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 25-year-old was pivotal in Team USA’s historic bronze medal finish in Paris and looks to add to his individual medal count with a trip to Jakarta.
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Yu became the youngest ever medalist at the competition after being part of China’s bronze medal winning team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay in Singapore.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
In the meantime, the standard Deep Think still reaches bronze medal status in the 2025 IMO test.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
Then just as Dellinger had 60 years earlier in Tokyo, Fisher charged through traffic down the final homestretch, securing the bronze medal in the final steps.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Yu became the youngest ever medalist at the competition after being part of China’s bronze medal winning team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay in Singapore.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
In the meantime, the standard Deep Think still reaches bronze medal status in the 2025 IMO test.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2025
Then just as Dellinger had 60 years earlier in Tokyo, Fisher charged through traffic down the final homestretch, securing the bronze medal in the final steps.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
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“Bronze medal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronze%20medal. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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