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Medal of the City of Buenos Aires Argentina: 26 May 2003 Prize of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. For "being an emblem of the ideals of liberty". [66] [67] Commemorative Medal 50th Anniversary of the July 26th Cuba: 26 July 2003 First person awarded. [68] Labor Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea: 11 December 2006
Award Name (English/Spanish) Date of creation Award criteria Hero of the Republic of Cuba Héroe de la República de Cuba: 10 December 1979 "Awarded to members of the Armed Forces and to any Cuban citizen or from friendly countries, for extraordinary merits and feats carried out in the defense of the homeland and the conquests of the Revolution or for exceptional contributions to the cause of ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands (6 C, 18 P) New Zealand Royal Honours System (7 C, 18 P) Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria (2 C, 4 P)
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [ 16 ]
This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order of precedence. Note that there are many pages which overlap the domain of this page, including military awards and decorations and campaign medal, and pages mentioned within category:Military awards and decorations, category:Battle honours ...
The Mexican Honors system consists of civil orders, decorations and medals that are conferred on citizens and foreigners in recognition of their services and achievements. Although the indigenous empires that made up modern Mexico had their own way of recognizing individuals, the current system traces its roots from colonial New Spain , and has ...
Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cuba, which never hosted the Olympics, has won the fourth highest total number of medals (after Hungary, Romania, and Poland) among nations that have never hosted the Games. The National Olympic Committee for Cuba is the Cuban Olympic Committee ( Spanish : Comité Olímpico Cubano ), established in 1926 and recognized by the International ...