While today, as part of the co-operation agreement between the International Olympic ... Medals for athletes have been used in every games since Rome 1960 - click through the gallery below to see a ...

The Soviet Union's Larisa Latynina added the last six of her record 18 Olympic medals, but was defeated in the all-around by Czechoslovakia's Vera Caslavska, a 22-year old secretary from Prague.

Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in archery ... In Atlanta, 21-year-old Justin Huish-- who sometimes practiced at home by shooting from across the street, up his driveway, and ...

in designing awards worthy of this year's Olympic victors. In their design, the company decided to blend elements of the past with the present. But will the end product satisfy both medal winners ...

The Americans led by more than a second a quarter of the way through ... 12 years of close calls. Ally Wollaston, Bryony Botha, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields were left with the silver medal ...