swimming medal
Pool competition prize
A swimming medal is an award given to competitors in swimming events, typically for placing first, second, or third.
Like other athletic medals, swimming medals are usually gold, silver, or bronze, worn on ribbons around the neck: She won three swimming medals at the state championships.
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- championTop competitor, or advocate
Olympics · pool · freestyle · backstroke · butterfly · relay · lane · starting block · goggles · chlorine · splash · record · Phelps · world record · personal best · victory · ceremony · ribbon
- medalsservice award, Bronze Star, Navy Cross, Iron Cross, Purple Heart
- sports medals