| Fiji at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | FIJ |
| NOC | Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 95th |
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Fiji made itsOlympic Games debut at the1956 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 andrugby sevens.[1]
Fiji has won fourOlympic 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 in2016 and2020, and silver in2024. The women's team won bronze in2020.
Prior to the introduction ofrugby sevens, Fiji's national sport, at the2016 Summer Olympics,[2] only two athletes had qualified for the Olympic Games through reaching the required standards instead of receiving awild card invitation. They areMakelesi Bulikiobo, who qualified for thewomen's 400 metre sprint at the 2008 Games in Beijing, andLeslie Copeland, who with a throw of 80.45 metres qualified for themen's javelin event at the 2012 Games in London.[3][4]
Fiji's Winter Olympians wereRusiate Rogoyawa incross-country skiing (1988, 1994) andLaurence Thoms inalpine skiing (2002), both participating by invite.
Fiji has had two competitors appear at five separate Summer Olympic Games. WindsurferTony 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] SwimmerCarl Probert matched the feat in Beijing 2008, having first appeared at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona.[6]
Fiji earned itsfirst everOlympic medal at the2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, agold inmen'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 the2020 Olympics the team successfully defended its title, while the women's team took a bronze medal. At the2024 Olympics the men's team won the silver medal.
The world's first circulating seven-dollar banknotes have been issued in Fiji in 2017 to commemorate the victory of the Fiji men's rugby sevens team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, and in 2022 to celebrate the Fiji’s Rugby 7s men's gold and women's bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games.[9]
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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 Rugby sevens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Medal | Name(s) | Games | Sport | Event |
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 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 | 2024 Paris | Rugby Sevens | Men's tournament |
| Athlete | Sex | Sport | Years | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |
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