Olympic Gold Medal for Women’s Doubles won by Pam Shriver

Round, gold medal; very thick and very heavy; front of medal shows a woman in relief; woman is seated at left holding leaves over her head and cradling palm branches; relief of Coliseum at lower right side; XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988; on edge of medal "TENNIS WOMEN DOUBLES" engraved; back of medal shows a dove with olive branches in its beak and an Olympic symbol at the top; medal is attached to a ribbon by a screwed in hinge and ring; the ribbon is blue, red, yellow and white

Tennis returned as a full medal event at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Pam Shriver and Zina Garrison won gold in women’s doubles, defeating Jana Novotná and Helena Suková 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.