Long John gets medal for second place (6)
I believe the answer is:
silver
This might be a double definition.
'long john' is the first definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'second place' is the second definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'gets medal for' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to one of the definitions.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for silver that I've seen before include "Long John - -" , "Precious stuff" , "Precious metal, Ag" , "Twenty fifth anniversary metal" , "old folk?" .)