Are Olympic medals made of real gold?

Question

i always wanted to know.

p.s Go Ryan Hall and Brian Cell in the mens marathon! (i actually ran a race with Brian Cell!)

Answer 1

Gold medals are made of 92.5% pure silver with diameter 60 mm at least and thick 3 mm at least and plated by pure gold at least 6 grams.

Answer 2

Whatever they are made of, they are worth millions to this young man.

Answer 3

They are plated with real gold.

Answer 4

no,made of chocolate covered with gold tinfoil.so every champion bite it.

Answer 5

gold medals = silver plated with a layer of gold

silver medals = mostly silver

bronze medals = mostly bronze

This year, they all have a different colored jade ring in the center.

Answer 6

They are vermeil, with at least 6 grams of 24 ct gold and about 92% silver.

BHP Billiton supplied 13.04 kg of gold, ~1300 kg of silver and 830 kg of copper for the medals.

Answer 7

I'd imagine they are I mean it's an olympic gold medal for christ sakes.

For sure they are at least gold plated though.

Answer 8

They are only plated with gold not actually solid all gold.

Answer 9

each gold medal is plated with 6 to 6.1 grams of gold.  For the first time in Olympic history, the medals for the Beijing Games blend metal and jade.