Trivia: Ancient Olympics Had No Gold Medals

By Alex in Daily Trivia, Sports on Nov 9, 2007 at 2:50 am

In ancient Olympics, winners weren’t given gold medals – they were given an olive wreath instead.

The first “gold medalist” on record was Coroibus of Elis, a cook who won a 200-yard dash.


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  1. The Manticore
    Nov 9th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    I was always taught that they were given laurel wreaths, not olives.

  2. ted
    Nov 9th, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    Laurel wreaths were for a different competition – the Panhellenic games at Delphi, according to my sources.

    I believe there were other types for other games, too.


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