A first-place silver medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 sold for $180,111 when ... Swimmer ...
The 1904 Olympics were the first to take place in the United States, and they established the tradition of awarding gold, ...
A first-place silver medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 sold ... six Olympic silver and bronze medals the same year, with the $166,779 raised going to an ...