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.
Examples of bronze medal in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The four Group Stage matches are June 15, 22, 24, 27; a Round of 32 match July 3, a quarterfinal July 11 and the bronze medal game July 18.
—
Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Team Peterson won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships and finished sixth at the 2022 Beijing Games.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
Natochenny trained at a competitive acting school and got a bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
Chiles also took third place in the floor exercise in Paris 2024, but the fate of her bronze medal is in limbo after a years-long controversy over scoring rules.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bronze medal
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Team Peterson won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships and finished sixth at the 2022 Beijing Games.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
Natochenny trained at a competitive acting school and got a bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics at the Junior Olympics.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Nov. 2025
Chiles also took third place in the floor exercise in Paris 2024, but the fate of her bronze medal is in limbo after a years-long controversy over scoring rules.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bronze medal
Cite this Entry
“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share