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 for medals at the Olympics 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.
Number of ties for medals in Olympics history '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.
GamesGoldSilverBronzeEventsTotal Summer Olympic Games 31 37 58 122 126 Winter Olympic Games 9 15 9 29 33
List of ties at the Summer Olympics
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Games Sport EventGoldSilverBronze Athletics Men's high jump Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's pole vault Men's 100 metres Fencing Men's foil Archery Sur la Perche à la Herse Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Equestrian High jump Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Rugby Men's tournament Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Shooting Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Boxing Welterweight Jack Egan originally won the silver medal in the lightweight competition and the bronze medal in the welterweight competition. Later, it was discovered that Egan's real name was Frank Joseph Floyd. AAU rules made it illegal to fight under an assumed name, and in November 1905, the AAU disqualified Egan from all AAU competitions and he had to return all of his prizes. In the lightweight competition Russell van Horn moved up to silver. However, according to the IOC's medal database for the 1904 Olympics, Egan has the silver medal in Boxing lightweight and the bronze medal in Boxing welterweight, van Horn has bronze in the lightweight competition and Joseph Lydon keeps his bronze in the welterweight competition. Diving Platform Golf Men's individual Gymnastics Men's vault Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's horizontal bar Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Athletics Men's standing high jump Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's pole vault Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's high jump Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Hockey Men's tournament Polo Men's tournament Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Rackets Men's singles Shooting Men's trap Anastasios Metaxas is generally credited with a bronze medal; no tie-breaker was held. The 1908 official report lists Metaxas as having tied with Alexander Maunder and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist. Some sources follow the IOC's database. Athletics Men's pole vault Men's pentathlon Jim Thorpe's gold medals were stripped by the International Olympic Committee in 1913, after the IOC learned that Thorpe had played semi-pro baseball prior to the 1912 games, violating Olympic amateurism rules. This moved everyone else up in the rankings. In 1982, the IOC was convinced that the disqualification had been improper, as no protest against Thorpe's eligibility had been brought within the required 30 days and reinstated Thorpe's medals. The three medalists promoted were not retroactively demoted, leaving co-champions in these events. Men's decathlon Rowing Men's coxed four Men's single sculls Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight Not awardedas the event was a draw. Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight Gymnastics Men's rope climbing Men's sidehorse vault Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Gymnastics Men's floor Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Men's pommel horse Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's vault Gymnastics Men's floor Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's horizontal bar Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's pommel horse Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's rings Men's vault Athletics Women's high jump Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's 400 metres Gymnastics Women's floor Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's rings Women's balance beam Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Women's vault Men's floor Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's vault Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's parallel bars Women's team portable apparatus Athletics Women's high jump Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's rings Men's vault Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Gymnastics Men's individual all-around Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's floor exercise Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Women's vault Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Women's floor Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Football Men's team Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Men's pommel horse Women's vault Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Athletics Men's pole vault Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Women's floor Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Women's uneven bars Athletics Men's pole vault Women's 100 metres hurdles Gymnastics Men's floor Men's pommel horse Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's rings Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's vault Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Women's balance beam Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Women's uneven bars Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Athletics Men's high jump Gymnastics Men's floor Men's horizontal bar Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's pommel horse Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's rings Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Women's balance beam Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle Athletics Men's high jump Gymnastics Men's floor Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's horizontal bar Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's parallel bars Men's pommel horse Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Men's rings Women's vault Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Women's balance beam Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Women's floor Synchronized swimming Women's solo Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Men's rings Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Women's artistic individual all-around Women's uneven bars Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Athletics Women's 100 metres Not awardeddue to medal re-awarding. Marion Jones of the United States admitted to having taken performance enhancing drugs prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics and was stripped of her gold medal in 2007. The IOC did not initially decide to regrade the results, as silver medalist Ekaterini Thanou had herself been subsequently involved in a doping scandal in the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics. After two years of deliberation, in late 2009, the IOC decided to upgrade Tayna Lawrence and Merlene Ottey to silver and bronze respectively, and leave Thanou as a silver medallist, with the gold medal withheld. Women's high jump Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Women's 100 metre freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke Athletics Women's 100 metres Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Men's 100 metre backstroke Athletics Men's high jump Not awardedas there was a tie for silver and medal re-awarding. Ivan Ukhov of Russia was stripped of his gold medal for doping offences in 2019. Cycling Men's keirin Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Men's 100 metre butterfly Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg Not awardedas there was a tie for gold.(awarded due to repechage) Canoeing Men's K-1 200 metres Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Women's 100 metre freestyle Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Women's 100 metre backstroke Athletics Men's high jump Not awardedas there was a tie for gold. Gymnastics Women's floor Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke Not awardedas there was a tie for silver. Athletics Women's high jump Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres Lisa CarringtonAlicia Hoskin Tamara CsipesAlida Dóra Gazsó Paulina PaszekJule HakeNoémi PuppSára Fojt
List of ties at the Winter Olympics
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