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A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
The gold, silver and bronze medals of the 1964 Olympic Winter Games (Olympic Museum).
A medal on a ribbon designed to be worn around the winner's neck.
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, the winners received a silver medal. Since 1904, the winners receive a gold medal, the second-place finishers receive a silver medal and the third-place finishers receive a bronze medal.
Bronze medal
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A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth
Gold medal
…the Silver Age, where youth lasted a hundred years, and the Bronze Age, the era of heroes. The custom of awarding the sequence of gold, silver, and bronze medals for the first three highest achievers dates from at least the 19th century, with the National Association of Amateur Athletes in the United States…
A bronze medal from the 1980 Summer Olympics
The bronze commemorative Medal of John VIII Palaeologus by Pisanello (1438), made in various metals, but usually in bronze