Rugby union at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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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.

Rugby union

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[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Rugby union United States United States (USA)
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
Edward Turkington
Alan Valentine
Alan Williams
Charlie Austin
R. Brown
J. Cashel
Hugh Cunningham
C. Grondona
Joseph Hunter
Charles Mehan
John Muldoon
William S. Muldoon
Charles Lee Tilden, Jr.		 France France (FRA)
René Araou
Jean Bayard
Louis Béguet
André Béhotéguy
Alexandre Bioussa
Étienne Bonnes
Adolphe Bousquet
Aimé Cassayet-Armagnac
Clément Dupont
Albert Dupouy
Jean Etcheberry
Henri Galau
Gilbert Gérintès
Raoul Got
Adolphe Jauréguy
René Lasserre
Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère
Étienne Piquiral
Jean Vaysse
F. Abraham
Marcel Besson
François Borde
F. Cayrol
François Clauzel
E. Frayssinet
Charles-Antoine Gonnet
Louis Lepatey
Camille Montade
Roger Piteu
Eugène Ribère		 Romania Romania
Dumitru Armăşel
Gheorghe Benţia
Teodor Florian
Ion Gîrleşteanu
Nicolae Mărăscu
Teodor Marian
Sorin Mihăilescu
Paul Nedelcovici
Iosif Nemeş
Eugen Sfetescu
Mircea Sfetescu
Soare Sterian
Atanasie Tănăsescu
Mihai Vardala
Paul Vidraşcu
Dumitru Volvoreanu
Nicolae Anastasiade
J. Cociociaho
Constantin Cratunescu
Petre Ghiţulescu
Octav Luchide
Jean Henry Manu
Mircea Stroescu

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members and did not play in this tournament. Nevertheless the International Olympic Committee medal database exclusively credits them all as medalists.

The winning team from the United States.
The winning team from the United States.

[edit] Results

  • May 4, France 59–3 Romania
  • May 11, United States 39–0 Romania
  • May 17, France 3–17 United States

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Coaches

  • USA: Charlie Austin
  • Romania: Jean Henry Manu

[edit] External links

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