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Q: Why is gold used for medals?
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Why is gold mixed with other metals for the olympic medals?

Pure gold is too soft, even to be used for medals.


How many gold medals in the 2008 Olympics?

302 gold medals 302 gold medals


What country won the most gold medals in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics?

Russia received the most gold medals in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Here are the top ten countries that received the most gold medals: 1. Russian Fed. - 13 gold medals 2. Norway - 11 gold medals 3. Canada - 10 gold medals 4. United States - 9 gold medals 5. Netherlands - 8 gold medals 6. Germany - 8 gold medals 7. Switzerland - 6 gold medals 8. Belarus - 5 gold medals 9. Austria - 4 gold medals 10. France - 4 gold medals


What country won the most gold medals in the 2014 Winter Paralympics?

Russia received the most gold medals in the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Here are the top ten countries that received the most gold medals: 1. Russia - 30 gold medals 2. Germany - 9 gold medals 3. Canada - 7 gold medals 4. Ukraine - 5 gold medals 5. France - 5 gold medals 6. Slovakia - 3 gold medals 7. Japan - 3 gold medals 8. United States - 2 gold medals 9. Austria - 2 gold medals 10. Great Britain - 1 gold medal


Who won the gold medals?

Your mom won the gold medals.


How many gold medals has the United States won in the Olympics?

The United States won twelve medals at the 1932 games, six gold medals, four silver medals, and two bronze medals.


How many gold medals were awarded to Russia?

russia has 72 gold medals all together and they also have 23 gold medals.


How much gold medals does peter snell have?

Olympic Games: 3 gold medals Commonwealth games: 2 gold medals


In what sports did the french win their Olympic medals?

As of the 2008 Games, France has won 596 medals in the Summer Olympics (184 gold, 196 silver, 216 bronze). France has won the most medals in fencing (111 medals - 39 gold), cycling (80 medals - 38 gold), athletics (57 medals - 13 gold), equestrian (34 medals - 12 gold), sailing (34 medals - 12 gold), and judo (33 medals - 10 gold).


How many gold medals has Louise Sauvage won?

22 gold medals 6 silver medals


How is olympic medals table worked out?

As quoted from wikipedia The convention used by the IOC is to sort by the number of gold medals the athletes from a country have earned. In the event of a tie in the number of gold medals, the number of silver medals is taken into consideration, and then the number of bronze medals. If two countries have an equal number of gold, silver, and bronze medals, they are ordered in the table alphabetically by their IOC country code.


What are specification of commonwealth games medals?

The medals are all made of pure 100% gold. The silver medals are plated with 5mm on top of the gold. The same happens with the gold medals.