medalists
Top three competitors
Medalists are people who have won medals, typically in athletic competitions or other contests: The three medalists stood on the podium.
The word appears most often in sports coverage, where gold, silver, and bronze medalists receive recognition.
Also spelled medallists in British English.
Those who prevail
- championsContest winners, top performers
- honoreesThose being recognized
- awardeesThose receiving prizes
- recipientsThose who receive
victors · titleholders · laureates · decorated · accomplished · celebrated · distinguished · recognized
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- silverLustrous white precious metal
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- championsContest winners, top performers
athletes · winners · Olympians · ceremonies · national anthems · flags · records · Tokyo
Formal event marking occasions
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- ribbonsNarrow fabric strips
- trophiesPrizes for achievement
- cupsSmall drinking containers
plaques · certificates · recognition · achievement · distinction · honor · merit · excellence
Ordered list by performance
- standingsComparative position list
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- semifinalsPenultimate tournament round
heats · rounds · tournaments · championships · pan-American · commonwealth · regional · continental
winners
Those who prevail
- championsContest winners, top performers
- honoreesThose being recognized
- awardeesThose receiving prizes
recipients · victors · titleholders · laureates · decorated · accomplished · celebrated · distinguished · recognized · elite
gold
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champions · athletes · winners · Olympians · ceremonies · national anthems · flags · records · Tokyo · Beijing
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- ribbonsNarrow fabric strips
- trophiesPrizes for achievement
cups · plaques · certificates · recognition · achievement · distinction · honor · merit · excellence · first place
rankings
Ordered list by performance
- standingsComparative position list
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
semifinals · heats · rounds · tournaments · championships · pan-American · commonwealth · regional · continental · qualifying
athletes
Sports competitors
- swimmersThose propelling through water
- gymnastsAthletes performing acrobatic feats
- wrestlersCombat sport competitors
boxers · fencers · judokas · weightlifters · archers · shooters · cyclists · rowers · divers · sprinters
- track and fieldtrack and field, sprinters, sprinter, sprinting, sprint
- awardsaward, awards, winner, winners, prize
- honoreeshonoree, honorees, award winner, awardee, awardees
- sports starsall-stars, elite athletes, elite players, MVPs, superstars
- running biographies
- numismatistsnumismatists, coin collectors
- gold medalistsCompetition's first-place victors
- silver medalistCompetitor who finished second
- bronze medalistCompetition's third-place finisher
- Olympic medalistTop-three international games finisher