Artefacts

Melbourne 1956, winner's diploma, 2nd place, awarded to Viktor CHUKARIN (URSS), gymnastics, floor.

Physical description

Caption: "Diploma Olympic Games Melbourne 1956, second, equal, gymnastics-floor exercises, V. Tchoukarine". Signed by the IOC's president Avery Brundage, and by the OCOG's president and its chairman. At the top. Olympic Sysmboland Motto. On the background, coat of arms of Melbourne and olympic torch. On the left and on the right, two olive branchs. The design is the same for the winner’s and merit’s diplomas.

Materials

paper

Colors

gray, white

Dimension

42.4 x 58 cm