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The Olympic medals since 1928 have not changed in features, they still have:a Greek goddess,the Olympic rings,the coliseum of the ancient Athens,a Greek vase known as an amphora,a horse-drawn chariot,the year,number of the Olympiad and the host city. There will be a total of 1,838 medals awarded,there are 604 gold,604 silver and 630 bronze. In 1896 when the modern Olympics came back the silver medals were given to the first place winners because the gold medal was strangely considered inferior to silver but then 8 years later at the 1904 games gold replaced the silver medal in first place.Also today's gold medals are actually sterling silver covered with about 6 grams or .21 ounces of pure gold and also all medals are 7 centimetres in diameter.
The Olympic medals since 1928 have not changed in features, they still have:a Greek goddess,the Olympic rings,the coliseum of the ancient Athens,a Greek vase known as an amphora,a horse-drawn chariot,the year,number of the Olympiad and the host city. There will be a total of 1,838 medals awarded,there are 604 gold,604 silver and 630 bronze. In 1896 when the modern Olympics came back the silver medals were given to the first place winners because the gold medal was strangely considered inferior to silver but then 8 years later at the 1904 games gold replaced the silver medal in first place.Also today's gold medals are actually sterling silver covered with about 6 grams or .21 ounces of pure gold and also all medals are 7 centimetres in diameter.
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