Golf previously featured at the Paris Games of 1900 and in St Louis in 1904, while Olympic medals could be won by rugby players who contested the 15-a-side format from 1900-24.

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As for the baron, he was undeterred by his falling out with the Greeks and went on to organise games in Paris (in 1900) and St Louis (in 1904) which were not so successful.

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Both sports were part of the Games programme in the early part of the twentieth century before being dropped, and golf returns to the Games for the first time since the St Louis Olympics of 1904.

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The silver medal - gold medals were not handed out until the 1904 games in St Louis - was never awarded due to the cancellation of the boating events as a result of bad weather.

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