Muhammad Iqbal (athlete)

Muhammad Iqbal
Personal information
NationalityPakistani
Born(1927-07-12)12 July 1927[1]
Murid, Sindh, British India[1]
DiedMarch 1996
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight97 kg (214 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hammer throw
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Pakistan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 1 1 1
Commonwealth Games 1 1 1
Total 2 2 2
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1954 VancouverHammer throw
Silver medal – second place1958 CardiffHammer throw
Bronze medal – third place1966 KingstonHammer throw
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1958 TokyoHammer throw
Silver medal – second place1954 ManilaHammer throw
Bronze medal – third place1962 JakartaHammer throw
Muhammad Iqbal
AwardsPride of Performance award by the President of Pakistan in 1959

Muhammad Iqbal or Subedar Muhammad Iqbal (12 July 1927 - March 1996) was a Pakistani hammer thrower who competed at the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]

Iqbal is regarded as one of the most renowned hammer thrower in South Asia’s history. He remains the only South Asian hammer thrower to have won a gold medal at both the Commonwealth Games (Vancouver 1954) and the Asian Games (Tokyo 1958).[2] He was also the flag bearer for Pakistan at the 1960 Rome Olympics.[3][4]

Biography

Muhammad Iqbal was born on 12 July 1927 at Murid, Sindh, British India.[1] Like many Pakistani athletes in the country's early years, Iqbal was an employee in the Pakistan Army. He also participated in the World Military Games.[2]

Iqbal won the silver medal at the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila. At the 1958 Asian Games, in Tokyo, his gold-medal-winning throw of 60.96 meters was an Asian Games record.[2]

Iqbal qualified for the finals in both the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, where he finished 11th and 12th respectively.[2]

At the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, Iqbal secured the bronze medal.[2]

Iqbal also participated in four consecutive Commonwealth Games. In the 1954 edition, he won the gold at Vancouver, followed by a silver at Cardiff in 1958. He missed out on a medal in 1962 but secured another bronze at Kingston in 1966 at the age of 39.[2]

Iqbal finished runner-up three times behind Mike Ellis at the British AAA Championships in 1958, 1959 and 1960.[5][6][7]

Muhammad Iqbal received a Pride of Performance award by the President of Pakistan in 1959.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Muhammad Iqbal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Salman Faridi (30 August 2020). "The Golden Age of Pakistani Athletics: The 50s and the 60s". The News International newspaper. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Flagbearers for Pakistan". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  4. ↑ https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74402
  5. ↑ "Ibbotson quits... Pirie flops". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 13 July 1958. Retrieved 2 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Award for Muhammad Iqbal by the Government of Pakistan". Pakistan Sports Board website. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
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