Olympic | MCQs

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Pakistan won its first Olympic gold medal in hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.

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Arshad Nadeem set a new Olympic record by clinching the coveted gold medal in the men’s javelin final

This ended Pakistan’s 32-year wait for success at the Games 

Throw: 92.97-m throw

Winning date: 8 Aug 2024

Arshad belongs to Mian Channu.

 Nadeem’s throw was Pakistan’s first individual gold medal

Note: It also shattered the previous Olympic record of 90.57m, set by the Netherlands’ Andreas Thorkildsen at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

The throw now stands as the sixth longest throw ever, and the best in the world this year.

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Arhdad Nadeem & Jehanara Nabi were the flag bearer for Pakistan at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Pakistan secured 62nd ranking in the Summer Olympic Games 2024.

Pakistan won Single Gold Medal in Javelin Throw category.

USA secured first position by winning a total of 126 medals. 

Olympic Games 2024 held in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 Aug 2024.

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Explanation

Arshad Nadeem set a new Olympic record by clinching the coveted gold medal in the men’s javelin final

This ended Pakistan’s 32-year wait for success at the Games 

Throw: 92.97-m throw

Winning date: 8 Aug 2024

Arshad belongs to Mian Channu.

 Nadeem’s throw was Pakistan’s first individual gold medal

Note: It also shattered the previous Olympic record of 90.57m, set by the Netherlands’ Andreas Thorkildsen at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

The throw now stands as the sixth longest throw ever, and the best in the world this year.

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Syed Hussain Shah won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the Pakistan's first ever Olympic boxing medal. 

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The West and its allies, including Pakistan, boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

In 1980, the United States led a boycott to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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Pakistan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

This Olympics was Pakistan's best performance since 2000 with both Talha Talib & Arshad Nadeem reaching the finals of their respective events.