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'Rugby union' was played at the '1924 Summer Olympics' in Paris. Three teams entered - France, Romania and the United States. The United States was returning to defend their gold medal after they defeated the French at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Each country played two games. Both France and the United States beat Romania, making the last match between the United States and France, the gold medal game. The United States emerged as winners, defeating France 17 points to 3. Rugby union was soon cancelled as an Olympic event, and the United States remain Olympic champions.

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Results

Medal tally

Team rosters

France

Romania

United States

External links

Results

★ May 4, France '59–3' Romania

★ May 11, United States '39–0' Romania

★ May 17, France '3–17' United States

Medal tally

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1924 Paris

Team rosters

France

Name
René Araou Jean Bayard Louis Beguet André Behoteguy Alexandre Bioussa Etienne Bonnes François Borde Adolphe René Bousquet Aimé Cassayet Clément Dupoint Albert Dupouy Jean Etchberry Gilbert Gerentes Raoul Got Adolphe Jaureguy René Lasserre Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère Etienne Piquiral Jean Vaysse

Romania

Name
Dumitru Armasel Gheorghe Bentia Theodor Florian Ion Girlisteanu Nicolae Marasco Theodor Marian Sorin Michailesco Paul Nedelcovici Iosif Nemesch Eugen Sfetescu Mircea Sfetescu Soare Sterian Atanasie Tanasescu Mihail Vardala Paul Vidrashcu Dumitru Volvoreanu

United States

Name
Charlie Austin (coach) Philip Clark Norman Cleaveland Dudley DeGroot Robert Devereux George Dixon Charles Doe Linn Farrish Edward Graff Richard Hyland Caesar Mannelli John O'Neil John Patrick William Rogers Rudolph Scholz Colby Slater Norman Slater Charles Lee Tilden, Jr. Edward Turkington Alan Valentine Alan Williams Hugh Cunningham Joseph Hunter Charles Mehan John Muldoon

External links

★ Rugby at the 1924 Olympics

★ 1924 Olympics rugby revisited

★ List of medalists from databaseOlympics.com