Winter Olympic Medal Compositions 2018

If you’ve been enjoying the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang over the past few weeks, you might have wondered what the medals the winning athletes receive are made of. As this graphic shows, it’s not quite as simple as gold, silver, and bronze!

Details for the composition of the medals were taken from the official Olympics site.

 

 

 

 

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