Short answer An Olympic gold medal is silver coated with 6 g of gold.
Every athlete's dream: an Olympic gold medal. But it's not solid gold.
By the rules, a gold medal is at least 92.5% silver. Then it's coated with 6 g of gold.
6 ghow much gold goes into a gold medal
It's a gold medal but it's silver inside?
Silver medals are made of 92.5% silver too. So going by materials alone, a gold medal is a silver medal with a layer of gold on top.
Still, a gold medal's a gold medal
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