There was a really well discussed discussion of this on BBC few weeks ago.
Many people had explained that, the reason why we are really low in these sports is our, stamina, strength, endurance, etc.
Another factor is, our parents at a young age, tell us to be Engineers, Doctors, Lawyers, but never get that heart to heart encouragment in sports, unlike in the west.
They will tell you to study study study study.. while in the west, parents enrole their kids in activities all the time.
What type of activities are there in Pakistan? Cricket, basically.
You turn your TV on, and all you see is coverage of a cricket match, no other sports. So what would be children's first choice as a sport? Cricket.
Then on the turn side, athlethes know that the Government won't sponser them to go to such events, like the Olympics. For example, the Pakistani Hockey Team, is paying for their own hotel, food, in Sydney.
But in Cricket, the government sponsers tours to Australia.
Now who in their bloody mind would actually take up running in Pakistan??? Then the second factor is facilities, adequate coaching.
Man, I don't care if India win's a bronze medal in the Olympics. You know what that means? That's one step better, for us South Asians. At the moment we can't compete in the Olympics since both countries are helpless, we have to rely on one another, to show off to the 1st world white countries.
Haha, maybe.. If India starts doing extremely well in many sports. Pakistani's will wake up and realize there is something called Olympics. And thus, just so we can beat India, we will start to do good in the Olympics, just to beat them. But for now going to the olympic's is just for the hell of it.
1 billion people to 140 million, it doesn't matter. What about America compared to small Australia?
Why are we comparing with India and Pakistan? Chilli did give a good ideology of Japan, or hell we should compare Pakistan and Australia? Trust me, it's pathetic to compare India and Pakistan for Olympics, since both live in the same lifestyle, thinking, and favorites.
When will this big bang of Olympics hit South Asia? I dunno.. not till the Government's do something, it's hopeless. Both countries are reaching the bottom of the pits in each event, probably breaking worst done in each event world record.
Like I said before, our people are not as built in different ways as the other country folks.