Which country are the reigning Olympic Rugby Union champions, the sport last being part of the official programme in 1924?
Rugby union at the 1924 Summer Olympics Rugby union at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, United States beat the other two competitors in the rugby union tournament, winning the gold medal. In September 1923, the U.S. Olympic Committee once again agreed to send an American rugby team to the 1924 Paris Olympics to defend their title. The French Olympic Committee (FOC) had scheduled the rugby event to kick off the 1924 Paris Games, and Romania and the USA were to provide only token opposition for the European Champions, France the team was picked to win the gold medal in grand
Rugby union at the Summer Olympics two silvers (in 1920 and 1924). Shortly after the 1924 games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) dropped rugby union as an Olympic sport. Since then there have been numerous attempts to bring the sport back to the Olympic programme. In October 2009 the IOC voted at its session in Copenhagen to include the sevens version of the sport in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The event made its debut in an Olympic programme at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. The sport was introduced by Pierre de Coubertin, who is famous for reviving the modern Olympics. He also