Czech men's ice hockey team won the gold medal. They were made by the Paris Mint, which also made the medals for the 1900 Olympic Games, hosted by Paris. It takes 48 hours to make each medal, so the mint has 80 people working on the medals around the clock. For the bronze medal, NOCs carefully makes an alloy of copper and other elements, usually tin and zinc, to form a strong bronze medal that is resistant to erosion. Gold medals, such as Andy Murray's, are actually 92.5 per cent silver Credit: Barcroft Media. For the next few Olympiads the host city also chose the medal design. The Norwegian cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie won four medals, including three gold, which took his total Olympic medal total to 12, including eight gold, which is a record for Winter Olympics. A series of flat disks of a specific size and weight are carefully prepared for the striking of the medals. Trionfo. Prior to the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games, only the first two positions got awarded. The three metal compositions are 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, and 0.5% tin. In Ski Jumping, Kazuyoshi Funaki won two gold medals and one silver for host Japan. For the 2016 Rio Olympics, 5,130 Olympic and Paralympic medals were produced in Casa da Moeda do Brasil, the country's mint, alongside its currency. This started the tradition of giving the responsibility of minting the medals to the host city. The size and dimensions remain similar to that of gold and silver medals. Male cyclist Jason Kenny helped himself to three cycling gold medals, to draw level with Chris Hoy — who beat him in the sprint final at Beijing 2008 — on six Olympic titles. And the way they're made is fascinating. All the medals at the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo will be made from recycled electronic waste, say organisers. Medals did not come into vogue until the 19th century when the modern Games began in … Until 1912 the gold medals were made of solid gold. As noted the first and second prize medals are make of pure silver. Competitors in the first Olympic Games (776 BCE) received wreaths made of olive leaves.