2026年2月9日 / 美国东部时间下午4:36 / CBS新闻
由于黄金和白银价格飙升，2026年米兰冬奥会运动员赢得的奖牌可能比往届更具价值。
总部位于波士顿的RR拍卖行奥运纪念品专家博比·伊顿（Bobby Eaton）告诉CBS新闻，自1912年斯德哥尔摩夏季奥运会以来，奥运会金牌就不再是纯金打造。根据国际奥委会（IOC）的规定，如今奥运会金牌至少需含92.5%的银。
如今的奥运金牌由500克银镀6克纯金制成。银牌含500克银且无镀金层，铜牌则为实心铜。
按照当前贵金属价格，仅从矿物成分来看，所谓奥运金牌的”熔解价值”约为2500美元。
周一，金价涨至每盎司5090美元。6克黄金等于0.2盎司，冬奥会金牌中黄金价值为1018美元。银牌中含有的银按每盎司83美元计算，价值约1463美元，两者相加使金牌总价值约为2481美元，仅基于其成分价值。
上个月，金价飙升至历史新高，首次突破5000美元，投资者纷纷涌入贵金属市场，以对冲地缘政治不确定性和全球债务上升带来的风险。
运动员出售奖牌情况
当然，奥运奖牌因历史意义和收藏价值，其实际财务价值远超熔解价值。伊顿表示，如果运动员在奥运会后立即出售奖牌，可能能获得5万至8万美元。
“熔解价值与实际收藏价值存在差距，”他说。
尽管大多数奥运选手会珍藏来之不易的奖牌，但有些获奖者会因奖牌的声望和意义而高价出售。2013年，美国田径运动员杰西·欧文斯（Jesse Owens）在1936年柏林奥运会上获得的四枚金牌中的一枚，经SCP拍卖行拍卖，成交价达147万美元，创下奥运奖牌拍卖纪录。
著名美国跳水运动员格雷格·洛加尼斯（Greg Louganis）在1976、1984和1988年奥运会上共获得5枚金牌和1枚银牌，他也出售了其中三枚。据处理拍卖的RR拍卖行称，2025年他的1988年首尔奥运会10米跳台金牌以超过20万美元成交。
洛加尼斯的1984年洛杉矶奥运会3米跳板金牌成交价接近20万美元，而1976年蒙特利尔奥运会10米跳台银牌则以超过3万美元售出。伊顿表示，这些奖牌销售让洛加尼斯能够移居巴拿马。
“他说卖奖牌所得让他重新开始了生活，做自己想做的事，”伊顿说。
游泳冠军瑞安·罗切特（Ryan Lochte）在2022年拍卖了六枚奖牌——三枚银牌和三枚铜牌——为儿童慈善机构筹款。他在四届奥运会中共获得12枚奖牌，包括6枚金牌。
“我对奖牌不会过于多愁善感，”罗切特当时告诉美联社，”我的奖牌只是放在衣柜里积灰，真正有意义的是那些回忆。”
奖牌质量问题
今年的奖牌因另一原因备受关注，这可能会削弱其光彩。组委会表示，在部分运动员抱怨奖牌断裂后，正在调查”影响少数奖品的问题”。
“别在上面跳，”周日为美国队赢得高山滑雪金牌的布里齐·约翰逊（Breezy Johnson）在赛后对记者说。
“我兴奋地跳了一下，结果它断了。我相信有人会修好的——不是那种严重损坏，只是有点断裂，”她说。
How much gold is in an Olympic gold medal, and how much is it worth?
February 9, 2026 / 4:36 PM EST / CBS News
The medals athletes win during the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan could be far more valuable than in past games because of soaring gold and silver prices.
Olympic gold medals are no longer made of solid gold. The last time a pure gold medal was awarded was at the 1912 Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, Bobby Eaton, an Olympics memorabilia expert at Boston-based RR Auction, told CBS News. Now, the International Olympic Committee only requires that gold medals consist of at least 92.5% silver, according to IOC guidelines.
Olympic gold medals today are composed of 500 grams of silver plated with six grams of pure gold. Silver medals contain 500 grams of silver and no gold plating. Bronze medals are solid bronze.
At current precious metal prices and based solely on the mineral contents, the so-called “melt value” of an Olympic gold medal is around $2,500.
On Monday, the price of gold rose to $5,090 per ounce. Six grams is equal to 0.2 ounces, giving the gold contained in the Winter Olympic medals a value of $1,018. At $83 an ounce, the silver contained in a gold medal is worth about $1,463. That would make a gold medal worth $2,481, just based on the value of its components.
Gold prices soared to record highs last month, surpassing $5,000 for the first time, as investors flocked to the precious metal to hedge against risks related to geopolitical uncertainty and rising global debt.
Athletes who sold medals
Of course, Olympic medals typically have a far greater financial value because of their historical significance and collectability. If an athlete were to try to sell their medal soon after the games, they could fetch between $50,000 and $80,000, Eaton told CBS News.
“There is a discrepancy between the melt value and actual collectible value,” he said.
While most Olympic athletes hold on to their hard-earned medals, some prize winners resell them for prices that can reflect their prestige and significance. In 2013, one of four gold medals won by U.S. track and field athlete Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was auctioned for $1.47 million — a record for an Olympic medal, according to SCP Auctions, which handled the sale.
Greg Louganis, the famed American diver who won a total of five gold medals and one silver medal at the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Olympics, also parted ways with three of his five medals. In 2025, his Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics gold medal for 10-meter platform diving sold for over $200,000, according to RR Auction, which handled the sale.
Louganis’s Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics gold medal for 3-meter springboard diving sold for just under $200,000, while his Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics silver medal for the 10-meter platform event sold for more than $30,000. The medal sales allowed Louganis to move to Panama, Eaton, who handled the sale, told CBS News.
“He said the money he got from selling his medals let him start his life back up again so he could do what he wanted to do,” Eaton said.
More recently, swimming champ Ryan Lochte in 2022 auctioned six of his medals — three silver, three bronze — to raise money for a children’s charity. Over four Olympics, he won a total of 12 medals, including six gold.
“I’m not one to be all sentimental about medals,” Lochte told The Associated Press at the time. “My medals are just sitting in my closet collecting dust. The memories that I have is what means the most.”
Handle with care
This year’s medals are drawing attention for another reason that could presumably take some of the shine off. The Olympics Organizing Committee said it is investigating an “issue affecting a small number” of the prizes after some athletes complained that their medals had broken.
“Don’t jump in them,” Breezy Johnson, who won the gold medal in downhill skiing for Team USA on Sunday, told reporters after her race.
“I was jumping in excitement and it broke. I’m sure somebody will fix it — it’s not like crazy broken — but it’s a little broken,” she said.
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