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At the time, athletes received silver medals for winning first place. The Olympics didn't introduce gold medals until 1904 ...

These strange Olympic facts are pure gold. But you can read on to find out how much pure gold is actually in a gold medal.

Awarded at the first modern Games in Athens, the historic prize far exceeded estimates on Sunday, selling for roughly quadruple its top expected price, 1,152,000 Danish kroner (€156,253) including ...

The next closest country to the U.S. would technically be the Soviet Union with 1,204 total medals, according to Olympedia.

Dorothy Hyman, Wilma Rudolph and Giuseppina Leone shake hands while standing on the podium at the 1960 Olympics. U.S. swimmer ...