Walter Tewksbury of the United States at the 1900 Games in Paris ... he won gold in 200 meter dash and 400 meter hurdles, silver in 60 meter dash and 100 meter dash, and bronze in 200 meter hurdles.
1924 Winter Games in Chamonix. Norway won 17 medals (4 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze) at the 1924 Games, the first ever Winter Olympics. Speed skater Roald Larsen won the most medals of any Norwegian athlete with 5 (2 silver, 3 bronze).
China stood first in 2008 Olympics with 51 Gold, 21 Silver and 28 Bronze Medals
George Poage (USA) became the first black athlete to medal at the Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1904 St Louis Olympics and he later went on to win the bronze in the 200m hurdles in the same games.He is the first African-American athlete to compete at the Olympic Games
a metal; gold for first,silver for second and bronze for third
The Olive wreath was used during the first Olympics, the same way as we use gold, silver and bronze medals today!
Softball debuted at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta and Australia won bronze.
a gold medal if you come first, a silver medal if you come second and a bronze medal if you com third.
First place = a gold medal Second place = a silver medal Third place = a bronze medal
You get a bronze medal if you come in 3rd place.
The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were the first Olympics at which a Canadian athlete participated.
Because tradition made it that way. Silver in some cases, is more prestigious than gold, but in the case of the Olympics, it is not.