An Olympic gold metal from 1904 will soon go to auction. The medal was initially won by Fred Schule for his first place win in the 110 meter hurdles event. The gold pendant is still attached to ...

The California high school track star who discharged a fire extinguisher to celebrate her first-place finish in the state’s ...

those in second place received a bronze medal and there were no tokens for third-place contestants. The first gold medals were not awarded until the St. Louis Summer Games in 1904, according to ...

The tradition of awarding gold, silver and bronze medals for first, second and third place respectively was then established permanently in 1904, when the games were held in St. Louis ...

The United States took home a rowing gold medal in a thrilling men's four race ... By contrast, Team USA hadn't earned first place in the men's four — a race where each team's boat is steered ...

PARIS — As the Paris Olympics hit the midway point, China leads the gold medal tally by a sizable margin with thirteen first place finishes. France and Australia each have ten golds. The U.S ...

Neither country was able to find the back of the net through the finale’s first 60 minutes, but in overtime, Skjei started a ...