What materials were the gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2008 Olympic Games made of?

The medals for the champion and runner-up in Olympic events are made of pure silver, and the championship medal is plated with no less than 6 grams of pure gold.

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games medals were creatively embedded with jade (white jade was used on the gold medal, sapphire was used on the silver medal, and sapphire was used on the bronze medal).

The diameter of the Beijing Olympic medals is 70 mm and the thickness is 6 mm.

The idea of ??the medal is taken from the shape of jade with dragon patterns in ancient China, and is made of gold and jade, which symbolize nobility and virtue.

Extended information Design of the 2008 Olympic medals 1. Pattern The front of the Beijing Olympic medals uses the pattern uniformly stipulated by the International Olympic Committee, namely the standing goddess of victory and the panoramic image of the Panathinaiko Arena in Greece.

The back of the medal is inlaid with jade, and the metal graphic in the center is engraved with the emblem of the Beijing Olympics.

2. Hook The hook design evolved from the traditional Chinese jade double dragon Pu pattern Huang, and the jade inlaid design on the back was inspired by the ancient Chinese jade.

3. Ribbons The medal ribbons for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are made of machine-woven materials with exquisite craftsmanship and red ground cloud patterns, which are festive and auspicious.

4. Packaging box The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games medal packaging box is a wooden lacquer box made with traditional Chinese craftsmanship.

It has a square shape, and the four sides of the heaven and earth cover are slightly curved, which means that the heaven and earth are in four directions, and the heaven and earth are in perfect harmony.