For each Olympic Games, the host city is responsible for designing and producing the medals, usually by partnering with a national mint and a high‑end jewelry or design house.

Who made the most recent Olympic medals?

For the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics:

  • The design was created by French jewelry house Chaumet, one of France’s oldest and most prestigious maisons.
  • The manufacturing and metalworking were carried out by the Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint), which struck and finished more than 5,000 medals.

Each Paris 2024 medal also includes a small hexagonal piece of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower, set in the center as a historical emblem.

How it works in general

  • The International Olympic Committee sets rules on size, materials and basic properties, but the host city and its organizing committee choose the designers and manufacturers.
  • Typically, a national mint or equivalent industrial producer actually makes the medals, while an invited artist, design studio, or jewelry house does the visual design concept.

So, in short: the host city commissions designers and a mint to make the medals, and for the latest Games in Paris, that team was Chaumet (design) and Monnaie de Paris (production).