What are Olympic medals made of? According to International Olympic Committee regulations, the Olympic gold medals must be made out of at least 92.5% silver. But then are plated with gold.

Alice Bellandi was the only 2024 Olympic or World Judo champion to win gold at the 2025 competition in Hungary during Pride ...

Gold medals are not solid gold, nor are they 100-percent made out of gold. It's actually mostly made up of silver, which is ironic considering there is a silver medal also handed out at the Olympics.

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.

The U.S. and China both leave Paris with 40 gold medals, marking the first time two countries have tied in gold medal total at the Summer Games. In 1948, the Winter Games saw a tie for gold at the ...

Here's every Olympic gold medalist since women's basketball debuted as a medal event at the Games in 1976: 2020, Tokyo: U.S. (90-75 win over Japan in final); France bronze ...

With 23 gold medals, three silver and two bronze — won across five games — he's hands-down the Olympic athlete with the most medals. Phelps first appeared in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

The U.S. and China each ended the Paris Games with 40 gold medals, a sign of dominance from two of the countries who regularly stand at the top of the sports world.

1) If the gold medal was made of pure gold, it would be valued at approximately $41,161.50. 2) The last time pure gold medals were presented at the Olympics? 1912.

Martin Sorge, mixes ingredients to make a “gold medal muffin” in his kitchen, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Chicago Tribune) ...

A first-place silver medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 sold for $180,111 when it was put up for auction in 2021 and a gold medal from the 2010 Winter Olympics in ...

Knierim was a member of the U.S. Figure Skating team that was awarded the gold medal in the 2022 Winter Olympics after the Russian squad was stripped of the gold for a banned substance.