bronze medal

American  

noun

bronze medals plural

1. a medal, traditionally of bronze or bronze in color, awarded to a person or team finishing third in a competition, meet, or tournament.

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bronze medal British  

noun

1. a medal of bronze, awarded to a competitor who comes third in a contest or race Compare gold medal silver medal

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• bronze medalist
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• bronze medals
  plural

Example Sentences

There are few available details about what happened to the 39-year-old retired athlete who won a bronze medal in the 1,500 meters at the 2016 Rio Olympics, or what her condition is.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

Jurupa Valley senior AB Hernandez placed third in the long jump alongside a cisgender girl also awarded a bronze medal at the CIF state championship meet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Maier was following a contentious bronze medal finish four years ago in Beijing.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The following month, in the absence of Russian skaters she won the bronze medal at the 2022 world championships, giving the United States its first world medal in the women's event since 2016.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

I ended the day’s competition on the podium, thankful and with the bronze medal.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad