What Karat gold is an Olympic Gold Medal?

Question

Its a question that like a bad mosquito itch for me.

Answer 1

12 or higher it's never consistent

Answer 2

i think its actually silver and then gold plated

Answer 3

I would need to do some extensive research it seems...

Ah, here we go...

Today's gold medals are actually silver covered with about 6 grams of 24-karat gold. Winter Olympic medals have no standard design, hence their strange shapes and nontraditional materials, like those of the 1992 Albertville medals, which were mostly glass. Summer medals, however, almost always depict Nike, the winged goddess of victory, on their front in some fashion. Since 1972, host cities have designed the medals' back. This year Beijing represented Chinese culture with a ring of jade inlay.

Answer 4

doesn't really matter, you can see how big it is on tv right?

Answer 5

that'ss a good Q, the Chinesee are very wealthy, so i'd expect it would be 24  

Answer 6

its 24 carrot but its not competly gold its just coated  

Answer 7

The medal contains less than 6 grams of gold and is actually 92% silver with a gold coating.

The "gold" is merely referring to the color coating...

Answer 8

in olympics The term "gold" refers to color, not metallic content (as the medals contain less than 6 grams of gold). The medals are in fact mostly silver (92%) in metallic content.

hope this helps you