A tally of one silver medal and one bronze medal was enough for the country to officially finish 67th on the final medal tally. Pakistan was the biggest underperforming country not to win a medal at the 2016 Games. Related Content Rio Olympics 2016: Chinese athletes ridiculed by state media Rio Olympics 2016: The country where every Olympian gets a free house Rio Olympics 2016: 'I'm glad I'm the first European' - Olympian shocks with 'racist' remarksThe country's failure to win a medal combined with its population of more than 192,826,000 people means it is ranked last out of all 207 teams competing at the 2016 event, when the medal tally is adjusted per capita. India, a country obsessed with cricket, has never finished high on the medal table - winning just 28 from 24 Olympic appearances. Veteran journalist K. Jagannadha Rao who has covered six Olympics said such incidents involving officials were not unusual.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 23, 2016 05:26 UTC