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Questions about awards, medals and trophies that are won in/for any sport.
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What is half of a medal?
I see on http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals :
Why is there 0.5 of a medal? …
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Olympics medal table by country revoked for cheating
It is normal for Olympic competitions to have a medal table: a list of the countries in the order of golds, silvers, then bronzes. …
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How are medal prizes distributed in team sports in the Olympics?
I read that France is awarding 80k€, source CNBC, per athlete that earn a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Is that also true for sport teams? Do all the squad get the same amount? … For instance, will handball or football athletes, even the substitutes, all receive 80k€ if winning the gold medal? …
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What medal did the referee in the FIFA world cup get?
The referee, Nicola Rizzoli, seemed to have received a medal in yesterday's finale. What kind of medal is this? …
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Why are gold, silver, and bronze medal counts not exactly identical?
I was reading articles for Football at the Summer Olympics and Cycling at the Summer Olympics and the overall medal table caught my eye:
For football there have been ever 34 golds, 34 silvers, and 35 bronzes … What's the reason for this nearly identical medal distribution? Other sports are also the same. Is it just a coincidence or there's a valid reason? …
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After the revocation of an Olympic medal, do those who took lower places get upgraded?
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? …
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Why is a bronze medal not awarded when two silvers are awarded in the Olympic Games?
I'm curios why a bronze medal is not awarded in 100m butterfly swimming Rio 2016 award ceremony. Michael Phelps and two other swimmers got silvers but no bronze was awarded. …
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Has any high official (politician) won any medal in an important competition while holding o...
This article mentions that the current Minister of Youth and Sports won the Paralympic silver medal in Tokyo's Paralympic Games:
Romanian cyclist Eduard Novak, the current Minister of Youth and
Sports … , won the Paralympic silver medal in the men’s C4 4000 m
individual pursuit in Tokyo on Friday. …
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Have two generations of one family ever won a medal at the same Olympics?
Has it ever happened in the past that two generations of the same family have won a medal in the same Olympics? (including both winter and summer Olympics) …
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Why do some events have two bronze medals?
From Indian Express,
There is no bronze medal play-off in bridge sport at the Games.
both teams losing the semifinals receive bronze medals
Most events have only one bronze medal. …
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Does a football player receive gold medal for UEFA Super cup win, and is he considered to be...
Does Cristiano Ronaldo receive gold medal for UEFA Super cup 2016 and is he considered to be a winner, if not part of the match squad? …
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In the London 2012 Olympic Football, what players will receive medals?
When the football teams that finish in the medal ranking positions (winners, runners up, and 3rd place playoff winners) are awarded the medals, which players will receive medals? … I am curious, because if it is the latter I wonder if managers would feel pressured to play each player the minimum minutes in the event they reach a medal position. …
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Why are two bronze medals awarded in judo at the Olympics?
As you can see in the below for judo competitions, the losers of both semi-finals both receive the medal.
This is notably unusual for an Olympic competition. … Why do both contestants get the same medal? …
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Does any competition currently give solid gold medals to winners?
I read from some sources that the dream of every sportsman, the Olympic Gold Medal, is not 100% pure gold. …
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Athletes who have won Olympic medals under the olympic flag
If an athlete is of Olympic medal-winning calibre, why wouldn't any country want the athlete to compete for them? …
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