The youngest ever Olympic gold medalist is Marjorie Gestring of the United States who was 13 years, 268 days old when she won the gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany in the 3-meter springboard diving competition.
The youngest athlete to participate at the Modern Olympics was Dimitrios Loundras of Greece who was 10 years, 216 days old when he competed in men's team parallel bars gymnastics at the 1896 Games in Athens. The youngest athlete to win a gold medal is Marjorie Gestring of the United States who was 13 years, 267 days old when she won the women's springboard diving event at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin.
That was Marjorie Gestring of the United States who won gold in 3 meter springboard diving at the 1936 Games in Berlin. She the youngest person to win a gold medal in Olympic history, man or woman.
Lacrosse was played as a medal event in the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics. It was played as a non medal demonstration event at the 1928, 1932, and 1948 Summer Olympics.
302 event winners were awarded a Gold Medal.
Fourth place in an Olympics event does not win a medal.
The gold medalist in the Men's Triple Jump event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Christian Taylor.
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The gold medal in the Women's Balance Beam event at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Sanne Wevers.
The bronze medal in the Men's 1500m Freestyle event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was awarded to Italy. Italy also won the gold medal in this event.
Gladys Davis won a silver medal at the 1924 Olympics in the Individual Women's Foil event.
The gold medal in the Men's Triathlon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Alistair Brownlee.