Pakistan at the 2018 Asian Games


Pakistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The Pakistani contingent in the Games comprised 256 competitors.

Medallist

The following Pakistan competitors won medals at the Games.
MedalNameSportEventDate
KabaddiMen's tournament23 Aug
NargisKarateWomen's +68 kg25 Aug
Arshad NadeemAthletics[Athletics at the 2018 Sepak takraw at the Asian Games|Asian Games – Men's javelin throw|Men's javelin throw]27 Aug
Muhammad Asim Khan
Tayyab Aslam
Amaad Fareed
Israr Ahmad
SquashMen's team31 Aug

Competitors

Pakistan originally planned to send 397 athletes and officials in 36 sports to the Games. However, due to financial constraints, the contingent was reduced, with 256 athletes and 96 officials in 35 sports sent. The following list shows the number of competitors per sport:
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery112
Athletics10212
Badminton448
Baseball1616
Boxing628
Bridge9211
Fencing404
Field hockey18018
Football20020
Golf202
Gymnastics101
Handball12012
Ju-jitsu404
Judo202
Kabaddi12012
Karate336
Kurash404
Paragliding101
Pencak silat505
Rowing213
Rugby sevens12012
Sailing505
Sepak takraw606
Shooting8210
Soft tennis538
Sport climbing202
Squash448
Swimming437
Table tennis224
Taekwondo336
Tennis448
Volleyball12012
Weightlifting404
Wrestling404
Wushu639
Total21739256

;Demonstration events
SportMenWomenTotal
eSports606

Archery

Pakistan Archery Federation have prepared 10 athletes to compete at the Games. On 12 July 2018, PAF was named six athletes with 3 men's and 3 women's, but on Friday, 27 July 2018, PAF announced 2 athletes to compete at the Games after the cut on players made by Pakistan Sports Board.
;Recurve

Athletics

Pakistan entered twelve athletes to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.

Badminton

Pakistan Badminton Federation announced its squad of eight athletes.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Baseball

Pakistan men's team were drawn in group B at the Games.
;Roster
The following is the Pakistan roster for the men's baseball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
;Round 2 – Group A
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;Consolation round
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Boxing

Pakistan have prepared 23 boxers with 18 men's and 5 women's in the training camp for the Asian Games. The participating squad for the Games announced in 10 August.
;Men
;Women

Bridge

Pakistan Bridge Federation was named eleven athletes to compete at the Games.
;Men
;Mixed

Esports (demonstration)

Pakistan qualified via South Asia qualifier to compete in the League of Legends tournament at the eSports demonstration event with six men's player under coach Hassan Abdullah.

Fencing

Pakistan entered four fencers at the Games.
;Individual
;Team

Field hockey

Pakistan Hockey Federation entered the men's field hockey team that competed in pool B with 18 member squad.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Pool B
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Football

Pakistan competed in the group D at the men's football event.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group D
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Golf

;Men

Gymnastics

Pakistan was named one gymnast to compete in the artistic event.

Handball

Pakistan men's team competed at the Games in the group B.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
  • Muhammad Nawaz
  • Hazrat Hussain
  • Naseen Ullah
  • Asim Saeed
  • Muhammad Shahid Pervaiz
  • Muhammad Zubair
  • Muhammad Uzair Atif
  • Nasir Hussain
  • Tahir Ali
  • Asif Hayat
  • Muzamal Hussain
  • Muhammad Shahid Bashir
;Group B
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;Classification round
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Ju-jitsu

Pakistan prepared their team to compete at the Games.
;Men

Judo

Pakistan Judo Federation announced 7 athletes that will participate in the Games on 19 July 2018. On the directive of Pakistan Sports Board this was reduced to a contingent of only 2 men.
;Men

Kabaddi

Pakistan sent a squad to compete at the Games.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Team roster
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;Semifinal

Karate

Pakistan named six athletes to compete in the kumite event at the Games.
;Men
;Women

Kurash

Pakistan was named four men's athlete to compete at the Games.
;Men

Paragliding

;Men

Pencak silat

;Seni
;Tanding

Rowing

;Men
;Women

Rugby sevens

Pakistan drawn in group A in the men's team event.

Men's tournament

;Squad
The following is the Pakistan squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
Head coach: Shakeel Ahmed
  • Muhammad Afzal
  • Muhammad Shoaib Akbar
  • Ahmed Wasim Akram
  • Musdaq Altaf
  • Faisal Aslam
  • Khalid Hussain Bhatti
  • Daud Gill
  • Muhammad Haroon
  • Kashif Khwaja
  • Nasir Mehmood
  • Ali Shahid
  • Muhammad Waqas
;Group A
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;Classification round
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Sailing

;Men
;Mixed

Sepak takraw

Pakistan was named six men's athletes to compete at the Games. The team were drawn in group B for the men's quadran event, and in group A for the men's regu event. This event is the first participation for the Pakistan sepak takraw team at the Asian Games.
;Men

Shooting

;Men
;Women
;Mixed team

Sport climbing

;Speed

Squash

The Pakistan Squash Federation announced eight athletes that participate at the Games.
;Singles
;Team

Swimming

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Table tennis

;Individual

Taekwondo

Pakistan Taekwondo Federation will enter seven athletes into the taekwondo competition.

Tennis

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Volleyball

Pakistan men's team were drawn in pool B.

Indoor volleyball

Men's tournament

; Team roster
The following is the Pakistan roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
Head coach: Hamid Movahedi
NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlockClub
Mohib Rasool 24 12 1989sort|02|2convert|1.95|m|ftin|0|abbr=onconvert|80|kg|lb|abbr=onconvert|312|cm|in|abbr=onconvert|310|cm|in|abbr=on

Weightlifting

Pakistan will compete with four men's weightlifters at the Games.
;Men

Wrestling

Pakistan Wrestling Federation have prepared five wrestler to compete at the Games. Two times Commonwealth gold medallist Muhammad Inam opted to skip his participation due to knee injury. PWF finally decide to send four wrestler.
;Men's freestyle

Wushu

;Taolu
;Sanda
Key: * TV – Technical victory.

Withdrawn Athletes

The following is a list of athletes originally set to participate in the Games, but due to financial constrains they were not sent.

Archery

The following athletes were withdrawn from the original squad:
  1. Aqsa Nawaz
  2. Umm-e-Zahra
  3. Sumbal Zubair

Judo

The following 5 athletes were part of the original squad:
  1. Babar Hussain in Men's 66 kg
  2. Nadeem Akram in Men's 73 kg
  3. Humaira Ashiq in Women's 48 kg
  4. Maryam Jabbar in Women's 52 kg
  5. Amina Toyoda in Women's 57 kg