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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The third-place match (bronze medal game) is scheduled for Saturday evening back at Hard Rock in Miami Gardens. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 Biles ended up winning a bronze medal in the balance beam final at the Tokyo Games after Swift had narrated a video about Biles for NBC’s coverage of the games. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 The property sits on two acres that were once part of a large estate owned by Gilbert Bayard Colgate, the great-grandson of industrialist William Colgate and a bronze medal-winning bobsledder in the 1936 Winter Olympics. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 July 2026 The bronze medal, which the duo won in March, was Anderson and Chacon’s first together on the world tour. Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bronze medal

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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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