As the world watches athletes compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, medal ceremonies have captured global attention.

Olympic medals have what's known as a "melt value." But they're worth far more financially than their mineral contents, an ...

The Celebration for a Champion sculpture at the Jesse Owens plaza outside Ohio Stadium honors the Ohio State alumni's 4 gold medals at 1936 Olympics.

Soaring precious-metal prices give the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 medals unprecedented intrinsic worth ...

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

How much is the Olympic gold medal from Winter Olympics 2026 really worth? And how much gold is actually inside it? We break ...

Jesse Owens' incredible journey from a sharecropper's son to an Olympic legend who defied Hitler's propaganda and inspired ...

The Olympic gold medals this year include six grams of gold.

The Milano Cortina medals are breaking records for value. From precious metals to past auctions, here’s what’s behind the ...

Jesse Owens, a student at Ohio State University, made history at the 1936 Olympics by winning four gold medals in track and field events. His triumphs in the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and ...

In the early days of the modern Olympic Games, a gold medal was also a precious metal — a gleaming, solid-gold prize for a triumphant amateur athlete.

Economists at Oxford Economics said gold medals won in Milan Cortina could be worth $1,940, much more than the $700 it estimated golds were worth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.