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Olympic medals and diplomas are awarded to the highest-finishing competitors in each event at the Olympic Games. The medals are made of gold-plated silver (for the gold medals), silver, or bronze, and are awarded to the top three finishers in a particular event. Each medal for an Olympiad has a common design, decided upon by the organizers for ...
The design selected for the 1928 Games remained until its replacement at the 2004 Games in Athens, where the use of the Roman Colosseum was replaced by the Greek Panathenaic Stadium, [1] appropriate to represent Olympic values. The medals of the Winter Olympic Games never had a common design, but regularly feature snowflakes and the event where ...
The torch resembles two overlapping, fluttering ribbons. The red represents the flame and the white represents ice. It is the same color pallet from the 2008 torch, but with different representations. When a torchbearer passes the flame to another, it is locked to represent mutual understanding and respect between different cultures. A special ...
infographic showing the evolution of the Olympic Rings; labeled photos of the rings from 1913, 1920, 1957, 1986, and 2010
This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause.
The emblem is named "Winter Dream". It is inspired by a Chinese character "冬" (Winter) with the ribbon motif, representing and traditional and modern Chinese culture. On the upper part is the skater and the lower part is the skier. It also combines with the colors of the olympic and Chinese flags. The emblem was created by Chinese artist Lin ...
The favorite colors for the red, white and blue at the Olympic swimming pool are silver and bronze. Through four days at La Defense Arena, the mighty U.S. team has won a bunch of medals — 15 in ...
Teams from East Germany and West Germany won their nations' first Summer Olympic medals of every color at their first Summer Olympic appearance. [5] [6] Teams from Kenya, [7] Tunisia, [8] and Venezuela won their nations' first Olympic gold medals, [9] while athletes from Cameroon, [10] Mongolia, [11] [12] and Uganda won their nations' first ...