ympic Games history.The wavy, round medals, which look a bit like a chunky potato chip, were shown off for the first time Thursday at the athletes' village at False Creek. "The dramatic form ... is inspired by the ocean waves, drifting snow and mountainous landscape found in the Games region and throughout Canada," said organizers.The medals are based on two large artworks of an orca whale by Corrine Hunt of Vancouver. They weigh 500 to 576 grams each and no two medals are alike. They were produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. Dave Cobb, 2010 marketing boss said athletes said they wanted something "big and heavy." Co-designer Omer Abel said the design allowed for Hunt's artwork to be "cropped" into different medal designs. He said if you took all the medals, you would have the complete image. The Paralympic medal is based on Hunt's image of a raven.
The mint produced 615 gold, silver and bronze medals for the Olympics and 399 medals for the Paralympics.The medals are made of metal supplied by Teck Resources Ltd., based in Vancouver. The company provided 2.05 kilograms of gold, 1,950 kilograms of silver and 903 kilograms of copper for the medals.
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