`::::Hey Dirtlawyer, I believe I found the specific rule.  In the 1984 Olympic Charter, Rule 64 under the heading ``Medals and diplomas`` it states,   ``In team sports and in team events included in other sports, except those of an ``artificial`` nature (i.e. those in which placings are determined by position of the contestant in the individual competition), each member of a winning team participating in at least one match or comppetition held during the Olympic Games shall be awarded a silver-gilt medal and a diploma, ...``   I'm just trying to think how we would word this generally because I'm sure every Olympic Charter since then changed (maybe it's in a different rule or the wording is different).  But we know for sure it started in 1984.     `