An Olympic gold metal from 1904 will soon go to auction. The medal was initially won by Fred Schule for his first place win in the 110 meter hurdles event. The gold pendant is still attached to ...

He is currently tied for third place on the all-time list for the most gold medals out of a male swimmer. Of course, sitting in first place is Michael Phelps, arguably the all-time greatest Olympian.

but gold medals weren't introduced until 1904 in St. Louis in the United States. Originally, first-place winners earned a silver medal along with an olive branch. Second place received a bronze ...

The 2024 Summer Games in Paris will be notable for, among other things, being the first Olympics in ... for second place. In addition to 1,061 gold medals from 28 different Summer Olympics ...

The tradition of awarding gold, silver and bronze medals for first, second and third place respectively was then established permanently in 1904, when the games were held in St. Louis ...

Gold medals in track and field brought St. Lucia and Dominica into an exclusive club of nations. But for 66 other countries and territories, the wait for an Olympic medal goes on, and on, and on.