Why were gold silver and bronze chosen as the colors of rewards for the Olympic medals?
February 20, 2010
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Please, no answers like it goes by value and demand with gold being the most wanted because it is the shiniest metallic pigment and silver being the next wanted because it is the second shiniest and bronze bring the third and last wanted. Is there a history? What is the history? Who chose these colors and why were they chosen? Please, don’t make your story or link long and endless with a lot of words. Make it as short as you can. I’m curious.
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becasue gold has higher cost then silver then bronze
It goes back to Greek mythology:
The different metals designate the first three Ages of Man in Greek mythology: the Golden Age, when men lived among the gods; the Silver age, where youth lasted a hundred years; and the Bronze Age, the era of heroes.
because of there Value!…
Olympic Vid… i find it VERY! inspriational!!=)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=An3nUIYOGcz5xpIIUyNvxx_sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090418190459AADtJ4D
The term refers to a winner’s prize at the modern Olympic Games because medals were not awarded at the ancient games. In 1896, winners received a silver medal; the second place received a bronze medal. In 1900, most winners received cups or trophies instead of medals.
The custom of the sequence of gold-silver-bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 games and has been adopted by many other sporting events.
Traditionally, medals are made of the following metals:
1. Gold (or another yellow metal, e.g. brass)
2. Silver (or another grey metal, e.g. steel)
3. Bronze
These metals designate the first three Ages of Man in Greek mythology: the Golden Age, when men lived among the gods; the Silver age, where youth lasted a hundred years; and the Bronze Age, the era of heroes. (The current age is called the Iron Age.) Note that the metals are progressively more prone to corrosion.
In a few tournament sports, such as boxing and judo, two bronze medals are awarded in each event – one for each eliminated semi-finalist or for the winners of the repechage brackets.