What is Silver medal?
[[Image:1896 Olympic medal.jpg|frame|right|{{center|The [[1896 Olympics|1896 Olympic]] Silver Medal}}]] A '''[[silver]] medal''' is a [[medal]] given to the second place finisher of contests (usually sports [[competitions]]) such as the [[Olympic Games]] or [[Commonwealth Games]]. First and third place finishers usually receive a [[gold medal]] and [[bronze medal]], respectively. == Olympic Games == In [[1896 Summer Olympics|1896]], winners' medals were made from [[silver]]. The custom of [[gold]]-silver-[[bronze]] for the first three places dates from the [[1904 Summer Olympics|1904 games]].<ref>George R. Matthews, ''America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games of 1904'' (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2005), pp. 47–48</ref> It has been copied for many other sports events. Creating the medals is the responsibility of the host city. From [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]-[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] the design was always the same. One side showed a design by [[Florence|Florentine]] artist Giuseppe Cassioli with text giving the host city.<ref>Shannon L. Venable, ''Gold: A Cultural Encyclopedia'' (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011), p. 219</ref> The other side showed another design of an Olympic champion. From [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]-[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], Cassioli's design (or a slight reworking) remained on the one with a custom design by the host city on the other. Because Cassioli's design showed a [[Roman amphitheatre]] for what was originally a Greek games, a new design was create for the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]] Games. [[Winter Olympics]] medals have been of more varied design.<ref>Nicola Williams; Duncan Garwood, ''Piedmont'' (Footscray, Vic.; London: Lonely Planet, 2005), p. 39</ref> == The Open Championship == In [[The Open Championship]] golf tournament, the Silver Medal is an award given to the lowest scoring [[amateurism|amateur]] player at the tournament.<ref>Roy Case, ''The McGregor Story: The first thirty years'' (AuthorHouse, 2012), p. 165</ref> == References