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  2. List of first Olympic gold medalists by country - Wikipedia

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    The following table lists the first Olympic gold medal won by each National Olympic Committee (NOC). James Brendan Connolly of the United States is credited as the first ever gold medalist of the modern Olympic Games. [1] In some cases, a NOC may garner multiple gold medals in the same edition where it won its first ever gold medal.

  3. Olympic medal - Wikipedia

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    The German Olympic Committee, Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland, was the first Summer Games organisers to elect to change the reverse of the medal. The 1972 design was created by Gerhard Marcks , an artist from the Bauhaus , and features mythological twins Castor and Pollux . [ 30 ]

  4. 1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The 1896 Summer Olympics (Greek: Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, romanized: Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad (Greek: Αγώνες της 1ης Ολυμπιάδας, romanized: Agónes tis 1is Olympiádas) and commonly known as Athens 1896 (Greek: Αθήνα 1896), were the first international Olympic Games held in ...

  5. He was Tennessee's first Olympic gold medalist — and he did ...

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    The gold medal won by John Hopkins Noel Sr.,a Nashville skeet shooter became the first Tennessean to win an Olympic gold medal, sit framed, at Tennessee State Museum in Nashville , Tenn., Tuesday ...

  6. 1896 Summer Olympics medal table - Wikipedia

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    A silver medal was awarded to the winner of each event during the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.. The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Athens, the capital of Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896, and were the first Olympic Games of the Modern era.

  7. Pakistan’s first Olympic winner in 32 years was rewarded with ...

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  8. Incentives for Olympic medalists by country - Wikipedia

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    Those athletes who win multiple Olympic gold medals are entitled to more than S$1 million only for the first individual gold medal won at the Games. [46] The money, however, is taxable and the medal winner is obligated to share half of the prize money to the sport they are representing.

  9. How much is an Olympic gold medal actually worth?

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    When medals first replaced trophies in 1904, ... With the current price of gold, this makes the top prize at most Olympic games worth only about $600, as compared to more than $20,000 for the ...