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Recently, there are numerous news about the Russian Olympic players being stripped of medals. There have been many similar cases in the past, too.

Once a sportsperson gets stripped of their medal, do the others get "upgraded" automatically? For exampleIn other words, if the gold medal was stripped, does the player who took second place automatically get "promoted" to the gold, the third to the silver, and so on? 

If so, what is the process?

  What happens to a sportsperson who wastook fourth place and, did not even appear on the podium, and lost their deserved moment of glory?

Recently, there are numerous news about the Russian Olympic players being stripped of medals. There have been many similar cases in the past, too.

Once a sportsperson gets stripped of their medal, do the others get "upgraded" automatically? For example, if the gold medal was stripped, does the player who took second place automatically get "promoted" to the gold, the third to the silver, and so on? If so, what is the process?

  What happens to a sportsperson who was fourth place and did not even appear on the podium?

Recently, there are numerous news about the Russian Olympic players being stripped of medals. There have been many similar cases in the past, too.

Once a sportsperson gets stripped of their medal, do the others get "upgraded" automatically? In other words, if the gold medal was stripped, does the player who took second place automatically get "promoted" to the gold, the third to the silver, and so on? 

If so, what is the process? What happens to a sportsperson who took fourth place, did not even appear on the podium, and lost their deserved moment of glory?

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After the revocation of an Olympic medal, aredo those who took lower places get upgraded?

Recently, there are numerous news about the Russian Olympic players being stripped of medals. There have been many similar cases in the past, too.

Once a sportsmansportsperson gets stripped of his/hertheir medal, do the others get "upgraded" automatically?
E.g. For example, if the gold medal was stripped, does the player who took 2ndsecond place automatically get "promoted" to the gold, the 3rdthird to the silver, etc.and so on? If so, what is the process? Also, what

What happens to a sportsmansportsperson who was the 4thfourth place and did not even appear on the podium?

If different committees/federations have different policies, let us confine the question to the Olympics and IOC only.

(I apologize for a naive question; GIYF, but I simply fail to think of a good search query).

After the revocation of an Olympic medal, are those who took lower places get upgraded?

Recently, there are numerous news about the Russian Olympic players being stripped of medals. There have been many similar cases in the past, too.

Once a sportsman gets stripped of his/her medal, do the others get "upgraded" automatically?
E.g., if the gold medal was stripped, does the player who took 2nd place automatically get "promoted" to the gold, the 3rd to the silver, etc.? If so, what is the process? Also, what happens to a sportsman who was the 4th and did not even appear on the podium?

If different committees/federations have different policies, let us confine the question to the Olympics and IOC only.

(I apologize for a naive question; GIYF, but I simply fail to think of a good search query).

After the revocation of an Olympic medal, do those who took lower places get upgraded?

Recently, there are numerous news about the Russian Olympic players being stripped of medals. There have been many similar cases in the past, too.

Once a sportsperson gets stripped of their medal, do the others get "upgraded" automatically? For example, if the gold medal was stripped, does the player who took second place automatically get "promoted" to the gold, the third to the silver, and so on? If so, what is the process?

What happens to a sportsperson who was fourth place and did not even appear on the podium?

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After the revocation of an Olympic medal, are those who took lower places get upgraded?

Recently, there are numerous news about the Russian Olympic players being stripped of medals. There have been many similar cases in the past, too.

Once a sportsman gets stripped of his/her medal, do the others get "upgraded" automatically?
E.g., if the gold medal was stripped, does the player who took 2nd place automatically get "promoted" to the gold, the 3rd to the silver, etc.? If so, what is the process? Also, what happens to a sportsman who was the 4th and did not even appear on the podium?

If different committees/federations have different policies, let us confine the question to the Olympics and IOC only.

(I apologize for a naive question; GIYF, but I simply fail to think of a good search query).