Are the Olympic Gold Medals made in China?

Question

Are the Olympic Gold Medals made in China?

Answer 1

Yes and its stamped on the back.

Answer 2

Shanghai Mint was the official manufacturer of the medals. Medal makers say the first and foremost concern was to make sure the purity of the medals met IOC standards.

the design competition was sponsored By BHP Billiton.

The BHP Billiton owned Cannington mine site in North west Queensland, will provide the silver used for the production of the gold and silver medals. BHP Billiton mine sites in Chile will provide the gold to coat the gold medals and the copper for producing the bronze medals.The Cannington mine also provided the silver for the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne and the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Answer 3

"Pure chinese gold"..... is that plastic or something?

Answer 4

The gold is mined in the host country I think, pretty sure they are made there too.

Answer 5

Congratulations winners, you just won yourself a toxic lead medal.  Interesting.  If the medals were made in China, the gold found there have lead in them, after I read the article about the medals.  How cool is that?  

Answer 6

Yes, and it has been revealed that it is doped with toxic lead.

Seriously.  Read the story.

Answer 7

Each Olympic medal must be at least 70mm across and 6mm thick. The gold and silver medals must contain at least 92.5% silver, and at least 6 grams of 24-carat gold must coat each gold medal. Bronze medals contain copper, zinc, tin and a very small amount of silver.

For the Beijing Olympics the gold came from the BHP Billiton owned Cannington mine site in North West Queensland, Australia, they also provided the silver used for the production of the gold and silver medals. BHP Billiton mine sites in Chile provided the copper for producing the bronze medals.

302 gold medals were made for the Beijing Olympics.

See official website:

http://beijing2008.bhpbilliton.com/news/

The 3,000 medals made for the Olympics and a similar number for the Paralympics were delivered by BHP Billiton, an Olympic sponsor and the world's largest mining company, during an hour-long ceremony near Tiananmen Square.

The Melbourne-based company said the metals were shipped from its mines in Chile and Australia - more than 28 1/2 pounds (13 kilograms) of gold, 2,954 pounds (1,340 kilograms) of silver, and 15,278 pounds (6,930 kilograms) of copper. The medals, which incorporate jade from Qinghai province, were made in China.

http://english.pravda.ru/news/sports/03-...

Answer 8

yea they were made in china and the chinese added jade to them so its a   little different

Answer 9

Yes I would gather they are made in China this time. Isn't everything made in China?  

LMAO at "Pure chinese gold"..... is that plastic or something?

Answer 10

yeah it's pure chinese gold