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Olympic Medal 09
OEM
At the games in Atlanta, the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG ) selected the ACOG logo plus a pictogram of the particular sport the medal is being awarded for. There were a total of 1,838 medals awarded - 604 gold, 604 silver, and 630 bronze. There are more bronze medals awarded as some Olympic events do not have third or fourth place winners - the losers in semi-final rounds are both awarded bronze medals.
The front side of the medals for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games has the traditional goddess of victory, holding a palm in her left hand and a winner's crown in her right. The inscription reads: "XXVII OLYMPIAD SYDNEY 2000". On the reverse side is an image with the Sydney Opera House, the Olympic torch and the Olympic rings. The bronze for the third place medal was sourced from Australian 1 and 2 cent coins that are no longer in circulation.
The copper for the 2004 Athens Olympics medals came from Cyprus. It was transported to Greece in June 2004 in a full-scale replica of the ancient Greek merchant ship 'Kyrenia" which sank off the coast over 2000 years ago.
