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History of Summer Olympic Medals
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ATHENS 1896
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First place winners were awarded a silver medal, an olive branch and a diploma. Those in second place were given a copper medal, a branch of laurel and a diploma.
The obverse side of the medal has Zeus' face along with his hand holding a globe with the winged victory on it, with the caption in Greek "Olympia". The reverse side had the Acropolis site with the caption in Greek "International Olympic Games in Athens in 1896."
冠軍被授予銀質(zhì)獎(jiǎng)牌、橄欖枝花環(huán)和一張獎(jiǎng)狀，亞軍被授予銅質(zhì)獎(jiǎng)牌、月桂花冠和一張獎(jiǎng)狀。
獎(jiǎng)牌正面是希臘神話中的主神宙斯的頭像。宙斯的手上托著一個(gè)地球，球上立著希臘勝利女神，圖注為希臘語(yǔ)“奧林匹亞”。獎(jiǎng)牌背面為雅典衛(wèi)城遺址，印有希臘文“1896年雅典國(guó)際奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)”字樣。
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