Rugby sevens was played at the Olympics for the first time at the 2016 Summer Olympics, with both men's and women's contests. It was added to the Olympics following the decision of the 121st IOC Sessi
Huriana Manuel (left) of New Zealand and Kelly Griffin (right) of United States.
Rugby union has been a men's medal sport at the modern Summer Olympic Games, being played at four of the first seven competitions. The sport debuted at the 1900 Paris games where the gold medal was wo
Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics
…in October 2009. The champions for the inaugural rugby sevens tournament in 2016 were Fiji for the men and Australia for the women. Prior to 2016, 15-a-side matches were played in 1900, 1908, 1920, and 1924. A Scottish man based in Canada, Mr. W. Hastie Cochrane, was unsuccessful in his bid to get rugby sevens into…
Scene of the rugby game between France and Germany at the 1900 Summer Olympics
1908 Olympic Gold Final Wallabies v Cornwall
1920 USA Rugby Team
French rugby player Jean Bouin (right) at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics