Artefacts

Reference record. Atlanta 1996, winner's medal, bronze.

Physical description

Medal with a belly ring and a green ribbon and gold border bearing the Look of the Games. Obverse: representation of a woman, allegory of Glory, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand and a palm branch in her left hand. She is seated on steps that have bas-reliefs representing a chariot with horses. To her right is an amphora. Below her, on the left, are laurel branches. In the background there is a two-storey building with arcades. Caption: "XXVI / OLYMPIAD / ATLANTA 1996" with the Olympic symbol inserted. Reverse: emblem of the Games and of the Centenary with a stylised olive branch below with the pictogram of the sport, caption: "CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC GAMES". Edge: "Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games".

Materials

bronze

Colors

bronze

Dimension

ø 6.8 x 7.5 x 0.51 cm, 161 g