USA (1896 James Connelly - Men's Triple Jump)
abhinav bindra is the first Punjabi to win a medal in Olympics
latvian cyclist won the first medal in olympics 2012
The first country to win a gold medal in the modern olympics 1896 was the U.S.A. It was won by James B. Connolly in the hop,skip,jump event.
== == In the SUMMER Olympics, I think it was Stephanie Rice. Steven Bradbury was the first Australian athelete to win gold in the Winter Olympics. It was for the 1,000 metre short track speed skating in the 2002 games. Australia is the only country in the southern hemisphere to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
a gold medal if you come first, a silver medal if you come second and a bronze medal if you com third.
James Connolly.
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canada i think
Tanvir :)
In 1936 at the Berlin Olympics.
lichentenstein
Jesse Owens was the fisrt black to win a gold medal