Rugby sevens has been played at every Commonwealth Games since its first appearance at the 1998 edition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rugby sevens was an optional sport that was included for 2002 and 2006; it was then made a 'Core' sport by the Commonwealth Games Federation, necessitating its appearance at all future games from the 2010 Games onward. New Zealand dominated the men's tournament at its inception until 2014 when they lost for the first time at the Games, playing South Africa in the gold medal match. 2022 marked the first time that New Zealand failed to reach the gold medal match in either the men's or women's tournaments.

Until the 2014 Games, rugby sevens was a male-only sport at the Commonwealth Games, but a female tournament was added to the programme for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.[1]

Editions

Men's

Games Year Host city Host country Medallists
Gold Silver Bronze
XVI1998Kuala Lumpur Malaysia New Zealand Fiji Australia
XVII2002Manchester England New Zealand Fiji South Africa
XVIII2006Melbourne Australia New Zealand England Fiji
XIX2010Delhi India New Zealand Australia South Africa
XX2014Glasgow Scotland South Africa New Zealand Australia
XXI2018Gold Coast Australia New Zealand Fiji England
XXII2022Birmingham England South Africa Fiji New Zealand

Women's

Games Year Host city Host country Medallists
Gold Silver Bronze
XXI2018Gold Coast Australia New Zealand Australia England
XXII2022Birmingham England Australia Fiji New Zealand

All-time medal table

Medals table for rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games (first competed for in 1998).

Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Participating nations

Men

Nation 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Years
 Australia3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6th4th2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5th4th7
 Bahamas17th——————1
 Barbados————15th——1
 Canada6th7th7th10th9th9th7th7
 Cayman Islands18th——————1
 Cook Islands9th11th13th—10th——4
 England7th5th2nd place, silver medalist(s)4th5th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9th7
 Eswatini15th——————1
 Fiji2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)——2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5
 Guyana———13th———1
 Jamaica—————13th13th2
 India———13th———1
 Kenya13th11th9th7th7th8th7th7
 Malaysia11th13th—13th15th13th15th6
 Namibia——13th————1
 New Zealand1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7
 Niue—13th13th————2
 Papua New Guinea10th——9th11th9th—4
 Samoa4th4th7th5th4th9th5th7
 Scotland—9th11th6th7th6th6th6
 South Africa5th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)6th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4th1st place, gold medalist(s)7
 Sri Lanka14th13th13th13th13th13th14th7
 Tonga12th10th10th11th——11th5
 Trinidad and Tobago16th13th——14th——3
 Uganda——11th11th11th9th10th5
 Wales4th7th5th7th6th7th11th6
 Zambia—————=13th15th2

Women

Nation 2018 2022 Years
 Australia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2
 Canada 4th 4th 2
 England 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5th 2
 Fiji 5th 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2
 Kenya 6th — 1
 New Zealand 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2
 Scotland — 6th 1
 South Africa 8th 7th 2
 Sri Lanka — 8th 1
 Wales 7th — 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ Osborne, Paul (7 October 2014). "Women's rugby sevens confirmed for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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