Some multiplayer video games feature a hierarchy of players that uses precious metal names to distinguish the various levels of skill, often progressing from Bronze to Silver, to Gold, to Platinum, then to Diamond.

You can't have unlimited colours, but you can have more than the three that bronze/silver/gold allows. Some martial arts systems only have four or five belts. Some have more than a dozen (by including stripes as well). Team USA has more medals in the Summer Olympics than the next two countries combined". businessinsider. July 28, 2016 . Retrieved February 10, 2022. AHO The Netherlands Antilles (AHO), an autonomous country within the Netherlands (NED), competed 1952–2008. The Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee's membership in the IOC was withdrawn in 2011 because of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. a b Lawrie, Kevin. "Olympic Success - when 24 athletes = 1 medal - Sport Law". sportlaw.ca/ . Retrieved 9 August 2021. HKG Totals of Hong Kong (HKG) includes all medals won by athletes representing the Hong Kong National Olympic Committee, designated as "Hong Kong" from 1952–1996 and "Hong Kong, China" since 2000.

Gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the top finishers in every event at the Olympic Games - a tradition that began at the St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games.

Obverse: An individually cropped section of a large First Nations artwork (orca or raven), making each medal unique

The National Olympic Committee for the Netherlands Antilles was created in 1931 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee from 1950 until 2011 upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. [23] Sparagmite partially covered in gold, one side showing the Olympic rings and host details, the other depicting the sport in which the medal was won and the Games emblem Olympic Games - Sochi 2014 | Winter Summer Past and Future Olympics". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2014-03-03. RU1 → URS → EUN → RUS Russian Empire (RU1) participated at the 1900, 1908 and 1912 Games prior to World War I. The Soviet Union (URS) competed from 1952 to 1988. Unified Team (EUN) is the generic name used for a combined team of six post-Soviet republics that competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and a combined team of twelve post-Soviet republics that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Russian Federation (RUS) and the other fourteen post-Soviet republics started competing independently in 1992 ( Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia), 1994 or 1996.

TAN Although Tanganyika and Zanzibar had already merged to form Tanzania in April 1964, the nation was designated Tanganyika in the official report of the 1964 Games. Each Olympic Games organising committee (except in 1904) has published an official report after the conclusion of the Games, which among other things list the results of each event. Some early reports included an overall national ranking, including those of 1908, [5] 1912, [6] 1924 (Summer [7] and Winter [8]) and 1928 (Winter [9]). The 1912 and 1924 tables are described as "official" while that of 1928 is "unofficial". Medieval: Trireme (three rows of oars), Caravel (fore-and-aft rigged), Galleon (large, armed cargo ship).