Jin Jong-oh.
Tom Daley won his first Olympic medal (Bronze) at the London Olympics in 2012.
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Alice Coachman in high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Tom has a Bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics.
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Guatemala, and Montenegro won their first Olympic medals. In prior Olympics, however, Montenegrin athletes have won medals as nationals of Serbia and Montenegro and of Yugoslavia.
Russia beat Brazil in the gold medal game. Russia beat the best of 5 match.
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, no athlete from Albania won an Olympic medal. At the Olympics 2012 London games there were a promised to do better.
The first athlete representing South Africa to win an Olympic gold medal was Reggie Walker who won the 100 meter dash event at the 1908 Games in London.
Modern Olympics: first medal awarded was in the Men's Triple Jump in 1896.
James Connelly won the first medal in Modern Olympics History.
The gold medal is an award given to the first place winners in Olympic events. The most recent Olympics in China followed in this tradition.