It goes way back in Olympic history when the aciant Greek didn't give medals, insted they gave amounts of gold coins of artifacts to the 1st place winner, then after a long term of years Silver and Bronze where asigned to 2nd and 3rd place Olympians silver coins to the 2nd and bronze artifact to the 3rd
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing: 4705 gold medals have been awarded in the Summer Olympics since 1896. Great Britain has won 207 of them. This is a percentage of 4.40. 774 gold medals have been awarded in the Winter Olympics since 1924. Great Britain has won 8 of them. This is a percentage of 1.03.
Greece, but the USA won the most gold medals.
United States (11 gold medals)
They won 13 gold medals in the summer olympics, and none in the winter olympics.
Norway won 2 gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Total Number of gold Medals awarded at the Athens Olympics were 301.
302 gold medals There are scheduled to be 302 events competed at the 2008 Olympics. There will be at least that many gold medals awarded.
The first gold medals at the Olympics were not awarded until 1904. The first person that was awarded a gold medal was Charles Jewtraw.
Gold medals awarded at the Olympics can only be won at the Olympics. But, there are different competitions throughout the years leading up to the Olympics where medals are awarded as well. That's how someone can have more career gold medals than Olympic gold medals.
In 1942 when Vernon VanYeger won 5 of the 7 gold medals awarded.
There are 302 events where gold medals will be awarded.
In 1912
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There are 962 medals that were awarded 302 Gold Medals 304 Silver Medals and 356 Bronze Medals
2 Medals out of the 32 awarded (a Gold and Bronze )