Artefacts

Reference record. Lillehammer 1994, winner's medal, gold.

Physical description

Medal with belly ring and ribbon in two shades of purple. The medal is made of sparagmite and is set in a vermeil frame. Obverse: in the centre, Olympic symbol in gold on the sparagmite part, caption: "THE XVII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES". Visual identity of the Games on the vermeil part with the caption: "Lillehammer '94". Reverse: name of the sport in English as a caption on the sparagmite medal. Pictogram of the sport on the vermeil part with the emblem and visual identity of the Games and the name of the event in English as a caption. On the right side at the bottom we find the initials "IH / TH.M" which are those of the artist and the manufacturer. Openwork edge of the vermeil frame.

Created

Created: Th. Marthinsen Created: Ingjerd HANEVOLD

Materials

granite, vermeil, gold

Colors

gold, gray, black

Dimension

ø 8.8 x 0.8 cm, 120 g

Literature

LENNARTZ, Karl. Olympische Siege: Medaillen, Diplome, Ehrungen. Berlin : Sportverlag, cop. 2000. 474 p. ISBN 3-328-00865-9. GREENSFELDER, Jim. VORONTSOV, Oleg. LALLY, Jim.. Olympic Medals, A Reference Guide. Saratoga : GVL Enterprises, 1998. GADOURY, Victor, Médailles et Monnaies Olympiques, Monaco : Editions Victor Gadoury, 1996. 555 p. ISBN 2-906602-10-8. ed. by the Organizing Committee for the XVII Olympic Winter Games. The XVII Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer: the official report of the Organizing Committee. Lillehammer : Organizing Committee of the XVGames of the XVII Olympiad, 1994. The Treasures of the Olympic Winter Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2009. Knecht, Stéphanie. A triumph of creativity over tradition. In: The Medal, no 69, 2016, pp. 38-44. Le Centre d'Etudes Olympiques. Les médailles des Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de Chamonix 1924 à Beijing 2022. Le Centre d'Etudes Olympiques, 2022 The Olympic Studies Centre. Olympic Winter Games Medals from Chamonix 1924 to Beijing 2022. 2022

Type of item

Medals -> winner's medal

Reference number

140345

Keywords

Lillehammer 1994, Olympic Winter Games Olympic emblem Pictogram victory

Notes

Lillehammer 1994 Ingjerd Hanevold, who created the medals, says she designed them to be "humorous, sober and recognizable" and that their design "is Norwegian through and through". Her innovative surprise was to use granite - sparagmite to be precise - as the basic material. The Olympic Museum Collections