This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international

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, rugby sevens,

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and

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tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.

Results

For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted: * IOC:

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* IPC: International Paralympic Committee * RLIF:

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* WR:

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Medals for the demonstration events are NOT counted. Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and

National Paralympic Committee A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...

s (NPCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate

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. The

(IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) do NOT combine medals of these nations or teams. The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, then most first-place results, second-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.

Rugby union, rugby sevens, rugby league and wheelchair rugby

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and

s (NPCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
^†Non

(IOC) members.

Rugby union, rugby sevens and rugby league

Men and women

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
^†Non

(IOC) members.

Men

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
^†Non

(IOC) members.

Women

^†Non

(IOC) members.

Rugby union and rugby sevens

Men and women

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
^†Non

(IOC) members.

Men

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
^†Non

(IOC) members.

Women

^†Non

(IOC) members.

Rugby union

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in ''italic''.
^†Non

(IOC) members.

Rugby seven

Men and women

^†Non

(IOC) members.

Men

^†Non

(IOC) members.

Women

^†Non

(IOC) members.

Rugby league

^†Non

(IOC) members.

Wheelchair rugby

^†Non International Paralympic Committee (IPC) members.

References

General

Official results * Rugby Union ** Olympic tournament
Rugby at the Olympics
** World Cup

** Women's Rugby World Cup

* Rugby sevens ** Olympic tournament
Olympics
** World Cup
World Cup
* Rugby league ** World Cup
World Cup
* Wheelchair rugby ** Paralympics tournament
ResultsResult Books

Specific

External links

World Rugby (WR) – official website

Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) – official website

International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) – official website
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