Javier Sotomayor of Cuba held the male high jump world record with a mark of 2.45 meters, but he did not win an Olympic gold medal during his career.
Olympic Gold Medal for the pole vault.
no you get payed lots of money and if you break a world record u get 1 million dollars
Usain Bolt (JAM) in 9.63s and Olympic record.
Sweden was the country which won the gold medal in the women's 100 metre butterfly swimming event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.Sarah Sjöströmwas their athlete. The gold medal winning time was 55:48. She set an Olympic record and a world record with this result.
The Olympic gold medal is plated with six grams of pure gold. The medal is mostly silver (92.5%).
The winner of the gold medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympics was the United States.Their athlete was Kathleen Ledecky, who also broke a world record and an Olympic record in the event.
Kathleen (Katie) Ledecky of the United States won the gold medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympics.Her result was 3:56:46. She broke a world record and an Olympic record.
New Zealand's first gold medal in Olympic athletics (track and field) was won by Jack Lovelock in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He won the 1500 meter race in what was then a world record time of 3:47.8.
A round medal with an Olympic logo on it.
Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876
No not really the gold medal has 92.5% silver
Osleidys Menéndez of Cuba won the gold medal and set the Olympic record in women's javelin at the 2004 Games in Athens.