IOC is a rich body for sure and has got richer over the years.
Can a decision by this committee can be taken to give away a real solid standard weighing gold medal?
The officials of IOC travels first class & even by private jets, stays in the best of the hotels for months together and the list of such profligacies feeding the ego is endless to describe.
Is it too much for such a body to take a decision on it to invest in gold medals that would not be more than 50 KG of gold assuming a standard weight of 100 grams and not more than 500 gold medals per four year per game.
This would be just mean US dollar 3 million of additional cost, which should be peanuts as compared to the total cost of the events.
Surely world doesn't know how to reward the Olympian Champions.
Let us think about it & London committee ; please do not get stingy on this. You have millions of conduits to cut corners!!!
Weight of gold medals at previous Summer Olympics & more than 100 grams in Red:
Stockholm 1912: 24g
Antwerp 1920: 79g
Paris 1924: 79g
Amsterdam 1928: 66g
Los Angeles 1932: 96g
Berlin 1936: 71g
London 1948: 60g
Helsinki 1952: 46.5g
Melbourne 1956: 68g
Rome 1960: 211g
Tokyo 1964: 62g
Mexico 1968: 130g Munich 1972: 102g Montreal 1976: 154g Moscow 1980: 125g Los Angeles 1984: 141g Seoul 1988: 152g Barcelona 1992: 231g Atlanta 1996: 181g Sydney 2000: 180g Athens 2004: 135g Beijing 2008: 200g
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics medals were the heaviest ever at 576g. With a diameter of 100mm, they were the largest as well.
Munich 1972: 102g
Montreal 1976: 154g
Moscow 1980: 125g
Los Angeles 1984: 141g
Seoul 1988: 152g
Barcelona 1992: 231g
Atlanta 1996: 181g
Sydney 2000: 180g
Athens 2004: 135g
Beijing 2008: 200g