Gold Metal Concept comes from....

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Gold, silver, and bronze medals have not always been awarded. In the original Greek games, a wreath of olive leaves taken from a tree near the temple of Zeus was placed on the victor's head.


When the first modern Olympics were held in Athens in 1896, the first-place winners were awarded silver medals, since silver was more sought-after at the time. The runners-up got bronze medals. The winners at the 1900 Paris Olympics received trophies or cups instead of medals.


The custom of awarding gold, silver, and bronze medals started at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics. The last Olympic gold medal that was made from solid gold was awarded in 1912 in Stockholm. After that year, the gold medals have been gilded silver rather than solid gold.


سونے ، چاندی اور کانسی کے تمغے ہمیشہ نہیں دیئے جاتے ہیں۔  اصل یونانی کھیلوں میں ، زیوس کے معبد کے قریب ایک درخت سے اٹھائے گئے زیتون کے پتوں کی چادروں کو فاتح کے سر پر رکھا گیا تھا۔


 جب 1896 میں ایتھنز میں پہلا جدید اولمپکس کا انعقاد کیا گیا تھا ، تو پہلے مقام کے فاتحین کو چاندی کے تمغے دیئے گئے تھے ، کیونکہ اس وقت چاندی کی طلب زیادہ تھی۔  رنر اپ کو کانسی کے تمغے ملے۔  1900 پیرس اولمپکس کے فاتحین نے تمغوں کی بجائے ٹرافی یا کپ حاصل کیے۔


 سونے ، چاندی اور کانسی کے تمغے دینے کا رواج 1904 کے سینٹ لوئس اولمپکس میں شروع ہوا۔  آخری اولمپک سونے کا تمغہ جو ٹھوس سونے سے بنایا گیا تھا ، اسٹاک ہوم میں 1912 میں دیا گیا تھا۔  اس سال کے بعد ، سونے کے تمغے ٹھوس سونے کے بجائے چاندی کے سونے کے رہے ہیں۔

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