The first place is the champion; the second place is the runner-up; the third place is the third runner-up; the fourth place is the runner-up.
The most commonly used ones are champion, runner-up and third runner-up, while runner-up is rarely used. Except for the top four, all are called by ranking. For example: fifth place, sixth place, seventh place and so on.
The palace army originally refers to the troops who march to the rear. "Book of Jin - Biography of Wang Tan": "Meng Fan, Fan Xie, and the imperial army entered later." Later, it was extended to be used in sports competitions and examinations, etc., referring to the last place in the competition. In modern Chinese, the word "Dianjun" has been conventionally adopted, taking "Dianjun" as the meaning after the three armies, and changing its meaning to the fourth place after the champion, runner-up and third runner-up.
Many competitions do not have the title of "First Place", but many media have reported on the First Place. For example, Xinhuanet has "The 2014 Miss International International Finals Ended and Miss China Wu Zhen Won the First Place". The Nanjing Municipal People's Government website has "Jiangdong Street Team Won the Second Place in "Our Festival-2013 Dragon Boat Festival Competition"", etc., all referring to the good result of fourth place.
The China Daily website reprinted the news from "Qilu Evening News" "The fourth place has a medal for the third place, and the fifth, sixth and seventh places are also waiting." The synopsis said: "An old man in the UK feels that he won the fourth place in the Olympics. It was too miserable for the athletes to return empty-handed, so I spent money to order a batch of fourth-place medals to be given to the top athletes from each country."
Extended information:
Champion: The crown is. Hat, by extension, means leading. In ancient China, people with outstanding military exploits and bravery were named "champion generals", which means the crown of generals.
Runner-up: The runner-up is the second best, and the only one behind the champion is the "runner-up".
The third runner-up: The third runner-up is named according to the season, because there are three months in each quarter, and the third month of each quarter is called "quarter month", so the third place is called the third runner-up.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia_Dianjun