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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.
Teófilo Yldefonso, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for the Philippines Hidilyn Diaz, the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. The Philippines made its Olympic debut during the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France [1] [2] with David Nepomuceno as the sole participant, competing in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres athletic events.
Gil Hodges was first player to ever win the Gold Glove in 1957; at the time it was a consolidated award between both the NL and AL. Mark Teixeira (2005–2006, 2009–2010, 2012 AL Gold Glove winner) Carlos Peña (2008 AL Gold Glove winner) Kevin Youkilis (left; 2007 AL Gold Glove winner)
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.
After Norman Pritchard who won two silver medals in athletics in 1900 under colonial India, Khashaba was the first individual athlete from independent India to win a medal at the Olympics. [6] In the years before Khashaba, India would only win gold medals in field hockey, a team sport.
Her historic gold medal during that Games came in the team sprint event, alongside former teammate Kikkan Randall, and marked the first-ever gold medal for the United States in cross-country skiing.
Thailand's first gold medal would also come in boxing at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, when Somluck Kamsing won the Men's Featherweight category. Since then, Thai athletes have won gold medals at every subsequent Summer Olympics with the exception of the 2012 Games in London , with all its gold medals to date having come in men's boxing, women's ...
Singapore bagged half of gold medals and 2 silvers, while Philippines earned half of total medals including 3 golds, India finished with 6 total medals including one gold of Sachin Nag in 100 m freestyle, which was the first gold of India in Asian Games; two nations left without any medal. [18] [19]