[pinko]

Interesting -- I had no idea!

From wikipedia: 'Some combat sports (such as boxing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling) award two bronze medals per competition, resulting in, overall, more bronze medals being awarded than the other colours."

[mikepurvis]

The occasional tie could also push it the other way— an additional gold at the expense of a silver or likewise with two silvers instead of a silver + bronze.

A handy dandy list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ties_for_medals_at_the...