Gold medals aren't actual gold. The International Olympic Committee requires that gold medals must be made of at least 92.5% silver, but also have about six grams of gold, so there is some.

While their monetary value is less than £1,000, gold medals have often sold for huge amounts. In 2013, one the four gold medals won in 1936 by US track and field athlete Jesse Owens sold for £1. ...

With 23 gold medals, three silver and two bronze — won across five games — he's hands-down the Olympic athlete with the most medals. Phelps first appeared in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Olympic athletes strive to win gold, silver and bronze medals. But there was a different prize when the games originated in Greece more than 2,700 years ago.

While the first-place medals for the 1904 and 1908 Olympics were actually made of solid gold, the Olympic Games have made the medals from silver plated with gold since the 1912 Olympics.

Through the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Team USA has 1,061 gold medals. The former Soviet Union is second with 395. Which country has the most Olympic silver medals?

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.

The U.S. and China both leave Paris with 40 gold medals, marking the first time two countries have tied in gold medal total at the Summer Games. In 1948, the Winter Games saw a tie for gold at the ...

As the curtain came down on the Paris Olympics, the U.S. had racked up more medals than any other country. The total payout for all gold, silver or bronze medals topped $8.6 million.

Members of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team celebrate with their gold medals from Beijing 2022. Michael Reaves/Getty Images. CNN — They say good things come to those that wait ...

While the first-place medals for the 1904 and 1908 Olympics were actually made of solid gold, the Olympic Games have made the medals from silver plated with gold since the 1912 Olympics.