The Olympic Games, Asian Games, and various individual world championships have awarded gold, silver and bronze medals to the winners of the competition. However, a long time ago, the prize won by the winners of the sports competition was a circle woven with olive laurel branches, that is, the "laurel crown". In 1465, at a fun fair in Zurich, Switzerland, the winner of the triple jump event was awarded a
Gold Medal. This may be the first time that the winner has not been given a "laurel". The winner of the first Olympic Games in 1895 won such a "laurel".
It was not until 1907 that the International Olympic Committee formally made a decision to award Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals to the Olympic winners in The Hague, the Netherlands, and began to implement it at the 4th London Olympics to be held subsequently.
Since the 8th Paris Olympic Games in 1924, the International Olympic Committee has further made the following supplementary decision: In addition to awarding medals, the winners will also be issued a certificate (award).
Decided to make specific regulations on the design and production of gold, silver and bronze medals: the medals of the first, second and third prizes are not less than 60 mm in diameter and 3 mm in thickness. Among them, the first prize (gold
Medal) and second prize (silver medal) medals are made of silver, the purity (silver content) is not less than 92.5%, the surface of the first prize medal (gold medal) is plated with at least 6 grams of pure gold. These rules have been in use since the 9th Amsterdam Olympics in 1928.
According to different shapes, it can be divided into: medals, medals, award plates.
Common medal materials: made of aluminum, iron, zinc alloy, copper, gold, silver and other materials, but also stone, wood,
Resin, organically made, or even a combination of several. Typical example: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games medal.
According to different process materials, it can be divided into: bronze medals, aluminum plate silk screen cards, stainless steel cards, titanium gold medals, sand gold medals, pile gold medals, gold-plated medals, car paint brands, and flat printing cards.
According to different purposes, the awards can be divided into: advanced individual medals, advanced collective medals, authorized medals, joining medals, and member medals.
