The Olympic gold medal must be coated with no less than 6 grams of 24-carat gold.
According to the official Olympics website the London 2012 Olympic medals weigh 375-400g, are 85mm in diameter and 7mm thick. The gold medal is made up of 92.5% silver and 1.34% gold, with the remainder copper (a minimum of 6g of gold).
The weight of Olympic Gold is about 158000 mg or 0.158 kg or simply about 158 grams.......
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The London 2012 Olympic medals weigh 375-400g, are 85mm in diameter and 7mm thick. The gold medal is made up of 92.5% silver and 1.34% gold, with the remainder copper (a minimum of 6g of gold). The silver medal is made up of 92.5% silver, with the remainder copper. The bronze medal is made up of 97.0% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin.
Vancouver medals are also unprecedentedly heavy, weighing between 500 and 576 grams, depending on the value of the medal. Their weight makes these medals the heaviest in Olympic history.The gold:100MM Diameter6mm Thick556 grams
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The Olympic gold medal is plated with six grams of pure gold. The medal is mostly silver (92.5%).
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, no athlete from Madagascar has ever won an Olympic medal.
Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876