The Paris Olympics will start on July 26 and commence on August 11. A total of 5084 medals will be on offer at Paris Olympics.
New Delhi: It’s every athlete’s dream to win an Olympic medal for his or her own country. A lot of sacrifices go into making an Olympic champion. But do we really know what the Olympic medals are made of? How much gold, silver and bronze do actually these medals carry? With exactly 10 days to go before the start of the Paris Olympics, let’s delve deep into the medals of Paris Games. A total of 5084 medals will be on offer at the Paris Olympics.
The Paris Games 2024 medals are designed by LVMH jeweller Chaumet. While the medals are round in shape, it has a hexagonal piece of metal which is derived from the Eiffel Tower itself. The metals from the Eiffel Tower were taken from the parts that were removed during the renovation.
Sadly, the Olympic gold medals aren’t made of pure gold. Its core is made of silver and has a gold plating all over. The amount of gold in an Olympic medal is just six grams. However, the silver and bronze medals are made of respective solid metals due to low price. The diameter and thickness of Paris Olympics medals are fixed. The diameter is 85mm while the thickness is 9.2mm. The weight of the gold medal is 529 gm, 525 gm for silver and 455gm for bronze.
For the unknown, the last time solid gold medals were used during 1912 Stockholm Games. In fact, in 1896 Olympics, the first prize winners were given silver medals because of its more value than gold at that time. Coming to the Paris Olympics medals, the hexagon metal in the middle of medals symbolize the geometrical shape of France. The original Eiffel Tower iron is also formed in the shape of a hexagon. The symbol is a reminder of France’s whole engagement in delivering a historic Olympic and Paralympic Games.
