Silver medal 526647 216341607 2008-06-01T05:15:26Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{Unreferenced|date=February 2007}} [[Image:1896 Olympic medal.jpg|frame|right|The [[1896 Olympics|1896 Olympic]] Silver Medal]] A '''[[silver]] medal''' is a [[medal]] awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically [[sport|athletics]] competitions) such as the [[Olympic Games]], [[Commonwealth Games]], etc. First and third place finishers traditionally receive a [[gold medal]] and [[bronze medal]], respectively. == Olympic Games == In [[1896 Summer Olympics|1896]], winners' medals were in fact [[silver]]. The custom of [[gold]]-silver-[[bronze]] for the first three places dates from the [[1904 Summer Olympics|1904 games]] and has been copied for many other sporting events. [[Mint (coin)|Minting]] the medals is the responsibility of the host city. From [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]-[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] the design was always the same: the obverse showed a generic design by [[Florence|Florentine]] artist [[Giuseppe Cassioli]] with text giving the host city; the reverse showed another generic design of an Olympic champion. From [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]-[[2000 Summer Olympics|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 [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]] Games. [[Winter Olympics]] medals have been of more varied design. == World Cup == Silver medals were, unusually enough, awarded for the third place in the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] and [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]] [[FIFA World Cup|football World Cups]] (the runners-up were awarded a gilded medal). {{Fact|date=May 2008}} == The Open Championship == In [[The Open Championship]] golf tournament, the Silver Medal is an award presented to the lowest scoring [[amateurism|amateur]] player at the tournament. ==External links== {{Commons|Gold medal}} *[http://www.olympic.org/uk/passion/collectors/search_uk.asp?CatId=3&TypeId=4 Medal Designs for all Olympic Games] [[Category:Olympic medals]] [[Category:Maccabiah medals]] [[Category:Sports terminology]] [[Category:Award items]] [[es:Medalla de plata]] [[fr:Médaille d'argent]] [[zh:银牌]]