Fiji at the Olympics

Fiji at the Olympics
IOC code	FIJ
NOC	Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Website	www.fasanoc.org.fj
Medals Ranked 95th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer appearances
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006–2022

Fiji made its Olympic Games debut at the 1956 Summer Games. It has competed at fourteen Summer Games and three Winter Games. Its athletes have taken part in archery, athletics, boxing, football, judo, sailing, shooting, swimming, weightlifting and rugby sevens.^[1]

Fiji has won four Olympic medals, three in men's rugby sevens, and one in women's rugby sevens. Olympics rugby was first contested in 2016 and the Fiji men's team is the most successful of any country, winning gold in 2016 and 2020, and silver in 2024. The women's team won bronze in 2020.

History

Qualifications

Prior to the introduction of rugby sevens, Fiji's national sport, at the 2016 Summer Olympics,^[2] only two athletes had taken part in Olympic Games through reaching the required standards to qualify, rather than by receiving a wild card invitation. They are Makelesi Bulikiobo, who qualified for the women's 400 metre sprint at the 2008 Games in Beijing, and Leslie Copeland, who with a throw of 80.45 metres qualified for the men's javelin event at the 2012 Games in London.^[3][4]

Invitations

Fiji's Winter Olympians were Rusiate Rogoyawa in cross-country skiing (1988, 1994) and Laurence Thoms in alpine skiing (2002), both participating by invite.

Notable participants

Fiji has had two competitors appear at five separate Summer Olympic Games. Windsurfer Tony Philp competed in five consecutive Games from Los Angeles in 1984 (when he was just 15 years of age) to Sydney 2000, finishing 10th on two occasions.^[5] Swimmer Carl Probert matched the feat in Beijing 2008, having first appeared at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona.^[6]

Medalling

Fiji earned its first ever Olympic medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a gold in men's rugby sevens.^[7] The team broke out in a victory song that drew considerable online attention and Fiji declared a national holiday for the win.^[8]

At the 2020 Olympics the team successfully defended its title, while the women's team took a bronze medal. At the 2024 Olympics the men's team won the silver medal.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris 1904 St. Louis 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam 1932 Los Angeles 1936 Berlin 1948 London 1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourne 5 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Rome 2 0 0 0 0 – 1964 Tokyo did not participate 1968 Mexico City 1 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Munich 2 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Montreal 2 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Moscow did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 15 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Seoul 24 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Barcelona 19 0 0 0 0 – 1996 Atlanta 17 0 0 0 0 – 2000 Sydney 7 0 0 0 0 – 2004 Athens 10 0 0 0 0 – 2008 Beijing 6 0 0 0 0 – 2012 London 9 0 0 0 0 – 2016 Rio de Janeiro 52 1 0 0 1 54 2020 Tokyo 30 1 0 1 2 59 2024 Paris 30 0 1 0 1 74 2028 Los Angeles future event 2032 Brisbane Total 2 1 1 4 95

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix did not participate 1928 St. Moritz 1932 Lake Placid 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1948 St. Moritz 1952 Oslo 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville did not participate 1994 Lillehammer 1 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano did not participate 2002 Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin did not participate 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina future event 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by Summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Rugby sevens	2	1	1	4
Totals (1 entries)	2	1	1	4

List of medalists

Summer sports

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Apisai Domolailai Jasa Veremalua Jerry Tuwai Josua Tuisova Kitione Taliga Leone Nakarawa Masivesi Dakuwaqa Osea Kolinisau Samisoni Viriviri Savenaca Rawaca Vatemo Ravouvou Viliame Mata Semi Kunatani	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rugby Sevens	Men's tournament
Gold	Josua Vakurunabili Iosefo Masi Jiuta Wainiqolo Meli Derenalagi Jerry Tuwai Napolioni Bolaca Sireli Maqala Kalione Nasoko Asaeli Tuivuaka Vilimoni Botitu Waisea Nacuqu Aminiasi Tuimaba	2020 Tokyo	Rugby Sevens	Men's tournament
Bronze	Vasiti Solikoviti Sesenieli Donu Raijieli Daveua Rusila Nagasau Ana Maria Roqica Reapi Ulunisau Lavena Cavuru Laisana Likuceva Viniana Riwai Alowesi Nakoci Ana Naimasi Roela Radiniyavuni Lavenia Tinai	2020 Tokyo	Rugby Sevens	Women's tournament
Silver	Joji Nasova Joseva Talacolo Jerry Matana Sevuloni Mocenacagi Iosefo Masi Ponepati Loganimasi Terio Tamani Waisea Nacuqu Jerry Tuwai Iowane Teba Kaminieli Rasaku Selestino Ravutaumada Josaia Raisuqe Filipe Sauturaga	2024 Paris	Rugby Sevens	Men's tournament

Multiple medalists

Athlete	Sex	Sport	Years	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Jerry Tuwai	M	Rugby sevens	2016–2024	Summer	2	1	0	3
Iosefo Masi	M	Rugby sevens	2020–2024	Summer	1	1	0	2
Waisea Nacuqu	M	Rugby sevens	2020–2024	Summer	1	1	0	2

See also

• List of flag bearers for Fiji at the Olympics
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
• Fiji at the Paralympics

References

1. "Fiji". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
2. Brewer, Jerry (11 August 2016). "Fiji's rugby sevens team on the verge of making history at Rio Olympics". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
3. "The London dream" Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, Fiji Times, 22 August 2011
4. Fiji at the Olympics, The Telegraph
5. "Tony Philp". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
6. "Carl Probert". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
7. Msallem, Habib (11 August 2016). "Fiji storms to first-ever men's rugby sevens gold at Rio 2016". rio2016.com. Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
8. "The Fijian way: The people's team delivers 1st Olympic gold". Associated Press. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

External links

• "Fiji". International Olympic Committee. 4 August 2021.
• "Fiji". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/FIJ". olympanalyt.com.