Pakistan at the Asian Games

Pakistan is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia.{{cite web | url=http://ocasia.org/NOCs/Index.aspx | title=NOCs | publisher=ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia | access-date=9 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110160409/http://www.ocasia.org/NOCs/Index.aspx | archive-date=10 January 2012 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.olympic.org/ioc-governance-national-olympic-committees | title=National Olympic Committees | publisher=olympic.org. International Olympic Committee | access-date=3 February 2012}}{{Ref label|A|a|a}} Being a member of South Asian Zone, Pakistan also participates in the South Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South Asia.{{cite web | url=http://ocasia.org/Game/GamesL1.aspx?GPCode=7 | title=Games – South Asian Games | publisher=ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia | access-date=9 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304170041/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GamesL1.aspx?GPCode=7 | archive-date=4 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}

The OCA organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (which are commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events, specialised for indoor and martial arts sports respectively. However, the OCA has since amalgamated them into a single event, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which will be debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.{{cite web | url=http://ocasia.org/Game/Index.aspx | title=Games | publisher=ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia | access-date=9 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231045017/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/Index.aspx | archive-date=31 December 2011 | url-status=dead }} As a member of OCA, Pakistan is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.

{{See also|Asian Games}}

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{{See also|Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games medal count}}

Pakistan has never won a medal in the Asian Winter Games.{{cite web | url=http://ocasia.org/Game/NocsMedalCount.aspx?GPCode=2 | title=Asian Winter Games medal count | publisher=ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia | access-date=10 January 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{See also|Asian Para Games}}

Pakistan competed in the inaugural Asian Para Games in Guangzhou in 2010 and finished at 13th spot with four medals.

{{See also|Asian Indoor Games}}

Pakistan has sent athletes in all the revisions of the Asian Indoor Games except the 2009 Games in Hanoi.{{cite web | url=http://ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=34 | title=Asian Games – Vietnam 2009 – Participating NOCs | publisher=ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia | access-date=10 January 2012}} Pakistan has never won a gold medal in these Games. In the 2005 Asian Indoor Games, held in Bangkok, Thailand from 12 to 19 November 2005, only one Pakistani athlete, Abdul Rashid, succeeded in winning a medal, a silver in the 60 m sprint.{{cite web | url=http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/1st_Asian_Indoor_Games.htm | title=I Asian Indoor Games – Pakistan Medal Tally in 1st Asian Indoor Games | publisher=sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sport Board | access-date=10 January 2012}} Pakistan won several medals in the 2007 Macau Games, held from 26 October to 3 November 2007; a silver was won by the Pakistan national kabaddi team and Muhammad Sajjad earned a bronze in the 60 m hurdles.{{cite web | url=http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/2nd_Asian_Indoor_Games.htm | title=II Asian Indoor Games – Pakistan Medal Tally in 2nd Asian Indoor Games | publisher=sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sport Board | access-date=10 January 2012}} Pakistan didn't compete in the 2009 games.

{{See also|Asian Beach Games}}

Pakistan has sent its delegation to both editions of the Asian Beach Games—a biennial multi-sport event which features sporting events played on a seaside beach. In the 2008 Asian Beach Games, held in Bali, Indonesia, from 18 to 26 October 2008, Pakistani athletes won a total of seven medals, with two gold.{{cite web | url=http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/1st_Asian_Beach_Games_2008.htm | title=1st Asian Beach Games | publisher=sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sport Board | access-date=10 January 2012}} In the 2010 Asian Beach Games, organised in Muscat, Oman from 8 to 16 December, Pakistan won a total of six medals, but no gold, and finished at the 15th spot in the medal table.{{cite web | url=http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/2nd_Asian_Beach_Games_2010.html | title=2nd Asian Beach Games | publisher=sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sport Board | access-date=10 January 2012}}

{{See also|Asian Martial Arts Games}}

Pakistan participated in the First Asian Martial Arts Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1 to 9 August 2009.{{cite web | url=http://ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=108 | title=Games – Asian Martial Arts Games – Bangkok 2009 | publisher=ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia | access-date=10 January 2012}} Pakistan won a total of nine medals in the Games, including three gold, two silver and four bronze.{{cite web | url=http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=108&GCode=9 | title=Overall medal standings – Bangkok 2009 | publisher=ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia | access-date=10 January 2012}}

{{See also|Asian Youth Games}}

Pakistan participated in the First Asian Youth Games held in Singapore from 29 June to 7 July 2009. The delegation from Pakistan consisted of 12 officials and 27 competitors (five women and twenty-two men).{{cite web | url=http://www.sports.gov.pk/Participation/1st_Asian_Youth_Games_2009.html | title=1st Asian Youth Games – Pakistan's Participation in 1st Asian Youth Games Games | publisher=sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sport Board | access-date=10 January 2012}} Pakistani athletes competed in sailing, athletics, swimming and table tennis.{{cite news | url=https://www.nation.com.pk/01-Jul-2009/pakistan-off-to-dismal-start-in-asian-youth-games | title=Pakistan off to dismal start in Asian Youth Games | work=The Nation | date=1 July 2009 | access-date=10 January 2012 | author=Butt, Asher | location=Lahore}} Raheem Khan won a bronze in the javelin throw event of athletics. Khan was the only medalist from the Pakistani side. None of the remaining athletes advanced past the qualifying stages, and thus did not win any medals. Pakistan ranked 21st and finished last in the medal table of the Games, a position shared with four other Asian National Olympic Committees. Pakistan didn't win any medal in 2013 games.

{{See also|Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games}}

Asian Indoor Games and Martial Games were combined into one event and called Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The first edition of these games was held in Incheon in 2013. Pakistan sent 8 athletes to the event but couldn't win any medal.

In 2017, Pakistan sent 107 athletes to Ashgabat(2017) and won 21 medals including 2 gold, 3 silver and 16 bronze.

{{Main article|Pakistan at the South Asian Games}}

{{See also|South Asian Games}}

A red box around the year indicates the games were hosted by Pakistan

Being a part of South Asian region, Pakistan takes part in the South Asian Games, which were previously known as SAF Games. 11 editions of these games have taken place so far. Pakistan finished at second place in seven of these. It finished third three times and on one occasion, it ended up in fourth place. Pakistan's biggest haul came in 2006 games in Colombo when it won 158 medals including 43 golds. Eight nations including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan take part in this games.

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• Pakistan at the Olympics
• Pakistan at the Commonwealth Games

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• {{Note label|A|a|a}} The National Olympic Committees are all members of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations: Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, Pan American Sports Organization, Olympic Council of Asia, European Olympic Committees, and Oceania National Olympic Committees.

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