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The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes, [1] is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. It started in the 1995–96 season as the Home Nations, with four teams: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games.
0–9. 1996 Women's Home Nations Championship; 1997 Women's Home Nations Championship; 1998 Women's Home Nations Championship; 1999 Women's Five Nations Championship
England and Wales have won the championship the most times, both with 39 titles, but England have won the most outright titles with 29 (28 for Wales). Since the Six Nations era started in 2000, only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title. The women's tournament started as the Women's Home Nations in the 1996 season.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she became the oldest cycling gold medalist, when she won the women's road time trial race, defending her gold medal from Beijing 2008. She repeated her success at the 2016 Summer Olympics , winning third gold in a row and setting a new record.
6.09 m Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili Soviet Union: 6.07 m 1960 Rome details: Vera Krepkina Soviet Union: 6.37 m Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland: 6.27 m Hildrun Claus United Team of Germany: 6.21 m 1964 Tokyo details: Mary Rand Great Britain: 6.76 m Irena Kirszenstein Poland: 6.60 m Tatyana Shchelkanova Soviet Union: 6.42 m 1968 Mexico City details
The 2024 Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes except in France where due to alcohol sponsorship prohibitions the tournament was unsponsored, was the 23rd series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
Fewest points scored in a Six Nations season Italy 2004 42 points [24] Fewest points conceded in a Six Nations season England 2003 46 points [25] Most tries scored in a season England 2001 29 tries [26] Most tries conceded in a season Italy 2021 34 tries [27] Fewest tries scored in a Six Nations season Italy 2004 2 tries Italy 2009 2 tries [28]