bronze medal

American  

noun

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

• bronze medalist
  noun

Example Sentences

Chiles is also in the thick of a legal battle to reclaim the bronze medal she won, then was stripped of, at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

A promising heat one left them in bronze medal position, but Hall was emotional after they bled time in the second and left themselves with too much to do on Sunday's final day of competition.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

"I have had a silver and bronze medal, I am desperate for a gold and I think we are capable of achieving that," he said.

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

At the end of the season, we captured the bronze medal at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad