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List of Olympic venues in rugby sevens

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There are four venues that have been or are planned to be used for rugby sevens in the Summer Olympics:

Games Venue Other sports hosted at this venue at these games Capacity Ref.
2016 Rio de Janeiro Deodoro Stadium Modern pentathlon (riding, combined run & shoot) 15,000 [1]
2020 Tokyo Tokyo Stadium Football, Modern pentathlon (swimming, riding, combined run & shoot) 48,000 [2]
2024 Paris Stade de France Ceremonies (closing), Athletics 77,083 [3]
2028 Los Angeles Dignity Health Sports Park[a] Modern pentathlon (all except fencing) 30,000 [4]
2032 Brisbane Lang Park Ceremonies (opening/closing), Football (finals) 52,500
Notes
  1. ^ To be renamed for the Games due to IOC prohibition on corporate naming sponsorship.

References

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  1. ^ "Rio 2016 sevens preparations "not exactly where we want to be", claims World Rugby official". 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Olympic venues tokyo2020.jp". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  3. ^ "Paris 2024 Map" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ "LA28 Map". LA 2028 Organizing Committee. Retrieved 24 November 2017. Click on "South Bay Sports Park" to highlight this venue.