While today, as part of the co-operation agreement between the International Olympic ... Medals for athletes have been used in every games since Rome 1960 - click through the gallery below to see a ...

The Soviet Union's Larisa Latynina added the last six of her record 18 Olympic medals, but was defeated in the all-around by Czechoslovakia's Vera Caslavska, a 22-year old secretary from Prague.

Olympics officials tapped LMVH’s Chaumet to come up with the design for both ... Paris Olympic medals will see their ...

The prize distribution continued through the years, though the medals' designs differ depending on the Olympic host city. The medals don't just attract the eyes of the competitors, however ...