@danielsin753: At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Japanese pole vaulters Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Oe finished tied for second place behind American Earle Meadows. Officials proposed a jump-off to determine who would receive silver and who would take bronze. The two athletes, who were friends and university students, refused to compete against each other. The Japanese team ultimately awarded silver to Nishida, the elder of the two, and bronze to Oe. After returning home, they took the medals to a jeweler, had each one cut in half, and combined the halves into two new medals—each half silver, half bronze. The medals became known as the “Medals of Friendship.” See less

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