Olympic gold medal 1908: 100% Gold vs 2024: 1% Gold

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image showing Olympic gold medal 1908: 100% Gold vs 2024: 1% Gold

Poglosaurus on August 11st, 2024 at 07:23 UTC »

Lol.

First of all this image is not the gold medal the athlete got in London.

https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-1908/medal-design

Secondly the medals were very tiny, 3cm, they look more like a coin. They were not meant to be worn with a ribbon. It had 25gr of gold but only 250 were made.

https://olympic-museum.de/w_medals/olympic-games-winner-medal-1908.php

Svintiger on August 11st, 2024 at 07:45 UTC »

The last pure gold medal was in Stockholm 1912.

Herknificent on August 11st, 2024 at 08:22 UTC »

If they were 100% gold the 2024 gold medals would be worth roughly $45,000 each.