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Why is gold medals for first silver for second and bronze for third?
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What do anzac medals mean?
the gold medals mean you came first in your event and the silver means you came second and the bronze means you came third.
Which Jamaican holds the record for winning the most medals for their country in the history of the Olympics?
The great Merlene Ottey who competed in 6 Olympics for Jamaica and won 9 medals (3 silver and 6 bronze). Her 9 Olympic medals are the most a woman has won in athletics in Olympic history. Merlene won her first medal, a bronze at the age of 20, in 100 meter dash at the 1980 Games in Moscow and her final medal, a bronze in 4x100 meter relay at the age of 40, at the 2000 Games in Sydney. She won 4 medals in 200 meter dash (1 silver, 3 bronze), 3 medals in 100 meter dash (1 silver, 2 bronze), and 2 medals in 4x100 meter relay (1 silver, 1 bronze).
How old was kelly Holmes when she won both of her medals?
Kelly Holmes won two gold medals at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (800 meter run and 1500 meter run) and a bronze at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney (800 meter run). She also won 2 silvers and 1 bronze at the World Championships, a silver at the World Indoor Championships, a silver and a bronze at the European Championships, and 2 gold and 1 silver at the Commonwealth Games.
How many swimming medals have the US won?
According to the NBC Olympics web site, Team USA has a total of 990 gold medals as of the end of the 2012 Summer Olympics. According to Wikipedia, based on the single entries from the IOC database, Team USA has won a total of 1062 gold medals, including 975 from the Summer games and 87 from the Winter games.
When were gold medals first awarded at the Olympics?
It goes way back in Olympic history when the aciant Greek didn't give medals, insted they gave amounts of gold coins of artifacts to the 1st place winner, then after a long term of years Silver and Bronze where asigned to 2nd and 3rd place Olympians silver coins to the 2nd and bronze artifact to the 3rd
What medals are given at the Olympics for first second and third position?
How manys medals are there?
There are 3; gold, silver, and bronze medals are for first, second and third place winners in each category.
How many olympic medals are there?
There are 3; gold, silver, and bronze medals are for first, second and third place winners in each category.
What order does the medals go?
Usually, its a gold medal for first place, silver medal for second place, and a bronze medal for third place.
What color of medals are awarded for first second and third place?
for 1st, gold. 2nd, silver. 3rd, bronze
What do anzac medals mean?
the gold medals mean you came first in your event and the silver means you came second and the bronze means you came third.
What are gold and silver?
Gold, Silver and Bronze are medals given to the winners of the first, second and third places, respectively, in the Olympic tournaments. They are named after their respective metals.
Gold is given first or Bronze is given first?
Gold is first, Silver is second ,then bronze for third
Which country won the most gold medals in the 2008 olympic games?
The United States won the most medals at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney (94 total, 38 gold, 24 silver, and 32 bronze) and at the 2004 Games in Athens (102 total, 36 gold, 39 silver, and 27 bronze).
When was the First Olympic games to award gold silver and bronze medals?
That was the 1904 Games in St. Louis.
How many medals have the us won so far with the winter olympic?
If you mean from the 2010 games, so far they have 30 medals total, 8 of them are gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze. We're in first place for most medals, and Germany is in a close second with 26 medals overall.
What did they give as prizes at the first ever Olympic Games?
they give medals gold,silver,bronze and trophies
