Originally Posted by ClickCashEmily

mineistaken:

Looks like no one's answered your question about "non-medal events". Most of the events do award Gold/Silver/Bronze, but there are some events that are considered "exhibition events", or Demonstrations. Some sports that start out as exhibition events end up as full-out Olympic sports. Sometimes not, though.

The winners do receive medals, which are smaller than the ones athletes win in the traditional Olympic events. But these are not counted in the athlete's country's medal count, as they're not "official"

Hope this helps!

~Emily