Which metal is primarily used to make Olympic gold medals?
Silver
As per International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules, an Olympic gold medal must contain at least 92.5% silver and must be plated (gilded) with at least 6 grams of pure gold.
So, although it is called a gold medal, the metal that makes up most of it is silver; gold is only the outer coating. The last Olympic medals made of solid gold were awarded at the 1912 Stockholm Games.
Bronze medals are made mainly of copper (an alloy of copper with tin and zinc), and copper is not the main metal of a gold medal.
Hence, the answer is Silver.
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