When was the position of the third runner-up on the podium determined?

The podium with different heights first appeared in 10 Los Angeles Olympic Games 1932. No podium has been set up in previous Olympic Games.

19 12 At the 5th Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, there was a joke. When the presenter stood on the podium and made great efforts to award the gold medal and laurel to the winner of the competition, he almost fell down. Because these gold medal winners are standing on the flat ground.

10 Olympic Games, for the first time, it is stipulated that awards will be given immediately after each event, instead of waiting until all competitions are over. At the same time, award stands with different heights will be set for the first, second and third place. Athletes climbed the corresponding high and low steps according to their rankings, which changed the way that athletes stood on the high platform and athletes stood below. From then on, gold medal winners can stand on the highest podium.

According to the unified regulations of the Olympic Organizing Committee, the podium should be set up in three layers. The first place should be the tallest among two or three athletes, the second place should be on the right of the first athlete, and the third place should be in the left row. During the Republic of China, professional sports events in China were influenced by the West (Olympic Games). The top three athletes stood in a row to divide their height according to their ranking, but they were also restricted by the traditional concept of China, so the podium was usually designed with their backs facing south. When the athletes receive the prize, their faces are facing south and their backs are facing north. From the right, the athletes from Taiwan Province are ranked first, second and third. Because Chairman Mao himself loves basketball, and the central government attaches great importance to sports events after the founding of the People's Republic of China, regular events are uniformly planned as international standards!

In fact, except for the different positions of the second and third places, the podium height of the second and third places is the same, and the national flags of the second and third places are the same.