Yes, but not by the International Olympic Committee. It's the various national sports organizations (including the local Olympic Committees) that give the athlethes prize money for medals won.
ajitpal singh
Michael Phelps of the US has the most olympic gold medals (14 total in 2004 and 2008) and the most medals by a male athlete (16 including his 2 bronze medals).
38 Gold Medals
It was the American swimmer Mark Spitz in the 1972 Munich olympic games with 7 gold medals.
Canada won 14 gold medals at Vancouver in 2010.
did olympic boxing get the gold and silver medals in the last olympics? did olympic boxing get the gold and silver medals in the last olympics? did olympic boxing get the gold and silver medals in the last olympics?
No, the Olympic medals are made of actual gold, silver and bronze.
51 gold medals
Olympic gold metals are no longer made of solid gold. They do still contain gold, but are made of mostly silver.
302 events at the 2008 Olympic = 302 Gold Medals
They are gold plated
ajitpal singh
110 total medals. 36 Gold, 38 Silver, 36 Bronze.
Im not quite sure the exact number of medals but there was enough medals made for 302 events (but remember some of them were teams)hoped this helped (:
Michael Phelps, swimmer, won the most gold medals in Olympic history.
Michael Phelpes has won 14 olympic gold medals.
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