According to reports on the internet, the contents of an Olympic Silver Medal are the same as with an Olympic Gold Medal, 92.5 percent pure silver. The Gold Medal is covered by at least 6 grams of gold, according to the Olympic Charter. Some Olympic hosts make the medals larger or smaller according to their respective preferences...but the content must still follow the Charter.
The 2014 Olympic silver medal is slightly heavier compared to the gold medal. It has 525 grams of silver with a 960 hallmark.
An Olympic Gold medal is worth 25,000 U.S. Dollars
I am not so sure about silver medals, however, a gold medal is worth US$220.
The US Olympic committee pays $25,000.00 to gold medal winners.
They receive no money from the Olympics. However a win will certainly lead to some sort of endorsement deal with advertisers. The only consideration they receive is the medal. If you consider the value of the gold medal as "payment", it is worth something, but not much. The gold medal is not solid gold. The value of a gold medal, made according to Olympic Charter specifications, which contains 6 grams of gold with the rest being silver is about 500 to 600 US dollars depending on the market prices of gold and silver.
The medal is silver with a 6 gram coating of gold.
The gold medal is 92.5% silver plated with 6 grammes of gold.
The 2014 Olympic silver medal is slightly heavier compared to the gold medal. It has 525 grams of silver with a 960 hallmark.
6g of gold is used as plate, the medal is 92.5% silver.
6 grammes of gold, the medal is nearly all silver (92.5%).
pure gold with 6 grams of silver plating
1%. Believe it or not, an Olympic gold medal is only 1.34% gold. It's actually mostly made of silver.
An Olympic Gold medal is worth 25,000 U.S. Dollars
Modern Olympic "gold" medals are actually mainly silver, plated with gold. Each medal contains at least 6 grams of gold.
Actually, according to statistics, an Olympic "Gold Medal" is actually 90% silver... just another fact.
The Olympic medals are designed especially for each individual Olympic Games by the host city's organizing committee. Each medal must be at least three millimeters thick and 60 millimeters in diameter. Also, the gold and silver Olympic medals must be made out of 92.5 percent silver, with the gold medal covered in six grams of gold.
I am not so sure about silver medals, however, a gold medal is worth US$220.