Rugby sevens has been played at every

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since its first appearance at the 1998 edition held in

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. Rugby sevens was an optional sport that was included for

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and

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; it was then made a 'Core' sport by the

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, 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.

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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

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in Australia.

Editions

Men's

Women's

All-time medal table

Medals table for rugby sevens at the

(first competed for in 1998). ''Updated after the

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Participating nations

Men

References

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