Muthuthanthri

L 0–5

 Did not advance
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Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the ICC Women's T20I rankings (as of 1 April 2021), Pakistan qualified for the tournament.[14][15]

Fixtures were announced in November 2021.[16]

Roster

Fifteen players were selected on 31 May 2022.[17][18]

Summary
More information Team, Event ...
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Pakistan women Women's tournament  Barbados
L 15 Runs		  India
L 8 Wickets		  Australia
L 44 Runs		 4 Did not advance
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Group play
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 6 2.832
2  India 3 2 1 0 4 2.511
3  Barbados 3 1 2 0 2 −2.953
4  Pakistan 3 0 3 0 0 −1.768
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Source: ESPNcricinfo
29 July 2022
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Barbados 
144/4 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
129/6 (20 overs)
Kycia Knight 62* (56)
Fatima Sana 2/41 (4 overs)
Nida Dar 50* (31)
Hayley Matthews 1/13 (4 overs)
Barbados won by 15 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Shivani Mishra (Qat)
Player of the match: Hayley Matthews (Bar)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shanika Bruce, Trishan Holder, Alisa Scantlebury and Aaliyah Williams (Bar) all made their WT20I debuts.[a]
31 July 2022
11:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
99 (18 overs)
v
 India
102/2 (11.4 overs)
Muneeba Ali 32 (30)
Sneh Rana 2/15 (4 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 63* (42)
Tuba Hassan 1/18 (2 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Kim Cotton (NZ)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
3 August 2022
11:00
Scorecard
Australia 
160/2 (20 overs)
v
 Pakistan
116/8 (20 overs)
Tahlia McGrath 78* (51)
Sadia Iqbal 1/28 (4 overs)
Fatima Sana 35* (26)
Tahlia McGrath 3/13 (3 overs)
Australia won by 44 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Sue Redfern (Eng)
Player of the match: Tahlia McGrath (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

One gymnast was officially selected as of 19 July 2022.[8]

Artistic

Men
Individual Qualification
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Mohammad Afzal Qualification 8.400 N/a 4.250 10.550 N/a
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Hockey

Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the FIH Men's World Ranking (as of 1 February 2022), Pakistan qualified for the men's tournament.[19][20]

Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022.[21] Eighteen players were selected for the men's squad as of 13 July 2022.[22]

Men's tournament

Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
Summary

Key:

More information Team, Event ...
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Pakistan men Men's tournament  South Africa
D 2-2		  New Zealand
L 1–4		  Scotland
W 3–2		  Australia
L 0-7		 4 Did not advance  Canada
W 4–3		 7
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Roster
  • Akmal Hussain (gk)
  • Abdullah Ishtiaq (gk)
  • Mubashir Ali
  • Ammad Butt
  • Mohammad Hammad
  • Muhammad Abdullah
  • Rizwan Ali
  • Muhammad Umar Bhutta
  • Moin Shakeel
  • Abdul Mannan
  • Junaid Manzoor
  • Ghazanfar Ali
  • Ajaz Ahmed
  • Rana Waheed
  • Ruman Khan
  • Afraz Hakeem
  • Hannan Shahid
  • Ahmed Nadeem
Group play
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 4 4 0 0 29 2 +27 12 Semi-finals
2  South Africa 4 2 1 1 11 12 −1 7
3  New Zealand 4 1 1 2 14 17 −3 4 Fifth place match
4  Pakistan 4 1 1 2 6 15 −9 4 Seventh place match
5  Scotland 4 0 1 3 11 25 −14 1 Ninth place match
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Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
More information South Africa, 2–2 ...
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More information New Zealand, 4–1 ...
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More information 3–2, Scotland ...
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More information Australia, 7–0 ...
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Seventh place match
More information 4–3, Canada ...
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Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Two judoka were selected for the competition.[23]

Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Shah Hussain Shah -90 kg N/a  Harrison Cassar (AUS)
L		 Did not advance  Thomas-Laszlo Breytenbach (RSA)
W		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Qaisar Khan -100 kg  Jason Koster (NZL)
L		 Did not advance
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Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of four players was officially confirmed as of 19 July 2022.[8]

Singles
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Tayyab Aslam Men's singles Bye  Iqbal (PAK)
L 0-1 ret		 Did not advance
Nasir Iqbal  Morrison (JAM)
W 3–0		  Aslam (PAK)
W 1-0 ret		  Willstrop (ENG)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Amna Fayyaz Women's singles Bye  Arnold (MAS)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Faiza Zafar Bye  Yiwen (MAS)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
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Doubles
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Tayyab Aslam
Nasir Iqbal		 Men's doubles  Ghana
W 2–0		  Scotland
L 1–2		 Did not advance
Faiza Zafar
Amna Fayyaz		 Women's doubles Bye  Malaysia
L 0–2		 Did not advance
Tayyab Aslam
Amna Fayyaz		 Mixed doubles  Barbados
L 0–2		 Did not advance
Nasir Iqbal
Faiza Zafar		  Sri Lanka
W 2–0		  New Zealand
L 0–2		 Did not advance
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Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of four swimmers was officially confirmed as of 19 July 2022.[8]

Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Haseeb Tariq 50 m freestyle 24.65 43 Did not advance
50 m backstroke 27.89 31
50 m butterfly 25.97 35
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Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bisma Khan 50 m freestyle 27.82 38 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:02.59 47
50 m butterfly 29.43 33
100 m butterfly 1:08.21 31
Jehanara Nabi 100 m freestyle 1:01.51 40
200 m freestyle 2:13.38 22 N/a Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:36.87 17 N/a
Mishael Ayub 50 m breaststroke 37.96 31 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:22.12 26
50 m butterfly 31.44 46
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Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Four players were initially selected on 16 March 2022;[24] it was later confirmed on 13 May 2022 that only one player (Fahad Khawaja) would go to the Games.[25]

More information Athletes, Event ...
Athletes Event Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Fahad Khawaja Men's singles Guyana C. Franklin

W 4–0

 Bangladesh M. Ridoy W 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago D. Douglas W 4–0 1 England P. Drinkhall

L 0–4

 Did not advance
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Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

The PWF was set to send six qualified weightlifters to Birmingham but a doping scandal means that only three are provisionally set to attend the Games.[26]

Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Haider Ali 81 kg 135 7 170 5 305 5
Hanzala Dastgir Butt 109 kg 142 9 173 9 315 9
Nooh Dastgir Butt +109 kg 173 GR 1 232 GR 1 405 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Following the trials, five male wrestlers were selected on 2 April 2022,[27] with a sixth added to the squad at a later date.[28]

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
More information Athlete, Event ...
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Ali Asad Men's -57 kg England H. Ridings

W 10-0 (VSU)

 Namibia R. Goliath

W 10-0 (VSU)

 India K. Ravi

L 4-14 (VSU1)

 N/a New Zealand S. Singh

W 11-0 (VSU)

 DSQ
Inayat Ullah Men's -65 kg Malta A. Vella

W 10-0 (VSU)

 Nigeria A. Daniel

W 4-0 (VPO)

 Canada L. McNeil

L 0-11 (VSU)

 N/a Scotland R. Connelly

W10-0 (VSU)

 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sharif Tahir Men's -74 kg Tonga J. Vake

W11-0 (VSU)

 Canada J. Phulka

W5-1 (VPO1)

 New Zealand C. Hawkins

W11-0 (VSU)

 N/a India N. Naveen

L0-9 (VPO)

 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Muhammad Inam Men's -86 kg Scotland K. Malone

W 11-0 (VSU)

 Australia J. Lawerence

W 8-3 (VPO)

 South Africa E. Lessing

W 5-3 (VPO)

 N/a India D. Punia

L 0-3 (VPO)

 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tayab Raza Men's -97 kg The Bahamas R. Mackey

W10-0 (VSU)

 Scotland C. Nicol

W10-0 (VSU)

 Canada N. Randhawa

L0-7 (VPO)

 N/a India D. Nehra

L2-10 (VPO1)

 4
Zaman Anwar Men's -125 kg Bye Mauritius K. Marie

W 12-0 (VFA)

 England M. Kooner

W 5-0 (VFA)

 N/a Canada A. Dhesi

L 2-9 (VFA)

 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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Doping

Disqualified medal

Ali Asad was stripped of his medal due to testing positive for performance enhancement drugs.[29]

More information Medal, Name ...
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 BronzeAli AsadWrestlingMen's -57 kgAugust 6, 2022
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Kycia Knight, Kyshona Knight, Hayley Matthews and Shakera Selman – all capped in WT20Is for the West Indies – also made their WT20I debuts for Barbados.

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