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title: Are Olympic Gold Medals Really Made of Gold? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/are-olympic-gold-medals-really-made-of-gold/
date: 2014-02-07
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# Are Olympic Gold Medals Really Made of Gold?

With the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi beginning, and the earning of medals has begun, an interesting question arises: Are Olympic gold medals actually made of pure gold? Trace runs down a history of the Olympic games and answers the question of what each medal is really made out of.