solid gold or gold plated
2007-02-01 08:38:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Olympics
solid gold, solid silver and solid bronze.
2007-02-01 08:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by El Viejo Pantera 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1896, winners' medals were in fact silver. The custom of gold-silver-bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 games and has been copied for many other sporting events. Minting the medals is the responsibility of the host city. From 1928-1968 the design was always the same: the obverse showed a generic design by Florentine artist Giuseppe Cassioli with text giving the host city; the reverse showed another generic design of an Olympic champion. From 1972-2000, Cassioli's design (or a slight reworking) remained on the obverse with a custom design by the host city on the reverse. Noting that Cassioli's design showed a Roman amphitheatre for what was originally a Greek games, a new obverse design was commissioned for the Athens 2004 Games. Winter Olympics medals have been of more varied design. The silver and bronze medals have always borne the same designs.
Most gold medals (including Olympic gold medals) are gold-plated.
2007-02-04 05:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by uoptiger_79 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Modern Olympics were revived in 1896, first-place winners received silver medals. Strangely, gold was considered inferior to silver. Eight years later, at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, gold replaced silver for first place.
* Today's "gold" medals are actually sterling silver covered with a thin coat (6 grams or .21 ounces) of pure gold.
* Olympic medals are 7 centimeters (approximately 2 inches) in diameter.
the International Olympic Committee requires that gold and silver medals be made of 92.5 percent pure silver and that the gold medal be gilded with at least six grams of the real deal.
2007-02-02 05:35:17 · answer #3 · answered by moglie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not pure gold, but gold plated. For example the ones for Vancouver Olympics are made out of recycled material and then plated with gold, silver or bronze. The are to big to be pure gold
2016-05-24 02:54:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today's "gold" medals are actually sterling silver covered with a thin coat (6 grams or .21 ounces) of pure gold.
* Olympic medals are 7 centimeters (approximately 2 inches) in diameter.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 13, 1996
2007-02-01 08:43:16 · answer #5 · answered by fdm215 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gold-plated. I got to hold one last August. The ribbon is three-colored, with the colors combination chosen because it is not any country's national colors.
The last solid gold ones were awarded in 1912.
2007-02-01 08:41:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
solid gold I think
2007-02-03 22:00:46 · answer #7 · answered by black_cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Olympic medals must be at least 2.3" in diameter and at least 1/10" thick. Gold and silver medals must be made of 92.5% pure silver; the gold medal must be gilded with at least 0.2 ounces of pure 24k gold.
2007-02-01 08:43:44 · answer #8 · answered by Indiana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bronze with a gold thin layer.
2007-02-01 08:41:47 · answer #9 · answered by ganapan7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOLD
2007-02-01 08:43:10 · answer #10 · answered by bornfree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋