Olympic gold medals are not pure gold. Instead, they are made up of 92 percent silver, then plated with six grams of gold.
Olympic silver medals are also not made out of pure silver. This is because pure silver is too soft for production. Instead, sterling silver, which is a mixture of 92.5 percent silver and 7.5 percent copper, is used.
Pure bronze isn't used in the olympic bronze medals as its color is too similar to gold and could lead to confusion over which medal to present to the athlete. Copper is used in its place.
yes Depends a little on what you mean by "real" silver. It's a lot of silver in them, but there is some percentage of other metals to make the silver more malleable and more suited for making medals of.
There will be 302 gold medals, and 906 medals, in total, to be awarded in the 2008 Olympics. Obviously they make more individual medals to hand out than that because each person of team events get a medal....
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The withdrawn Australian 1 and 2 cent coins were melted down to make the Bronze medals for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Mohammed Farah has not won an Olympic medal as of yet. He has competed in one Olympics, the 2008 Games in Beijing, and did not make the finals in 5000 meter run. He will be competing at the 2012 Games in London. Mo has won gold medals at the World Championships and European Championships.
None. Some medals are made of bronze, notably the Victoria Cross.If you are asking what METALS make up bronze then the answer is copper and tin (sometimes arsenic)
1 because wecant afford to make any more :)
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There are scheduled to be 302 events competed in 28 sports. That would make a minimum of 906 medals to be won (I say minimum because if there is a tie for third place in an event, multiple bronze medals are awarded).
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Britain won 6 Silver medals along with 2 Golds and 12 Bronze, to make a total of 20 medals in the 1960 summer Olympics, held at Rome.
Olympic athletes are not paid to participate, or receive monetary rewards for medals awarded.