Manufacturers Custom Olympian Swimming Medal

Though recency bias may persist in this pick, the medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are some of the most distinct Summer Olympic medals designed. The thickest Summer Olympic medals ever created, these medals feature Nike with Panathenaic Stadium on the front side and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo on the reverse side. Ironically, the reverse side also features a design intended to represent “rays of sunshine”, a multi-symbolic feature considering that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games occurred in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic after being delayed to 2021.

Also getting the nod for creating the top Summer Olympics medal, the city of Beijing, China is the only city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. For the medals, the planning committee elected to repurpose the design for the 2008 medals, creating a design featuring 5 rings encircling one another, intended to represent the spirit of the Olympic Games. Each medal was also created by using 5 separate layers of rings, bringing that design aspect down to the core of the medal. It is also intended to resemble a Jade pendant, referencing the use of Jade in the 2008 medals.

For the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, the planning committee and the IOC worked to create a distinctive design that incorporates the use of glass. Unlike most other Olympic medals, the medals for the Sochi Games were not solid, with a gap present between the glass and the gold edge. According to the IOC, there are several unique aspects that the creators of the medal included in it. Unlike most Olympic medals, the Sochi medal features the Olympic Rings on the reverse side, not the front side. Also, it features the official title of the Games written in Russian, French, and English, a motto that is usually written in English and the native language of the host nation.