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Rugby, Men

Date4 – 18 May 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationStade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
Participants54 from 3 countries
FormatRound-robin tournament.

The defending Olympic champion was the United States, who had defeated France in 1920 at Antwerp. There were three teams entered in 1924, France, Romania, and the USA. With the tournament in Paris, France looked to exact revenge on the Americans. France opened the tournament by crushing Romania, 61-3. One week later, the United States defeated Romania, 37-0, setting up the re-match against France a week hence. The 40,000 spectators were unruly and rained abuse on American fans and the players. But the match was not close, the United States winning 17-3, with six different players scoring. Rugby football would not return to the Olympic Program until the introduction of rugby sevens into the Games in 2016.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
Phil ClarkNorman CleavelandDudley DeGrootBob DevereauxGeorge DixonCharlie DoeLinn FarishEd GraffDick HylandCaesar MannelliJohn O'NeilJack PatrickWilliam RogersRudy ScholzBabe SlaterNorm SlaterEd TurkingtonAlan ValentineAlan WilliamsJames Winston (DNS)William Muldoon (DNS)Charlie Austin (DNS)Hugh Cunningham (DNS)John Cashel (DNS)R. Brown (DNS)Charles Grondona (DNS)
2FranceFRASilver
René AraouJean BayardLouis BéguetAndré BéhotéguyAlex BioussaÉtienne BonnesAdolphe BousquetAimé Cassayet-ArmagnacClément DupontAlbert DupouyJean EtcheberryHenri GalauGilbert GérintèsRaoul GotAdolphe JauréguyMarcel-Frédéric Lubin-LebrèreÉtienne PiquiralJean VaysseRené LasserreRoger Piteu (DNS)Marcel Besson (DNS)Fernande Abraham (DNS)Étienne Cayrol (DNS)François Clauzel (DNS)Ernest Frayssinet (DNS)Louis Lepatey (DNS)Camille Montade (DNS)Eugène Ribère (DNS)
3RomaniaROUBronze
Dumitru ArmășelEugen SfetescuSorin MihăilescuPaul NedelcoviciTeodor MarianMihai VardalăSoare SterianIosif NemeșAtanasie TănăsescuDumitru VolvoreanuPaul VidrașcuNicolae MărăscuMircea SfetescuGheorghe BențiaTeodor FlorianIon GîrleșteanuNicolae Anastasiade (DNS)Ion Cociocianu (DNS)Constantin Cratunescu (DNS)Octav Luchide (DNS)Jean Henry Manu (DNS)Constantin Ionescu (DNS)

Round-Robin

Date4 – 18 May 1924
FormatRound-robin pool.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 May 15:30FranceFRA61 – 3RomaniaROU
Match #211 May 15:30United StatesUSA37 – 0RomaniaROU
Match #318 May 15:30United StatesUSA17 – 3FranceFRA