2024 Paris Games: How much is an Olympic gold medal worth?

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The 2024 Summer Olympic Games are underway in Paris, and United States athletes have received 31 medals so far, six of which are coveted gold medals. With all this talk of precious metals at the international competition, many wonder how much gold medals are actually worth.

Yahoo Finance senior reporter Ines Ferré breaks down the gold (GC=F) content of the medals to determine their monetary value and how much athletes from various countries are paid for winning them.

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This post was written by Angel Smith