Rugby sevens started the Olympic action early and delivered huge hits, shocking upsets and even bigger crowds in Paris. World Rugby CEO Alan Gilpin said the Games could be a “coming of age” for rugby sevens and he wasn’t wrong. Every match had a nearly 67,000-strong crowd packing Stade de France.
Rugby superstar Antoine Dupont led France to its first gold medal of the Games while the women from New Zealand defended their Olympic gold medal. It was the American women though who stole the show as darlings of the Games as Ilona Maher became a household name.
Here’s a look back at all the action, from highlights to medal results and everything in between.
FULL REPLAYS: RUGBY
RESULTS: RUGBY
Medal count
Six rugby medals were awarded at the Paris Olympics and six different nations will take them home.
Men’s Medalists
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