This article lists all ties for medals at the Olympics . A tie occurs when two or more individual or teams achieve identical results in the Olympics. In these cases, there are multiple winners awarded the same medal.
Ties occasionally occur during the games, and since medals are complicated to produce, the Olympic organising committee makes advance arrangements for extra medals to be produced in the event of a tie. [1] [2]
'Total' shows the number of ties for medals in Olympics history, while 'Events' shows the number of events with at least one medal tie. There can be more than one tie for medals for one event as there can be ties for gold, silver, and bronze.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Events | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summer Olympic Games | 31 | 37 | 54 | 118 | 122 |
Winter Olympic Games | 9 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 30 |
This list does not include events where two bronze medals are awarded due to repechage or the non-existence of a bronze-medal playoff as they are awarded due to the rules of the sports, thus not considered as ties. All events that are not listed, namely those below, awarded two bronze medals.
Sport | Years | Reason |
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Water polo | 1900 | No bronze medal playoff |
Polo | 1900 | No bronze medal playoff |
Rowing | 1908 | Bronze awarded in both semi-finals to second-place finishers |
Tennis | 1896–1904, 1988–1992 | No bronze medal playoff |
Badminton | 1992 | No bronze medal playoff |
Table tennis | 1992 | No bronze medal playoff |
Boxing | 1952–present | No bronze medal playoff |
Judo | 1964, 1972–present | Repechage |
Taekwondo | 2008–present | Repechage |
Wrestling | 2008 –present | Repechage |
In addition, two finals were held for one rowing event at the 1900 Olympics, men's coxed four. This was due to a controversy about which boats should advance to the final; thus two separate finals were held, awarding two sets of medals for the same event, both which are considered Olympic championships by the International Olympic Committee.
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