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  • @rubyia312
    @rubyia312 6 лет назад +609

    Alright then, since the title is a bit misleading I googled it. Based on the recent 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, the (mixed) metal of the gold medal is worth $572, silver for $320, and bronze for $3.50 (it's a copper alloy). Medal design changes every Olympics so worth does change. Of course if you auction it off, you'll fetch a higher price (sometimes as much as $20k+). Not to mention your home country can award you money if you win (US gave out $37.5 k for a gold). So there, the answer is $572.

    • @Dr.arian18
      @Dr.arian18 4 года назад +2

      Good info

    • @omnione12
      @omnione12 4 года назад +11

      Thank You thats all I wanted to know

    • @Mcthindi
      @Mcthindi 4 года назад +1

      Do think ,there may not be rule like " you cant sell this medal"
      🤫
      Come on they may be allowed kept it but not sell it!
      Unless it will become so bad image... besides they have literaly compete to a level where they can actually die...so that means they are not going to sell it even if they die of hunger....all i want say is medal are symbols of confidence ,do you think someone can live with feeling selling Olympic medal?
      - Nopes!

    • @stuart1001
      @stuart1001 4 года назад

      @@Mcthindi future generations could sell it. Don't forget endorsement money from sporting brands. American Basketball player should not earn a cent at the Olympics. They make enough money already.

    • @wanderer3561
      @wanderer3561 2 года назад +1

      In India if you win gold medal, you get more than $1 million

  • @dazzlings
    @dazzlings 6 лет назад +417

    Interesting video. Just not what the title suggests the video would be about. How much do the medals cost to make?

    • @sammybouchebaba5633
      @sammybouchebaba5633 6 лет назад +2

      It just means "how much do athletes earn from winning a gold medal "

    • @Kotazzo
      @Kotazzo 5 лет назад

      It may not be necessary to change the title. Maybe it's a different way of reporting a topic
      I'm sorry for my English is not my strong

  • @juliomarmol7046
    @juliomarmol7046 6 лет назад +378

    Their country gives them
    money for their medals

    • @silvesta5027
      @silvesta5027 6 лет назад +31

      Other than athletes from U.K. They pay their gold medalists a big fat £0!

    • @ClickOpenPlay
      @ClickOpenPlay 6 лет назад +27

      US$749740.00/ SG$1000000 here in Singapore for a gold

    • @bramw.j.4334
      @bramw.j.4334 6 лет назад +7

      in the nethelrlands they get like 30,000 euro

    • @ChristhianGT
      @ChristhianGT 6 лет назад +15

      Yeah I was like UMMM
      I’m pretty sure 99.9% get paid.
      If not the olympics wouldn’t be anything

    • @cleetustractor7050
      @cleetustractor7050 6 лет назад +8

      Yea for some countries. And you can get sponsorships too which are well paying

  • @tomgroves3536
    @tomgroves3536 5 лет назад +14

    The higher you place the more sponsors you get, the more sponsors you get the higher you're paid. Also, countries pay their athletes for medalling.

  • @syph5646
    @syph5646 6 лет назад +111

    Just because there isn't any direct prize money doesn't mean they don't make any for doing well at the olympics

    • @lizzsszzy7800
      @lizzsszzy7800 6 лет назад +2

      I agree. Many can receive money from their country or sponsorships.

    • @Oliver-vh8if
      @Oliver-vh8if 2 года назад

      People will get huge bonuses from their sponsers

  • @praneshkumaar5682
    @praneshkumaar5682 5 лет назад +141

    My aim is to get a olympic gold in 1500m in 2024.If it happens I am the first person to do it in India

  • @mathiashello3961
    @mathiashello3961 4 года назад +35

    "They dont get paid a penny", exuding there 10million Nike sponsorship for wearing branded shoes.

    • @Hans5958
      @Hans5958 2 года назад +1

      Yeah but that's from Nike, not from the Olympics commitee.

  • @jfrmdasip
    @jfrmdasip 5 лет назад +42

    Rip to Jim Thorpe 🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @yuneth7474
    @yuneth7474 5 лет назад +2

    I love this narration 😃

  • @Erickchicas
    @Erickchicas 6 лет назад +203

    why doesh she taalksh like thish ?

  • @niraiya.m
    @niraiya.m 6 лет назад

    Love the thumbnail 😉😉
    I’m obsessed

  • @cale-mq6dp
    @cale-mq6dp 5 лет назад +25

    Wrong! Some countries actually give compensation or rewards for athletes that won, for example, Joseph Schooling was awarded $1 million from the government for winning a gold medal in the 100m bitterly in Rio 2016.

    • @lynnlittle6278
      @lynnlittle6278 4 года назад

      Produce 101 :D this video refers to the Olympic organisation itself not connected to what governments give winners, plus Schooling probably only won 800 000 after tax

    • @onlykite91
      @onlykite91 4 года назад +1

      He get more then 1 million for a gold

    • @Monsterup-ye8cr
      @Monsterup-ye8cr 3 года назад

      Butterfly*

    • @TheBrass18
      @TheBrass18 2 года назад

      Wrong! The IOC gives the athletes $0 in the Olympics.

  • @freg35
    @freg35 6 лет назад +46

    Some countries offer their medallist a monthly allowance for life after winning a medal so, this video is kind of incorrect. Would be nice if those athletes were purely driven by success and honour but a little extra cash won't damage them.

    • @dictatoribenevolo8394
      @dictatoribenevolo8394 5 лет назад +2

      and how do you imagine athletes shpuld survive on honour??

    • @SKYROAMER
      @SKYROAMER 2 года назад

      It's not technically incorrect because the Olympics itself doesn't offer any prize money. Whether the country gives the athletes money or other prizes is entirely on the governments' discretion.

    • @Hans5958
      @Hans5958 2 года назад

      I think the video is about the prizes from the Olympics organization. Other than some kind of allowances, you get a medal from them, if you are worthy to have one, and that's it.

  • @Mattjammar
    @Mattjammar 6 лет назад +38

    How noble of the Olympics to pay these athletes who bring them so much revenue absolutely nothing.

    • @lizzsszzy7800
      @lizzsszzy7800 6 лет назад

      The individual countries are allowed to give prize money to their own athletes. They can also get sponsorships.

    • @Mattjammar
      @Mattjammar 6 лет назад +6

      CodyORB but only if you win in most cases, and even if you win the endorsement money isn't going to be there if you're not in one of the more popular sports. Also this doesn't factor in the 10s of thousands of dollars the athletes have to pay in preparation for the event, and transportation to the events required in order to be eligible. When the IOC makes over $8 billion between 2009-2012, and not a cent of that went to any of the athletes, something seriously stinks.

    • @user-kd4mi8xb7p
      @user-kd4mi8xb7p 6 лет назад +1

      Keep in mind the fastest man in the world only makes $25 million on an Olympic year. Other track and field athletes who dedicate their life to the sport don't make much. How much do you think a 10K Olympic runner would make? Or maybe even a Paralympic athlete?

    • @echo6710
      @echo6710 6 лет назад

      That’s not the point of the olympics

    • @Mattjammar
      @Mattjammar 6 лет назад +4

      Conemeli Yeah the point is to make the OIC a lot of money.

  • @dami007
    @dami007 4 года назад +2

    The narrator, bless her! I just came from a video where she said something about ‘finish hish’ and ‘start hish’. And here again, she says ‘hish’... turns out she can’t say the word ‘it’!

  • @joelhoeve
    @joelhoeve 6 лет назад +8

    In the netherlands you do get paid for winning a medal. You even get a few if you finish top 8

  • @tsill6910
    @tsill6910 6 лет назад +3

    In Cyprus,one gold medal in artistic gymnastics = 45k

  • @lorjxsia1613
    @lorjxsia1613 6 лет назад +7

    FIFA mentioned in an Olympic video??

  • @hanonclyne
    @hanonclyne 3 года назад +2

    I can't believe we're still talking about medals after seeing that mustache 4:39. I wanna know how he managed that.

  • @guitargod63
    @guitargod63 5 лет назад +2

    I wanna ask a question about the professional vs amateur issue:
    Should professionals compete in the Special Olympics? Yes or No, and why?

    • @shandytorok259
      @shandytorok259 3 года назад

      Too easy....there isn't any professionals in Special Olympics, only amateurs...they do have sponsorship contracts here and there, probably not all of them, but aren't payed for their sports per say, only for their "involvement" in marketing as such....say wearing a brand or using a dietary supplement....

  • @samreyes7386
    @samreyes7386 5 лет назад

    Nice vid...so how much is a gold medal worth?

  • @hsmusic1374
    @hsmusic1374 5 лет назад +2

    Does this mean that Pro boxers can now compete in olympic boxing?

  • @ryantroiled111
    @ryantroiled111 6 лет назад +3

    Man I watched a 6 minute video to see how much the Olympic medals are actually worth. Like money. As in if someone was selling one how much would it be reasonable to sell at. Bronze silver or gold

  • @fasranfz3863
    @fasranfz3863 6 лет назад +2

    yes

  • @foodshop2869
    @foodshop2869 5 лет назад

    Nice typo in the title

  • @ethanzhang5683
    @ethanzhang5683 6 лет назад +34

    Wealthiest group of athletes ever assembled??
    Looks at Formula 1

    • @claudekazadi8198
      @claudekazadi8198 5 лет назад +1

      Ripadee
      F1 drivers are not athletes.

    • @nevio2658
      @nevio2658 5 лет назад +10

      Claude Kazadi I would normally agree with you, but then why are sports like shooting rifles considered 'athletes'? The olympics host multiple variations of rifle shootings at their games.

    • @claudekazadi8198
      @claudekazadi8198 5 лет назад

      Nevio
      Athlete: person who practices bodily exercises and games that need strength and speed (LONGMAN,dictionary of American english).

    • @abdulharistmuqorrobin7647
      @abdulharistmuqorrobin7647 5 лет назад +7

      @@claudekazadi8198 f1 require tremendous amount of strength and stamina. In a normal weather an F1 driver lose about 3kg of their weight. In hot area like Bahrain, they'll lose more.

    • @claudekazadi8198
      @claudekazadi8198 5 лет назад

      Abdul Harist Muqorrobin
      It might be true, but as an example, a world class female long jumper athlete trains a lot harder, a lot more and more often than a F1 male pilot.They don t even separate men and women in F1 which is something unthinkable in real athletics.

  • @iamarizonaball2642
    @iamarizonaball2642 4 года назад

    I might wanna try Canadian hockey

  • @shubhamkhandekar3621
    @shubhamkhandekar3621 6 лет назад +2

    But what the original cost of making a gold medal

  • @siddharthagupta3754
    @siddharthagupta3754 3 года назад

    5:15 the Albania flag is so cool!

  • @gsz759
    @gsz759 6 лет назад +4

    I'm still waiting for the value of a gold medal .....ie if a businessman wants to buy one.

    • @-Me_
      @-Me_ 5 лет назад

      25k to 1m depending on who buys it. An entire state could buy it for more than 1m btw

  • @sugewhitejacoby8654
    @sugewhitejacoby8654 3 года назад

    Ive always has thought the Olympics should be for amateur athletes!! The Dream Team was at the time the biggest advantage ever!!

  • @tanevzzo404
    @tanevzzo404 5 лет назад

    She says every t like shh when theres a vowel before it

  • @rivaldoroberts9966
    @rivaldoroberts9966 6 лет назад

    Their sponsors give them a bonus if they win

  • @drewacabu9184
    @drewacabu9184 6 лет назад

    In our country, the philippines, the gov't gives P10million (US$215,000more or less depending on currency rates) silver is P5million,(given to hidelyn diaz, a weightlifter in rio olympics).. P2million for bronze., and also,just like diaz, other local governments gave money to her

  • @user-kd4mi8xb7p
    @user-kd4mi8xb7p 6 лет назад

    Sure some countries give a bonus, but that's only every four years. Being an athlete is expensive regardless of the sport. The IOC makes billions per Olympic games and then there's Paralympic athletes that struggle to even make ends meet.

  • @faithkoh8249
    @faithkoh8249 5 лет назад +1

    in Singapore, u get a million dollars if u win gold

  • @joeg5414
    @joeg5414 2 года назад

    So I read a short article a week ago and already know this is bs. Most countries do give athletes a bonus for winning a medal. Actually some of the poorer countries offer the best bonus because it means do much for them to get a medal for the country.

  • @alexgandy2488
    @alexgandy2488 5 лет назад +1

    Surely any football team would be the wealthiest sports team

  • @stormwolf4488
    @stormwolf4488 6 лет назад +6

    Nice, a great channel that is afraid to delve into its history, even if it is questionable :)

  • @johnnylongtwig6398
    @johnnylongtwig6398 6 лет назад +8

    This is cool but when are you going to upload the 2018 OLYMPIC women's gold medal hockey game???

    • @ThisIsAgui
      @ThisIsAgui 6 лет назад

      i think nbc has new restrictions, there aren't full event replays anymore

    • @johnnylongtwig6398
      @johnnylongtwig6398 6 лет назад

      ThisIsAgui DAMNIT! thank you.

  • @mmj4296
    @mmj4296 4 года назад

    she DIDNT talk about the gold medals worth at all.

  • @tikaslp7434
    @tikaslp7434 6 лет назад +6

    'How much does a gold medal worth'.. would tht be a better title for this vid?

  • @dictatoribenevolo8394
    @dictatoribenevolo8394 5 лет назад +1

    title is misleading

  • @Ronilac
    @Ronilac 9 месяцев назад

    Professionals were first allowed in 1976... not in all disciplines but the process started

  • @ElGranBurroPuto
    @ElGranBurroPuto 6 лет назад +1

    It's time for Mexico to achieve more than 13 Gold Medals, it's time for 20 medals

  • @sealand000
    @sealand000 4 года назад +1

    There's no prize money from the IOC because they have to divide the money amongst themselves. lol

  • @Alia-bc3rc
    @Alia-bc3rc 5 лет назад

    Only a *small* fortune of 10 million dollars?? OH POOR THING SOMEONE SET A GOFUNDME PAGE FOR THIS GUY.

  • @upplsuckimcool16
    @upplsuckimcool16 4 года назад

    I won this Banana at the Olympics games!

  • @sandranorman5469
    @sandranorman5469 6 лет назад +1

    What is the fine for taking Steroids? Read yesterday that the 4 by 100 team has been disqualified from 2008 in Beging

  • @elladay7913
    @elladay7913 5 лет назад +2

    1:18 the way she says cash and it 😅😫😫

  • @great3953
    @great3953 6 лет назад

    شرف عظيم ان تحصل على ميدالية ذهبيت فخر لك

  • @yazanalibrahim3476
    @yazanalibrahim3476 6 лет назад +4

    PRANKD

  • @Zeftin
    @Zeftin 6 лет назад

    Yeah...right...

  • @zpeedogtov1262
    @zpeedogtov1262 6 лет назад

    So if i want to get paid do i get paid

  • @praneshkumaar5682
    @praneshkumaar5682 5 лет назад +4

    It is not about money it is about honour of representing a nation

  • @user-uo2wn8zx5b
    @user-uo2wn8zx5b 6 лет назад +7

    Rip Jim Thorpe

  • @arbazahmad497
    @arbazahmad497 5 лет назад

    So where is the answer of the topic that how much a gold medal 🏅 worth ???

  • @sephxus9379
    @sephxus9379 6 лет назад

    So like $20?

  • @adriansantizo4301
    @adriansantizo4301 5 лет назад

    Ok idc . I actually want to know how much people would spent to get a gold medal

  • @joewillburn
    @joewillburn 4 года назад

    Considering the Gold medal is actually mainly made of silver, I'd say not much.

  • @guriausa
    @guriausa 2 года назад

    Thought at beginning of video: this video will explain how much you can get for a gold medal if you melt it down.
    Thought mid-way through the video: this video will tell the story of some gold medal athlete who was so poor that they sold their medal.
    Thought at end of the video: 🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @yourefatandlazy
    @yourefatandlazy 4 года назад

    i can only imagine the filthy rituals that went on in spain in the year 92

  • @glassdoor3075
    @glassdoor3075 4 года назад

    They don’t get paid but they are rewarded with money

  • @pejaaa_lxxvi
    @pejaaa_lxxvi 5 лет назад

    Did i hear it right, eighsheen eighshee seven?

  • @caseydouglas3671
    @caseydouglas3671 6 лет назад

    The Amateur Code sounds incredibly stupid

  • @imperia8923
    @imperia8923 4 года назад

    I’d say at least 5 dollars

  • @felixhodkinson6351
    @felixhodkinson6351 3 года назад

    Yah but back in the early to mid 1900’s you couldn’t make MILLIONS OF DOLLARS with advertising on tv. Which the Olympics do make. So in my opinion the Olympic committee should spread the wealth around from the add revenue. Or even ticket sales.

  • @ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER
    @ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER 2 года назад

    waste of time... this video didnt even come close to telling us how much an Olympic medal is worth, like the tittle asks.
    how much gold is in the medal? how much did they cost to make? how much do the sell for after the olympics? just tell us the answer. why would you ask a question in the tittle, then not answer it in the video?

  • @barefootbeachrunner9498
    @barefootbeachrunner9498 5 лет назад

    Whose being naive now
    Some countries award bonuses and other incentives to athletes who win medals

  • @ziankoolman2687
    @ziankoolman2687 5 лет назад +2

    I d o n t k n o w
    (If you get it, you get it)

    • @ziankoolman2687
      @ziankoolman2687 5 лет назад

      For the people who dont get it, in the title they split the an.

  • @michaelmacfarlane2252
    @michaelmacfarlane2252 6 лет назад

    Didn’t answer the question mate

  • @beemtem2592
    @beemtem2592 2 года назад

    In India olympians who win medals easily become overnight millionaire

  • @bluebutterfly4594
    @bluebutterfly4594 2 года назад

    What does the Olympic committee do with all the money they make. It doesn't go to the country hosting the games, the athletes don't get a cent so who is spending all the money? A lot of the work is done by volunteers.
    Why are athletes always exploited.

  • @raffaojeda
    @raffaojeda 4 года назад

    the medal is a simbol what It counts is how much an athlete earns for publicity. Sad story of Jim thorpe.

  • @Gossbert
    @Gossbert 4 года назад

    1:16 Just like Vanossgaming have a bananas.

  • @cyberaddictful
    @cyberaddictful 3 года назад

    so the hosting country would shoulder the expenses of building venues, in return? good promotion of their country, no wonder only the developed and highly industrialized country can afford it

  • @PieEater
    @PieEater 5 лет назад

    The billionaires make all the money and not the athletes who dedicate their lives to sport

  • @conan_chen
    @conan_chen 6 лет назад

    LOL RYAN LOCHTE

  • @tijenderpal665
    @tijenderpal665 6 лет назад

    Misleading title....cheap tricks doesn’t suit the classy channel like this

  • @dineshnewschannel8599
    @dineshnewschannel8599 5 лет назад

    Olympics gives lots of money to athlete who won medals but IOC never told this because this is hide talking

  • @Burgong4
    @Burgong4 5 лет назад

    $10 million= a small fortune
    Ok

    • @sladecodm7117
      @sladecodm7117 3 года назад

      In Jamaican dollars that’s nothing

  • @andreavolponi1893
    @andreavolponi1893 6 лет назад +1

    I swear I haven't considered football as a sport since I discovered individual sports

  • @odinponzi9224
    @odinponzi9224 2 года назад

    It's worth gold.

  • @SweetSirenia
    @SweetSirenia 4 года назад +1

    "Thanks, King"

  • @woshifatpig3633
    @woshifatpig3633 6 лет назад

    Well im also not paid to get myself to get cramp leg arms body and broken bones and jumpping as high as a bird

  • @mohanaryal677
    @mohanaryal677 5 лет назад

    Eisin eigsy savee (1887)😂wtf

  • @simranyadav1366
    @simranyadav1366 3 года назад +1

    Is ish just me?

  • @zpeedogtov1262
    @zpeedogtov1262 6 лет назад

    So day get paid or not

    • @leilanidru7506
      @leilanidru7506 6 лет назад

      Antonio Jimenez not directly, no. And not by the international olympic committee. But the countries they represent can pay them if they want. And the more famous, talented ones get millions in brand sponsorships. So if your just a newcomer in the Olympic golf team of krygzstan, and go home with no medals or no one really knowing u were even there; then no, u wouldn't make any money. So there's a strong correlation between ur relevance in ur sport and how much you make. But itsnt a direct salary type of thing.

  • @verguco6051
    @verguco6051 2 года назад

    imagine how the athletes motivation would be if they give money instead of medals

  • @rajivjain8497
    @rajivjain8497 3 года назад

    I do not think it was fair to allow NBA players in

  • @pratheekbhat6770
    @pratheekbhat6770 3 года назад

    Thank god, this happened. FIFA World Cup is now the biggest sporting event, and is the pinnacle for every footballer. Nobody gives a duck about Olympics football.... except Neymar, of course.

    • @SachiraBhanu
      @SachiraBhanu 2 года назад

      Olympic not one game event.

    • @pratheekbhat6770
      @pratheekbhat6770 2 года назад

      @@SachiraBhanu Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

    • @SachiraBhanu
      @SachiraBhanu 2 года назад

      @@pratheekbhat6770 Thanks for ignoring that obvious and shaming Olympic for your ignorance.

    • @pratheekbhat6770
      @pratheekbhat6770 2 года назад

      @@SachiraBhanu Thanks for completely failing to comprehend my point just to get into an argument that should have never existed. I called the FIFA World Cup, the biggest sporting event and is the pinnacle of every footballer. Which part of this truthful sentence shames Olympics as a whole? Only if you had made simple research to find out that the FIFA World Cup attracts more viewership and revenue than any other sporting event, you would not have chosen to come here and look stupid. Secondly, it is true that footballers do not give as much importance to Olympics football as World Cup. You don't see the World Cup reduced only for under-23s or second-string national teams. But you do see that in Olympics football. While this is true, this is only true for football, and not for every other sport. And not for once did I mean that it stood true for every Olympic sporting event. But then again, you had to make yourself look stupid.

  • @kenzieemily8202
    @kenzieemily8202 6 лет назад +32

    who else just clicked cause usain was in the title🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @ryan4105
    @ryan4105 3 года назад

    This is clickbait

  • @ericerb6610
    @ericerb6610 6 лет назад

    Isn’t the whole point of the olympics for the best athletes in the world to compete against each other? Who cares if they get paid or not... it shouldn’t affect if they can participate or not

  • @thepsalms2806
    @thepsalms2806 6 лет назад

    Lady get to the point!

  • @yousufak9814
    @yousufak9814 5 лет назад

    Why are you talking like that?

  • @lorddrac_dontaskmetodance
    @lorddrac_dontaskmetodance 6 лет назад

    What accent is that?

  • @ryuhazanciizancii1070
    @ryuhazanciizancii1070 6 лет назад

    Man, the narrator's Irish accent's bad

  • @riachocolate2009
    @riachocolate2009 6 лет назад

    😄

  • @decardcain2549
    @decardcain2549 5 лет назад

    Fame led to money so dont try to twist the facts 😉