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Fiji at the
Olympics
Flag of Fiji.svg
IOC code FIJ
NOC Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 95th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
2 1 1 4
Summer appearances
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
Winter appearances
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006–2018

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.

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, 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.

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. Swimmer Carl Probert matched the feat in Beijing 2008, having first appeared at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona.

Medalling

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

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

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
11 Gold Domolailai, ApisaiApisai Domolailai
Veremalua, JasaJasa Veremalua
Tuwai, JerryJerry Tuwai
Tuisova, JosuaJosua Tuisova
Taliga, KitioneKitione Taliga
Nakarawa, LeoneLeone Nakarawa
Dakuwaqa, MasivesiMasivesi Dakuwaqa
Kolinisau, OseaOsea Kolinisau
Viriviri, SamisoniSamisoni Viriviri
Rawaca, SavenacaSavenaca Rawaca
Ravouvou, VatemoVatemo Ravouvou
Mata, ViliameViliame Mata
Kunatani, SemiSemi Kunatani
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Rugby pictogram.svgRugby Sevens Men's tournament
11 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
Japan 2020 Tokyo Rugby pictogram.svgRugby Sevens Men's tournament
33 Bronze Vasiti Solikoviti
Sesenieli Donu
Raijieli Daveua
Rusila Nagasau
Ana Maria Roqica
Reapi Ulunisau
Lavenia Cavuru
Laisana Likuceva
Viniana Riwai
Alowesi Nakoci
Ana Naimasi
Roela Radiniyavuni
Lavenia Tinai
Japan 2020 Tokyo Rugby pictogram.svgRugby Sevens Women's tournament
22 Silver Nasova, JojiJoji Nasova
Talacolo, JosevaJoseva Talacolo
Matana, JerryJerry Matana
Mocenacagi, SevuloniSevuloni Mocenacagi

Masi, IosefoIosefo Masi
Loganimasi, PonipatePonipate Loganimasi
Tamani, TerioTerio Tamani
Nacuqu, WaiseaWaisea Nacuqu
Tuwai, JerryJerry Tuwai
Teba, IowaneIowane Teba
Rasaku, KaminieliKaminieli Rasaku
Ravutaumada, SelestinoSelestino Ravutaumada
Raisuqe, JosaiaJosaia Raisuqe
Sauturaga, FilipeFilipe Sauturaga

France 2024 Paris Rugby pictogram.svgRugby Sevens Men's tournament

Multiple medalists

Athlete Sex Sport Years Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Tuwai, JerryJerry Tuwai M Rugby sevens 2016–2024 Summer 2 1 0 3
Masi, IosefoIosefo Masi M Rugby sevens 2020–2024 Summer 1 1 0 2
Nacuqu, WaiseaWaisea Nacuqu M Rugby sevens 2020–2024 Summer 1 1 0 2

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Fiyi en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

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