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With so many medals handed out each Olympics, it raises the question: What these are even made of? Are they really gold, silver, and bronze? The Sporting News answers those questions and more below.

The medals for the Tokyo Games were made from metal extracted from recycled consumer electronics, according to the IOC. At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games, the silver and bronze ...

While Olympic gold medals are made with real gold, that’s not the only metal present in the medals. The medals are primarily silver, and the gold is gilded on top. The Paris 2024 Olympic ...

This comes after officials had a total of 5,084 medals made in preparation ... Looking at the metals (mostly silver) used to make the gold medals, one of the top Olympic awards is worth an ...

This comes after officials had a total of 5,084 medals made in preparation ... Looking at the metals (mostly silver) used to make the gold medals, one of the top Olympic awards is worth an ...

Let's take a look at what these reminders of being the best at your craft are truly made of. Do Olympic medals contain real gold, silver, and bronze? No, the Olympic gold medals don't contain 100 ...