Olympic Diploma for Bronze Medal in the 400M Hurdles awarded to Richard Howard
- On View
- Sports Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
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- Issued by
- International Olympic Committee, Swiss, founded 1894
- Received by
- Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967
- Signed by
- Brundage, Avery, American, 1887 - 1975
- Andreotti, Giulio, Italian, 1919 - 2013
- Designed by
- Tomei, Elio, Italian
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 16 1/8 x 20 1/16 in. (41 x 51 cm)
- Description
- A diploma from the 1960 Olympics in Rome awarded to Richard Wayne Howard. The diploma is a color print of a stone plaque on a stylized brick wall. The plaque is central with the logo of the 1960 Olympics on the left side. The logo features the Olympic rings capped with a statue of the Capitoline Wolf and the date in Roman numerals [MCMLX]. Text is printed in Italian in the central panel that recognizes Howard as the winner of the Bronze Medal in the Men's 400 M Hurdles. The diploma is signed by the International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage and by the Organizational Committee president Giulio Andreotti. The back of the diploma is blank.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Awards and Medals
- Type
- diplomas
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family
- Object number
- 2012.140.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © International Olympic Committee
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