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Race medal and bib display ideas

Updated November 13, 2026 · By Postarunna

The common ways to display race medals are a wall-mounted medal hanger, a shadow box for one special race, and a framed print of the race with the medal hung beside it. Bibs can go in a binder, in a shadow box, or be replaced on the wall by a print that carries the bib number. Choose by how many races you want to show: many races suit a hanger, one race suits a frame.

Illustrative photo: a framed print in a race bib design on a hallway wall, with the medal on a hook beside it
A print in the bib design, with the medal on a hook beside it. The room is illustrative; the print is a real render.

For many medals

  • A Gone For a Run wall hanger holding race medals

    Medal hanger

    A wall rack with hooks or a bar. It holds a whole collection and grows with it. Medals overlap, so single races do not stand out.

    Photo: Gone For a Run

    Example: Gone For a Run medal hanger

  • Pegboard or rail

    A plain rail with hooks does the same job and is easy to rearrange.

  • A bowl or box

    Honest, but nobody sees them.

For one race that matters

  • A Church Hill Classics frame holding a marathon medal

    Shadow box

    A deep frame that holds the medal, the bib and a photo together. It takes some arranging and the paper bib can fade in sunlight.

    Photo: Church Hill Classics

    Example: Church Hill Classics medal frames
  • Illustrative photo: a framed race print beside a race bib and a medal

    Framed print with the medal beside it

    A print of the course, the name and the finish time on the wall, with the medal on a hook next to it. The print tells what the medal was for.

    See the print for a medal wall

  • A single hook

    One medal on one nail, by the door or the desk.

For bibs

  • The BibFOLIO race bib album

    Bib binder

    Clear sleeves in a ring binder keep every bib flat and in order.

    Photo: Gone For a Run

    Example: BibFOLIO race bib album

  • Shadow box

    Works for one bib with its medal.

  • Illustrative photo: a framed print in a race bib design on a wall

    A print with the bib number

    Paper bibs crease and fade. A framed print in a bib design keeps the number, the race name and the time, and the original can stay safe in a drawer.

    See the bib print

Where to hang it

Hallways, home offices and the wall by the treadmill or the bike are the usual places. Keep paper bibs and ribbons out of direct sunlight, which fades them. Hang frames at eye level, and leave room beside a frame if a medal will hang next to it.

If the medal is already in a drawer

Most are. A medal on its own does not say much: no course, no time, no name. Pairing it with the story of the race is what makes people stop and look. A Strava screenshot of the race is enough to make a framed print of the course and the finish time to hang with it. The steps are in how to turn a Strava run into a framed print.

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Questions

What do people do with race medals?
Most keep them in a drawer or a box. Those who display them use a wall hanger for a collection, or a shadow box or a framed print for one race that matters.
How do you display a race bib without ruining it?
Keep it flat and out of sunlight: a clear sleeve in a binder, or a shadow box with UV-protective glass. To show the number on the wall without risking the paper, use a print that carries the bib number.
Can a framed print replace a shadow box?
It replaces the bib and adds the course and the finish time. The medal itself can hang on a hook beside the frame.

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