Winners also produce home the actual medal, too.
This year’s gold medal weighs 586 grams and has a “podium value” of just about $570, Forbes estimates based on the price of gold and silver. While it’s nicknamed the gold medal, it’s technically a silver medal plated with gold; not six grams of the medal is made of gold. If it were made entirely of gold, its value resolution be about $25,000.
The silver medal weighs 580 grams and has a podium value of wide $313.
While you can put a price tag on the medals, the prestige that comes with fighting for your country on the Olympic stage is priceless.
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