Greece in 1896. However, gold medals were not awarded at these inaugural Olympics – competitors were instead given a silver medal and an olive branch, while runners-up received a laurel branch ...

According to Guinness World Records, there was no such thing in 1896. In fact ... Instead, he first-place winner received a silver medal, the second-place finisher got a bronze, and there wasn ...

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

The first British athlete took a Gold medal way back at the inaugural modern Games in 1896: Weightlifter Launceston ... seven gold and two silver. His gold medal in the keirin and silver in ...

14 silver medals and 12 bronze. Behind Great Britain in the medal count is the United States, with 39 medals won. How many gold medals has Team USA won in tennis? Since the debut of tennis at the ...

In one of the biggest upsets in Olympic cycling history, Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria won the women's road race Sunday afternoon in Japan to capture her nation's first Olympic medal since the inaugural ...

Winners didn’t receive three levels of medals like they do today, instead they each received an olive branch and a silver medal. Winnipeg Shamrocks lacrosse team, Olympic gold medal champions at ...