Rugby union at the Summer Olympics Rugby union at the Summer Olympics 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 won by the host nation. It was subsequently featured at the London games in 1908, the Antwerp games in 1920 and the Paris games in 1924. The United States is the most successful nation in Olympic rugby tournaments, having won the gold medal in both 1920 and 1924; France has the most medals, one gold (in 1900) and
Colombia at the Olympics Colombia's most successful Olympic performances have been in weightlifting and cycling, with 6 medals, 2 gold in each. Colombia at the Olympics Colombia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1932, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one edition of the Summer Olympic Games since then, missing only the 1952 Games. Colombian athletes have won a total of 28 Olympic medals (five gold, nine silver and fourteen bronze) in eight different sports, with weightlifting and cycling as the most successful ones. The Colombian Olympic Committee was created in 1936 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee in