Unlike Olympic medals these days which are mostly made of silver with gold plating, these were smaller and made entirely of ...
The Olympic ... for 1896, with Athens as the site. That idea, too, met with resistance, especially from the government of Greece. But when Georgios Averoff of Alexandria donated 920,000 gold ...
UNDATED (WKRC) - An Olympic gold metal from over 120 years ago will go ... and bronze medals to the top three finalists in each event (in 1896 medals made from other metals were awarded).
Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that ... which is looking for its 17th gold medal – and fifth consecutive – in Paris ...