diff --git a/app/components/Placement.tsx b/app/components/Placement.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7a509f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/Placement.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { getEnglishOrdinalSuffix } from "~/utils/strings"
+
+export type PlacementProps = {
+    placement: number,
+    iconClassName?: string,
+    textClassName?: string
+}
+
+const getSpecialPlacementIconPath = (placement: number): string | null => {
+    switch (placement) {
+        case 3: 
+            return'/svg/placements/third.svg';
+        case 2:
+            return '/svg/placements/second.svg';
+        case 1:
+            return '/svg/placements/first.svg';
+        default:
+            return null;
+    }
+}
+
+export function Placement({ placement, iconClassName, textClassName }: PlacementProps) {
+    /* 
+        Placements are using english ordinal syntax only.
+        If wished for, we could look into properly adding translations here, but
+        english-style ordinals are commonly used internationally as well.
+    */
+    const ordinalSuffix = getEnglishOrdinalSuffix(placement);
+    const iconPath = getSpecialPlacementIconPath(placement);
+
+    if (!iconPath) {
+        return <span className={textClassName} lang="en-us">
+            {placement}<sup>{ordinalSuffix}</sup>
+        </span>
+    } 
+
+    const placementString = `${placement}${ordinalSuffix}`;
+
+    return <img
+        lang="en-us"
+        alt={placementString}
+        title={placementString}
+        src={iconPath}
+        className={iconClassName}
+        height={20}
+        width={20}
+    />
+}
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diff --git a/app/routes/calendar/$id/index.tsx b/app/routes/calendar/$id/index.tsx
index 5e17d4188..2ba78c7fb 100644
--- a/app/routes/calendar/$id/index.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/calendar/$id/index.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { Avatar } from "~/components/Avatar";
 import { LinkButton } from "~/components/Button";
 import { Image } from "~/components/Image";
 import { Main } from "~/components/Main";
+import { Placement } from "~/components/Placement";
 import { Section } from "~/components/Section";
 import { db } from "~/db";
 import { useIsMounted } from "~/hooks/useIsMounted";
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ import calendarStyles from "~/styles/calendar-event.css";
 import mapsStyles from "~/styles/maps.css";
 import { databaseTimestampToDate } from "~/utils/dates";
 import { notFoundIfFalsy } from "~/utils/remix";
-import { discordFullName, makeTitle, placementString } from "~/utils/strings";
+import { discordFullName, makeTitle } from "~/utils/strings";
 import {
   calendarEditPage,
   calendarReportWinnersPage,
@@ -200,7 +201,9 @@ function Results() {
         <tbody>
           {data.results.map((result, i) => (
             <tr key={i}>
-              <td className="pl-4">{placementString(result.placement)}</td>
+              <td className="pl-4">
+                <Placement placement={result.placement} />
+              </td>
               <td>{result.teamName}</td>
               <td>
                 <ul className="event__results-players">
diff --git a/app/routes/u.$identifier/results.tsx b/app/routes/u.$identifier/results.tsx
index 23ada222b..2a6a431e2 100644
--- a/app/routes/u.$identifier/results.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/u.$identifier/results.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import { Link, useMatches } from "@remix-run/react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
 import { Avatar } from "~/components/Avatar";
+import { Placement } from "~/components/Placement";
 import { Section } from "~/components/Section";
 import { databaseTimestampToDate } from "~/utils/dates";
-import { discordFullName, placementString } from "~/utils/strings";
+import { discordFullName } from "~/utils/strings";
 import { calendarEventPage, userPage } from "~/utils/urls";
 import type { UserPageLoaderData } from "../u.$identifier";
 
@@ -31,7 +32,9 @@ export default function UserResultsPage() {
           <tbody>
             {data.results.map((result) => (
               <tr key={result.eventId}>
-                <td className="pl-4">{placementString(result.placement)}</td>
+                <td className="pl-4">
+                  <Placement placement={result.placement} />
+                </td>
                 <td>{result.teamName}</td>
                 <td>
                   <Link to={calendarEventPage(result.eventId)}>
diff --git a/app/utils/strings.ts b/app/utils/strings.ts
index b120b99f7..25b8be8fe 100644
--- a/app/utils/strings.ts
+++ b/app/utils/strings.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ export function makeTitle(title: string | string[]) {
   return `${Array.isArray(title) ? title.join(" | ") : title} | sendou.ink`;
 }
 
-export function placementString(placement: number) {
-  if (placement === 1) return "🥇";
-  if (placement === 2) return "🥈";
-  if (placement === 3) return "🥉";
+export function getEnglishOrdinalSuffix(num: number) {
+  const lastDigit = num % 10;
+  const last2Digits = num % 100;
 
-  return `${placement}th`;
+  if (lastDigit === 1 && last2Digits !== 11) {
+    return 'st';
+  } else if (lastDigit === 2 && last2Digits !== 12) {
+    return 'nd';
+  } else if (lastDigit === 3 && last2Digits !== 13) {
+    return 'rd';
+  }
+  return 'th';
 }
 
 export function semiRandomId() {
diff --git a/public/svg/placements/first.svg b/public/svg/placements/first.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8411a9e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/svg/placements/first.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/public/svg/placements/second.svg b/public/svg/placements/second.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99b3b81cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/svg/placements/second.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/public/svg/placements/third.svg b/public/svg/placements/third.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee264e1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/svg/placements/third.svg
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