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The first gold medals at the Olympics were not awarded until 1904. The first person that was awarded a gold medal was Charles Jewtraw.
Modern Olympics: first medal awarded was in the Men's Triple Jump in 1896.
Day 4 of the 2012 Olympics was when NZ got their first medal. it was a bronze won by the NZ equestrian team.
1912
302 Gold medals were awarded for the 302 events. There were 304 Silver Medals awarded because of 2 ties for second place. 356 Bronze medal were awarded to make the total medal count 962
The highest award in the Olympics is the gold medal. It is awarded to the first-place finisher in each event.
302 event winners were awarded a Gold Medal.
Jin Jong-oh.
Tom Daley won his first Olympic medal (Bronze) at the London Olympics in 2012.
Indian hockey captain Mr. Jaipal Singh in 1928 in Amsterdam Olympics
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Pierre de coubertin medal is a medal awarded when demonstrated spirit of sportsmanship in the Olympics