List of flag bearers for Pakistan at the Olympics

Pakistan at the
Olympics
IOC codePAK
NOCPakistan Olympic Association
Websitenocpakistan.org
Medals
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
11
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

This is a list of individuals who have been the flag bearers for Pakistan at the Olympic Games opening ceremony over the years.[1][2] Ahmed Zahur Khan was the flag bearer for Pakistan at the opening ceremony of the nation's inaugural Olympics.[3] Muhammad Karim has carried the Pakistani flag at four Olympic Games, the most by any Pakistani Olympian in both the Winter and Summer Olympics. He was the flag bearer for Pakistan in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics. Mahoor Shahzad became the first woman to carry the flag of Pakistan at the opening ceremony of Olympics along with the sports shooter Muhammad Khalil Akhtar.[4][5]

List of flag bearers

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport
1 1948 Summer Ahmed Zahur Khan Athletics [2]
2 1952 Summer Niaz Khan Field hockey
3 1956 Summer Abdul Hamid Field hockey
4 1960 Summer Muhammad Iqbal Athletics
5 1964 Summer Manzoor Hussain Atif Field hockey
6 1968 Summer Tariq Aziz Field hockey
7 1972 Summer Muhammad Arshad Malik Weightlifting
8 1976 Summer Abdul Rashid Jr Field hockey
9 1984 Summer Manzoor Hussain Field hockey
10 1988 Summer Nasir Ali Field hockey
11 1992 Summer Shahbaz Ahmed Field hockey
12 1996 Summer Mansoor Ahmed Field hockey
13 2000 Summer Ahmed Alam Field hockey
14 2004 Summer Muhammad Nadeem Field hockey
15 2008 Summer Zeeshan Ashraf Field hockey
16 2010 Winter Muhammad Abbas Alpine skiing
17 2012 Summer Sohail Abbas Field hockey
18 2014 Winter Muhammad Karim Alpine skiing
19 2016 Summer Ghulam Mustafa Bashir Shooting
20 2018 Winter Muhammad Karim Alpine skiing [6]
21 2020 Summer Muhammad Khalil Akhtar Shooting [7]
Mahoor Shahzad Badminton
22 2022 Winter Muhammad Karim Alpine skiing [8]
23 2024 Summer Jehanara Nabi Swimming [9]
Arshad Nadeem Athletics
24 2026 Winter Muhammad Karim Alpine skiing [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Pakistan. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Flagbearers for Pakistan". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Olympedia – Flagbearers for Pakistan". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  4. ^ "Khalil, Mahoor to be Pakistan's flag bearers in Tokyo". Dawn. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Akhtar and Mahoor to carry Pakistan's flag at Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony". Inside the Games. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  7. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  8. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  10. ^ https://en.as.com/olympic_games/2026-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-order-and-flag-bearers-by-country-f202602-n/