Meaning
A gleaming gold medal suspended from a red-white-blue (or similar patriotic) striped ribbon, clearly marked or understood as first place. The metallic gold finish catches the light impressively, and the medal face typically shows a star or athletic insignia. This is the undisputed top of the podium, rendered with unmistakable prestige.
This emoji is laser-focused on first place and gold-medal glory. Use it to celebrate winning, coming in first, or achieving top-tier status—whether that's an actual competition, a personal milestone, or a playful jab at being the best at something trivial. People post it after championship wins, perfect test scores, getting the first spot in line, or landing the lead role.
It's also become shorthand for excellence in casual messaging. Absolutely nailed that presentation? 🥇. Beat your friends at Mario Kart? 🥇. The emoji flexes hard without needing words. Unlike the generic sports medal 🏅, this one is specific—it's unmistakably about winning and supremacy, making it perfect for victory laps and bragging rights (the fun kind).
This emoji is part of the three-medal podium set (🥇 🥈 🥉) that broke down placements into specific ranks, released as part of Unicode 3 in 2016. The clarity of the gold color and ribbon style make it instantly recognizable as the winner's prize.
Common Uses
- • Celebrating a first-place finish or championship win
- • Congratulating someone for top performance
- • Posting about achieving the best result
- • Joking about winning at something trivial
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Did You Know?
The introduction of 🥇 🥈 🥉 in 2016 made podium placements explicit and visual—people immediately started using the full medal set to rank things humorously, from best pizza toppings to friend hierarchies.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:1st_place_medal: :first_place_medal: :1st_place_medal: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🥇 |
| HTML (hex) | 🥇 |
| CSS | \1F947 |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDD47 |
| Python | \U0001F947 |
| Java | \uD83E\uDD47 |
| Perl | \x{1F947} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F947} |
| Punycode | xn--2rt3 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A5%87 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA5 0x87 |
🥇 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | প্রথম স্থানের পদক |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 金牌 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 金牌 |
| Danish | guldmedalje |
| Dutch | medaille 1e plaats |
| English | 1st place medal |
| English (UK) | 1st place medal |
| Estonian | kuldmedal |
| Finnish | kultamitali |
| French | médaille d’or |
| German | Goldmedaille |
| Hindi | स्वर्ण पदक |
| Hungarian | aranyérem |
| Italian | medaglia d’oro |
| Japanese | 金メダル |
| Korean | 금메달 |
| Lithuanian | 1-osios vietos medalis |
| Malay | pingat tempat pertama |
| Norwegian | gullmedalje |
| Polish | medal za 1. miejsce |
| Portuguese | medalha de ouro |
| Russian | золотая медаль |
| Spanish | medalla de oro |
| Spanish (Mexico) | medalla de oro |
| Swedish | guldmedalj |
| Thai | เหรียญทอง |
| Ukrainian | золота медаль |
| Vietnamese | huy chương vàng |