Return to. [Official site] A variety of information involving the candidate and host cities, events, IOC policies, international sports federations, national Olympic committees, and Olympic museum. [Site in French and English] www. olympic. org - Site Officiel du Mouvement Olympique. www. olympic. org/ www. olympic. org/. * Olympic medals since 1928 have featured the same design on the front: a Greek goddess, the Olympic Rings, the coliseum of ancient Athens, a Greek vase known as an amphora, a horse-drawn chariot, and the year, number of the Olympiad, and host city. * Olympic medals are 7 centimeters (approximately 2 inches) in diameter. www. cviog. uga. edu/Projects/olymphlx/answer. htm. All the heroes of the Games - The performance and courage of these medals winners symbolize the Olympic spirit. www. olympic. org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk. asp www. olympic. org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk. asp. A breakdown of medals that countries have won in Beijing and past summer Olympic Games. Circles are sized by the number of medals that countries won in summer Olympic Games. Use the slider to view past Olympics, or click on a country to display a list of its medal winners. www. nytimes. com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/. www. nytimes. com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP. html. The medals awarded to the winning athletes in the Sydney, Australia, Olympic Games were designed by the Australian sculptor Wojciech Pietranik. The Back of the Medals: The back depicts the five Olympic rings, the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Olympic torch, and waves of water. www. enchantedlearning. com/olympics/printouts/Medals. sht. www. enchantedlearning. com/olympics/printouts/Medals. shtml. indicates World record and Olympic record indicates Olympic record. www. msnbc. com/d/oly2002/medaldate_02. asp www. msnbc. com/d/oly2002/medaldate_02. asp. var wikiImage = new Image(); wikiImage. onload = function() &ob;if(this. height The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years. Until 1992, they were both held i. en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Olympic_Games. The tradition of shrouding the Olympic champions with honour continues to exist even today. Their main award being medals. During the course of various Olympic Games medals have been changed in many ways. www. angelfire. com/ms/stamp/olympic/medals. html www. angelfire. com/ms/stamp/olympic/medals. html. The string of symbols on both sides of the medal are, of course, Greek letters. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) website's description of the medal design for the 2004 Athens Olympics states that "the main feature of the medals is the Greek character shown on both sides This is of particular importance, as from. edsitement. neh. gov/view_lesson_plan. asp?id=583.