AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL

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01.02.2024 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 11 | AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL

PRESENTED TO BOB BEAMON, MEXICO CITY, 1968, FOR THE MEN'S LONG JUMP

Executed in silver-gilt, the front cast with draped figure of Victory seated, holding a palm in her left hand, crown aloft in her right, the reverse with an Olympic champion carried on the shoulders of excited spectators through a stadium, suspended from a green ribbon, with wood presentation case with brass cover mount

2 3⁄8 in. (6 cm.) diameter

4 oz. 2 dwt. (128 gr.)





Provenance

Presented to Robert Beamon (b. 1946), 18 October 1968 at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.



Literature

B. Beamon, The Man who Could Fly: The Bob Beamon Story, 1999.
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