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34-521: Wood was born on April 27, 1887, to John Wood and Maud M. Wood (née Heath). He married Maude Langon on June 28, 1911, in Chicago, Illinois. Two daughters, Marjorie and Frances, were born to the couple. In 1904, Wood was part of the American team which won the gold medal . He finished 10th in the team competition. In the individual competition , he finished 11th in the qualification and was eliminated in

68-595: A laurel branch and a copper or bronze medal . The 1900 Summer Olympics is unique in being the only Olympic Games to feature rectangular medals, which were designed by Frédérique Vernon . Gilt silver medals were awarded for 1st place in shooting, lifesaving, automobile racing and gymnastics. Second place silver medals were awarded in shooting, rowing, yachting, tennis, gymnastics, sabre, fencing, equestrian and athletics. Third place bronze medals were awarded in gymnastics, firefighting and shooting. In many sports, however, medals were not awarded. With most of

102-902: A greater variety of design applications for the Winter Games; unlike with the Summer Games, the IOC never mandated one particular design. The medal at the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix , France did not even feature the Olympic rings . Nike was featured on the medals of the 1932 and 1936 Games but has only appeared on one medal design since then. One regular motif is the use of the snowflake, while laurel leaves and crowns appear on several designs. The Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius features on four Winter Games medals but does not appear on any Summer Games medal. For three events in

136-523: A new style by designer Elena Votsi depicting the Panathenaic Stadium was introduced at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . This new obverse design remains in use. The German Olympic Committee, Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland , was the first Summer Games organisers to elect to change the reverse of the medal. The 1972 design was created by Gerhard Marcks , an artist from

170-495: A row, hosts of the Winter Games included different materials in the medals: glass (1992), sparagmite (1994), and lacquer (1998). It was not until the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China that a Summer Olympic host chose to use something different, in this case, jade . While every Summer Olympic medal except for the 1900 Games has been circular, the shapes of the Winter Games have been considerably more varied. The designs for

204-526: A separate ceremony on the evening of or the evening after competition. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , the "medals plaza" was popularized as a way for the public to see presentations that would have otherwise taken place at far-flung, low-capacity or high-altitude venues and to have an evening program that often included musical performances. Silver medal A silver medal , in sports and other similar areas involving competition,

238-632: A space was left for the name of the Olympic host and the Games numeral. The reverse features a crowd of people carrying a triumphant athlete. His winning design was first presented at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam . The medals for the 1960 Games in Rome inverted the design, with the obverse featuring the crowd and the reverse featuring Nike. The competition saw this design used for 40 years until

272-465: Is a medal made of, or plated with , silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up , of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games , Commonwealth Games , etc. The outright winner receives a gold medal and the third place a bronze medal . More generally, silver is traditionally a metal sometimes used for all types of high-quality medals, including artistic ones. During

306-455: Is a tie for any of the top three places all competitors are entitled to receive the appropriate medal according to IOC rules. Some combat sports (such as boxing , judo , taekwondo and wrestling ) award two bronze medals per competition, resulting in, overall, more bronze medals being awarded than the other colours. Medals are not the only awards given to competitors; every athlete placed first to eighth receives an Olympic diploma . Also, at

340-607: The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich became the first Games with a different design for the reverse side of the medal. Cassioli's design continued to inspire the obverse of the medal for many more years, though recreated each time, with the Olympic host and numeral updated. The obverse remained true to the Trionfo design until the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Spain, where the IOC allowed an updated version to be created. For

374-659: The 2004 Games in Athens , where the use of the Roman Colosseum was replaced by the Greek Panathenaic Stadium , 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 medal has been won. In addition to generally supporting their Olympic athletes, some countries provide sums of money and gifts to medal winners, depending on

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408-550: The Bauhaus , and features mythological twins Castor and Pollux . Since then the Organising Committee of the host city has been given the freedom of the design of the reverse, with the IOC giving final approval. The IOC has the final decision on the specifications of each design for all Olympic medals, including the Summer Games, Winter Games , Summer Paralympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games . There has been

442-588: The Greek goddess of victory, on the obverse and the Acropolis on the reverse. They were made by the Paris Mint , which also made the medals for the 1900 Olympic Games, hosted by Paris. This started the tradition of giving the responsibility of minting the medals to the host city. For the next few Olympiads, the host city also chose the medal design. Until 1912 the gold medals were made of solid gold. In 1923

476-616: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched a competition for sculptors to design the medals for the Summer Olympic Games . Giuseppe Cassioli 's Trionfo design was chosen as the winner in 1928. The obverse brought back Nike but this time as the main focus, holding a winner's crown and palm with a depiction of the Colosseum in the background. In the top right section of the medal,

510-440: The Olympic Games . There are three classes of medal to be won: gold , silver , and bronze , awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. The granting of awards is laid out in detail in the Olympic protocols. Medal designs have varied considerably since the Games in 1896, particularly in the size of the medals for the Summer Olympic Games . The design selected for the 1928 Games remained until its replacement at

544-710: The RMS Celtic , arriving in New York on February 3. Wood died on October 27, 1926, in Pelham Manor, New York , aged 39. He was interred in Oak Woods Cemetery , Chicago, Illinois. Wood is best remembered for helping the United States win a team gold medal in golf at the 1904 Summer Olympic games. Olympic gold medal An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of

578-480: The Solar System around the logo, marking the Games coinciding with Chinese New Year festivities Since the beginning of the modern Olympics the athletes and their support staffs, event officials, and certain volunteers involved in planning and managing the games have received commemorative medals and diplomas. Like the winners' medals, these are changed for each Olympic Festival, with different ones issued for

612-535: The 1960 Summer Olympics, competitors in the Stadio Olimpico received their medals immediately after each event for the first time; competitors at other venues came to the Stadio Olimpico the next day to receive their medals. Later Games have had a victory podium at each competition venue. The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , Italy were the first in which the medals were placed around the neck of

646-718: The Colosseum should remain. The Greek press criticised the design for ignorance of the birthplace of the Olympic Games, pointing out that the long-standing feature on the front of medals was mistakenly depicting the Roman Colosseum rather than the Greek Parthenon . The Sydney Organising Committee decided to continue with the design as it was, noting that there was insufficient time to complete another version and that it would be too costly. After 76 years

680-594: The Silver Medal is an award presented to the lowest scoring amateur player at the tournament. In many sports with an elimination tournament, including those with a third place playoff (such as Olympic ice hockey, Olympic soccer, FIFA World Cup ), silver is the only medal given to a team that loses its final game, whereas gold and bronze are earned by teams winning their final matches. Notable athletes such as Jocelyne Larocque (2018 Olympics) removed their runners-up/silver medals right after receiving them; Larocque

714-749: The Winter Games medals are also generally larger, thicker, and heavier than those for the Summer Games. Details about the medals from each of the Summer Olympic Games: (The Rome games were the first to place the medal around the athletes neck) Details about the medals from each of the Winter Olympic Games: Reverse: Hangul messages "symbolising the effort of athletes from around the world" Edge: words "Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018" in Korean (stylized) and English Reverse: A stylized depiction of

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748-524: The athletes. The medals hung from a chain of laurel leaves, while they are now hung from a coloured ribbon. When Athens hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics the competitors on the podium also received an olive wreath crown. In the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , each medalist received a wooden statuette of the Olympic logo. It is customary for many medals at the Winter Olympics to be presented in

782-483: The classes and number of medals won. In the 2024 Paris Games , 33 countries confirmed that they would award prizes to medallists, with 15 awarding cash prizes over $ 100,000. The olive wreath was the prize for the winner at the Ancient Olympic Games . It was an olive branch, off the wild-olive tree that grew at Olympia , intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe. According to Pausanias , it

816-466: The first Olympic event in 1896 , number one achievers or winners' medals were in fact made of silver metal. The custom of gold -silver- bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 games and has been copied for many other sporting events. Minting the medals is the responsibility of the host city. From 1928 to 1968 the design was always the same: the obverse showed a generic design by Florentine artist Giuseppe Cassioli with text giving

850-416: The first round of the match play. Wood won the 1906 North and South Amateur . He also won the 1913 Western Amateur and was runner-up twice more (1906, 1912). He was also runner-up in the 1910 U.S. Amateur . Wood finished fourth in the 1907 Western Open . In a golf foursomes match contested on 19 August 1921, Wood and Chick Evans played against Jock Hutchison and Phil Gaudin . It is unclear who won

884-545: The host city; the reverse showed another generic design of an Olympic champion. From 1972 – 2000 , Cassioli's design (or a slight reworking) remained on the obverse with a custom design by the host city on the reverse. Noting that Cassioli's design showed a Roman amphitheatre for what was originally a Greek games, a new obverse design was commissioned for the Athens Games. Winter Olympics medals have been of more varied design. In The Open Championship golf tournament,

918-541: The listed prizes being cups and other trophies. The custom of the sequence of gold , silver , and bronze for the first three places in all events dates from the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States . The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has retroactively assigned gold, silver and bronze medals to the three best-placed athletes in each event of the 1896 and 1900 Games. If there

952-640: The main host stadium, the names of all medal winners are written onto a wall. Finally, as noted below, all athletes receive a participation medal and diploma. The IOC dictates the physical properties of the medals and has the final decision about the finished design. Specifications for the medals are developed along with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) hosting the Games, though the IOC has brought in some set rules: The first Olympic medals in 1896 were designed by French sculptor Jules-Clément Chaplain and depicted Zeus holding Nike ,

986-642: The match but a large gallery of more than 2,000 spectators watched the match which was played at the Lincoln Park public links in Chicago. Sailors from the Great Lakes Naval Station held the ropes to keep the large throng of fans in order. Wood was a soldier in World War I . When the war concluded on November 11, 1918, he received his travel orders to return to the United States and departed Brest , France , on January 24, 1919, aboard

1020-613: The next few events , they mandated the use of the Nike motif but allowed other aspects to change. The trend ended after 2000, due to the negative reaction to the medal design for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney . The designer of the 2000 medal ( Wojciech Pietranik ) had originally featured the Sydney Opera House on the obverse instead of the traditional Roman Colosseum but the International Olympic Committee decided that

1054-502: The summer and winter games. The presentation of the medals and awards varied significantly until the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles brought in what has now become standard. Before 1932 all the medals were awarded at the closing ceremony, with the athletes wearing evening dress for the first few Games. Originally the presenting dignitary was stationary while the athletes filed past to receive their medals. The victory podium

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1088-401: Was introduced by Heracles as a prize for the winner of the running race to honour Zeus . When the modern Olympic Games began in 1896 medals started to be given to successful olympian competitors. However, gold medals were not awarded at the inaugural Olympics in 1896 in Athens , Greece. The winners were instead given a silver medal and an olive branch, whilst runners-up received

1122-408: Was introduced upon the personal instruction in 1931 of Henri de Baillet-Latour , who had seen one used at the 1930 British Empire Games . The winner is in the middle at a higher elevation, with the silver medallist to the right and the bronze to the left. At the 1932 Winter Olympics , medals were awarded in the closing ceremony, with athletes for each event in turn mounting the first-ever podium. At

1156-666: Was later ordered by the International Ice Hockey Federation official to put her silver medal back on. Some countries present military and civilian decorations known as Silver Medals. These include: The Zoological Society of London awards a Silver Medal "to a Fellow of the Society or any other person for contributions to the understanding and appreciation of zoology, including such activities as public education in natural history, and wildlife conservation." The Royal Academy of Engineering awards

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