No, rugby union has not been an Olympic event since 1924.
Rugby was last played at the 1924 Olympics. Three teams competed, France, Romania and USA, and the USA won the gold medal.
NO rugby has not been played in the Olympics since 1924, It has not been included since because it was felt that players would not have enough time between games to recover properly.
Rugby is not an Olympic sport. The last Olympics where rugby was a medal sport was the 1924 Games in Paris.
1924
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Its the USA. When the game of rugby was in the games the US won the match. It was to be the last time that the game of rugby would be played in the Olympics as it was felt the "recovery" time between matches for players was to short and injured players were having to take part putting themselves at risk
Chamonix, France in 1924
Golf and rugby sevens will competed as medal sports at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Golf was previously competed at the 1900 and 1904 Games. This will be the first time in the Olympics for rugby sevens. Rugby union was competed at the 1900, 1908, 1920, and 1924 Games.
1924
No i dont think so Rugby union was competed at the Olympics in 1900, 1908, 1920 and 1924. France won the gold medal in 1900, Australasia (combined team of Australia and New Zealand) won gold in 1908, and the United States won in 1920 and 1924.
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