🧩 This logic grid puzzle is interactive right here on the page — click a cell to cycle it blank → ✓ → ✗ → blank as you work through the clues. Prefer paper? It also prints on a single page as a blank grid to fill in by hand, with a fold-over answer key at the bottom. Suitable for ages 10+ — no special knowledge needed, just careful deduction.
Three runners each won a different medal in yesterday's race. Use the clues to work out who won what — mark ✓ for true and ✗ for false as you go.
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Priya
Sam
Tara
Clues
Priya did not win gold.
Priya did not win silver.
Sam did not win gold.
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Solution
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Priya
✓
Sam
✓
Tara
✓
How to Solve This Logic Grid Puzzle
Every clue here rules something out rather than telling you the answer directly — that's normal for logic grid puzzles, and it's exactly what the grid is for.
Combine clues on the same row first. Clues 1 and 2 both rule out a medal for Priya. Mark an ✗ for each — once a row has only one blank cell left, that cell must be a ✓.
Use what you've placed to work the rest. Once Priya's medal is locked in, cross it off for Sam and Tara too — no one can share a medal.
Bring in the last clue. Clue 3 rules out gold for Sam. Combined with what's already crossed off, only one cell remains open for Sam — and Tara falls into place by elimination.
Notice that no single clue hands you an answer outright — you need all three working together. That's the heart of every logic grid puzzle, no matter how large the grid gets. For the full method, see our complete logic puzzle solving guide.
About This Puzzle
Podium Placements is a 3×3 grid — the simplest size a logic puzzle can be. All three clues are "not" statements, so nothing is handed to you directly; the fun is in watching the last empty cell in each row and column fall into place. A great puzzle for anyone trying logic grids for the first time.