bronze medal
noun
: a medal made of bronze that is awarded as the prize for third place in a sports competition
The team won the bronze medal in basketball.
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Just over 13 months ago, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden was claiming a bronze medal after finishing third in the women’s 100m sprint at the Paris Olympics.
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Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Hard Rock Stadium will host seven games — four in the group stage (June 15, 21, 24, 27), one Round of 32 game (July 3), a quarterfinal (July 11) and the bronze medal third-place game (July 28).
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Bednarek won silver, while Lyles, despite battling COVID, earned a bronze medal.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Five Stanford players on the U.S. junior national team called Flacks as a group from the 2023 World Junior Championships in Romania, where Team USA claimed the bronze medal.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Hard Rock Stadium will host seven games — four in the group stage (June 15, 21, 24, 27), one Round of 32 game (July 3), a quarterfinal (July 11) and the bronze medal third-place game (July 28).
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Bednarek won silver, while Lyles, despite battling COVID, earned a bronze medal.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Five Stanford players on the U.S. junior national team called Flacks as a group from the 2023 World Junior Championships in Romania, where Team USA claimed the bronze medal.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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