In rugby union at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, the United States won the gold medal, beating France in an upset in front of a partisan crowd.

The French Olympic Committee (FOC) had scheduled the rugby event to kick off the 1924 Paris Games, and Romania and the USA were expected to provide only token opposition for the European Champions.

The USA Olympic rugby team arrived in Paris, via England on 27 April 1924, after a 6,000-mile journey by train, bus, ship, and ferry from Oakland, California.

Playing its first fifteen, the French notched a 59 to 3 victory over the smaller eastern European team, scoring 13 tries including four by the fine Stade Francais winger Adolphe Jauréguy.

To make matters worse, an argument started over the French Olympic Committee's ruling that the American side could not film their match against Romania that weekend.

At the medal ceremony, The Star-Spangled Banner was drowned out by the booing and hissing of French fans, and the American team had to be escorted to their locker room under police protection.

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