The story of making gold medals at the Paris Olympics
Sudan Events – Agencies
Winning the Olympic gold medal is considered the most important sporting crowning at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The details on the gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics are particularly distinctive because when athletes win the gold medal, they will take with them a piece of the Eiffel Tower, a prominent landmark of the host city. The grandeur of the Eiffel Tower, which played a major role in the opening ceremony, appeared from the sparkling lights and Olympic rings, and it will also be part of the athletes’ medal collections. About 5,804 medals were developed by creating about 2,600 medals for the Olympic Games and 2,400 medals for the Paralympic Games.
The gold medal weighs 1.17 pounds, while the silver medal weighs 1.16 pounds and the bronze medal weighs one pound.
The Olympic medals were designed by Chaumet, the French luxury jewelry and watch brand. The Olympic gold medal consists of three features: hexagon, radiance and pavement. The center of the medal is a hexagon, which symbolizes France’s nickname, given the country’s roughly hexagonal shape. Each medal contains 0.04 pounds of reclaimed iron pieces from the Eiffel Tower. It is estimated that 1,011 medals will be distributed at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This is the first time that a part of a city’s historical monument has been included in an Olympic medal. The value of the Paris 2024 Olympic gold medal is approximately $950.
