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 medals are seen at the revealing ceremony by the Paris Olympic organizers in Saint-Denis, near Paris, on Feb. 8, 2024. Credit - Gao Jing—Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images ...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines state that gold medals should contain at least six grams of 24 carat gold coating, with the rest made up of silver.

Olympic gold medals are the most coveted medals handed out during the Olympic Games. But some people are wondering if those medals are actually made from solid gold. A popular Google search over ...

While the first-place medals for the 1904 and 1908 Olympics were actually made of solid gold, the Olympic Games have made the medals from silver plated with gold since the 1912 Olympics.

Olympic gold medals are the most coveted medals handed out during the Olympic Games. But some people are wondering if those medals are actually made from solid gold. A popular Google search over ...

Olympic gold medals are the most coveted medals handed out during the Olympic Games. But some people are wondering if those medals are actually made from solid gold. A popular Google search over ...

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.

Olympic gold medals are the most coveted medals handed out during the Olympic Games. But some people are wondering if those medals are actually made from solid gold. A popular Google search over ...