London 2012 Olympic medals

The gold medal was designed by the British artist David Watkins and made entirely by the British silver medallion. The medal is 85 mm in diameter and weighs as much as 400 grams. Its weight is much higher than that of most previous Olympic medals. Many of the heaviest athletes in the Summer Olympics may have to pay more for their luggage on their return journey.

Due to the restrictions of the Olympic rules, one side of the medal design must be engraved with the Greek goddess Nike, which is said to symbolize victory and the embodiment of the Olympic spirit. Above the goddess is the host city of the Olympic Games and the year of 2012. Of course, the five rings symbol representing the Olympic Games is indispensable. Man erlei, the medallist of the medal, was the master of the three dynasties. It was widely used in the abstract design of xiyaofu. The "2012 logo" of the London Olympic Games was engraved in the middle of the back, and the crisscross lines were beside it. It is said that this symbolizes the pulse of the city of London, and there is a winding river Thames in the middle of the medal.

No strap on the back of Beijing Olympic medals

Beijing 2008 Olympic medals are 70 mm in diameter and 6 mm in thickness. On the obverse of the medal is the uniform pattern stipulated by the International Olympic Committee -- the Greek goddess of victory standing with wings and the arena of panacinako in Greece. The back of the medal is inlaid with jade wall with dragon pattern from ancient China. The metal figure in the middle of the back is engraved with the emblem of zajing Olympic Games. The medal hook evolved from the traditional Chinese jade double dragon Pu Wen Huang. The whole medal is dignified and elegant with rich Chinese characteristics, which not only reflects the praise of the winner, but also vividly interprets the Chinese nation's value of "jade" compared with "Virtue" since ancient times. It is another "combination of Chinese civilization and Olympic spirit" in the image landscape project of Beijing Olympic games.

Beijing Olympic medals without hanging belt on the front

Long hanging belt on the back of Beijing Olympic medals

On the afternoon of March 27, 2007, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games medal press conference was held in the capital museum. The press conference announced the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games de Beijing Olympic Games news, Beijing Olympic Games say it) medal design scheme. The medals fully reflect the characteristics of the Beijing Olympic Games medals and the relationship with the overall concept of the Beijing Olympic Games.

A long strap on the back of a medal.

2008 Olympic medals positive graphics

The 2008 Olympic medals were announced on March 27, 500 days before the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games, BOCOG announced the 2008 Olympic medals at the capital museum.

The picture shows the gold (middle x silver) of 2008 Olympic Games (x bronze on the left).

Back of gold, silver and bronze medals of 2008 Olympic House Medal

The 2008 Olympic medals were announced on March 27, 500 days before the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games, BOCOG announced the 2008 Olympic medals at the capital museum.

The picture shows the 2008 Olympic gold (middle x silver) (the back of X bronze medal on the right).

Medals of the 28th Athens Summer Olympic Games

For the first time since the 1928 Amsterdam Games, the design of the front of the medal has been modified to reflect Greek characteristics. From then on, all Olympic medals will reflect Greek characteristics, as it is the place of origin and revival of the Olympic Games. From the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, medals awarded to athletes are engraved with the seated statue of the goddess of victory. And since the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the medal on the Nike stand up, and put on wings, fly to the stadium, to bring the victory to the best athletes.

The medal pattern chosen by the organizing committee is panasinaco stadium, the birthplace of the 1896 modern Olympic Games.

There are three elements on the back of the medal, which were ignited in Olympia and crossed five continents during the torch relay in 2004: the first lines of Ode to Olympia by ancient Greek poet Pinda in 460 BC: the emblem of 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

The designer of the medal is Elena waters.

Front of medal back of Medal

Medals of the 27th Sydney Summer Olympic Games

The goddess sitting in the front holds a wreath of honor above her head in one hand and a bunch of palm leaves symbolizing victory in the other hand. Next to her was a Greek urn, and under it were the branches of the Altaic national flower, Acacia. On the back of the medal, the waves of the Sydney Harbour connect the Sydney Opera House with the torch of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, with the Olympic rings in the center.

The medal is 68 mm in diameter, 3 mm thick at the thinnest edge, and 5 mm at the thickest relief on the medal. The gold medal is made of pure silver with at least 6 grams of pure gold.

Silver is pure silver. Bronze medals are made of old coins with a little silver in them.

The line on which the medal is hung on the athlete's body has the words "Sydney 2000" in blue-green color with flowing water line.

The Sydney Olympic medal was designed by Australian sculptor wockfeipiltranik. Among them, 10 kilograms of gold required for the gold medal were donated by several towns in the Midwest of New South Wales, where Sydney is located. This three-year gold raising method is rare in history. The silver used for silver medals is donated by enterprises, while the bronze medals come from Australian dollars with one or two cents. The total length of production line belt material is 3 km.