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#Numismatics #Sports terminology #Award items #Olympic medals

1 Medals were not awarded at the ________[citation needed].

2 From the ________ through 2000, Cassioli's design (or a slight modification) remained on the obverse with a custom design by the host city on the reverse.

3 This standard was adopted for Olympic competition at the ________.

4 Typically bronze medals are awarded only to third place, but in some contests there is some variety, such as International ________ contests where bronze medals are awarded for third, fourth, and fifth place.

5 Many organizations now award gold medals either annually or extraordinarily, including ________ and various academic societies.

6 A gold medal is typically the ________ awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field.

7 While most gold medals are solid gold, notable exceptions are gold-plated and often silver-gilt, like those of the Olympic Games, the Lorentz Medal, the United States Congressional Gold Medal (displayed to the right) and the ________ medal.

8 The award concept arose in the military, initially by simple recognition of ________, and later by decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times.

9 Noting that Cassioli's design showed a Roman amphitheater for what originally were Greek games, a new obverse design was commissioned for the ________ in Athens.

10 Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of ________ in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the 2000 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the heptathlon was Denise Lewis?
  • in 1908, swimmer Henry Taylor (pictured) became the only Briton to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games until Chris Hoy equalled his mark in 2008?
  • the 1991 College Baseball All-America Team included a future Major League All-Star, a future Olympic games gold medalist and the Major League career pinch hit RBI record holder?
  • the late Sir William Northam was the oldest Australian to win an Olympic gold medal?
  • when Lauri Lehtinen narrowly won his gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics, he was booed?
  • despite having excruciating pain in her back and knees because of the disease achondroplasia, Miranda Uhl went on to win a gold medal in the individual medley at the 2008 Summer Paralympics?
  • champion shooter Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at any Olympic Games?
  • James B. Craig, an All-American football halfback and quarterback, was the brother of Ralph Craig, a sprinter and gold medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics?
  • Al Purvis played for the Edmonton Mercurys, an ice hockey team sponsored by a local car dealership, that won the gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics?
  • Luan Jujie is the only East Asian person to have won an Olympic gold medal in the sport of fencing?
  • Mo Tae-Bum, a South Korean long track speed skater, won a 2010 Olympic gold medal on his 21st birthday?
  • although Hungarian hammer thrower Balázs Kiss won the 1996 Olympic gold medal, his best result at the World Championships was two fourth places?
  • Singaporean Paralympian Theresa Goh, who is paraplegic, won six gold medals in swimming at the 2003 ISMWSF World Wheelchair Games in 2003?
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