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- The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912.
- Norway’s Crown Prince Olav (who was King from 1957 to his death in 1991) came out on top at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, taking gold in the Six Metre Sailing class
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The first modern Olympics in 1896 didn’t even have gold medals.
The Olympic flag represents every country in the world.
Gold medals are not made of pure gold.