List of ties for medals at the Olympics


This page 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 with 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 Games293554114118
Winter Olympic Games91382930

List of ties at the Summer Olympics

GamesSportEventGoldSilverBronze
AthleticsMen's high jump
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
AthleticsMen's pole vault
AthleticsMen's 100 metres
ArcherySur la Perche à la Herse
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
EquestrianHigh jump
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
RugbyMen's tournament
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
ShootingMen's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
ShootingMen's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
BoxingWelterweight
DivingPlatform
GolfMen's individual
GymnasticsMen's vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
AthleticsMen's standing high jump
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
AthleticsMen's pole vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
AthleticsMen's high jump
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
DivingMen's 3 metre springboard
HockeyMen's tournament
PoloMen's tournament
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
RacketsMen's singles
ShootingMen's trap
AthleticsMen's pole vault
AthleticsMen's pentathlon
AthleticsMen's decathlon
RowingMen's single sculls
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman light heavyweightNot awarded
as the event was a draw.
WrestlingMen's freestyle heavyweight
GymnasticsMen's rope climbing
GymnasticsMen's sidehorse vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
WeightliftingMen's 67.5 kg
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's floor
WeightliftingMen's 67.5 kg
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's parallel bars
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.		Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's vault
GymnasticsMen's floor
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's rings
GymnasticsMen's vault
AthleticsWomen's high jump
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
AthleticsMen's 400 metres
GymnasticsWomen's floor
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's rings
GymnasticsWomen's balance beam
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsWomen's vault
GymnasticsMen's floor
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's parallel bars
GymnasticsWomen's team portable apparatus
AthleticsWomen's high jump
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's rings
GymnasticsMen's vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's individual all-around
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's floor exercise
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsWomen's vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsWomen's floor
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
FootballMen's team
GymnasticsWomen's uneven bars
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
GymnasticsWomen's vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
AthleticsMen's pole vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsWomen's artistic individual all-around
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsWomen's floor
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsWomen's uneven bars
AthleticsMen's pole vault
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres hurdles
GymnasticsMen's floor
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's rings
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsWomen's balance beam
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsWomen's uneven bars
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
AthleticsMen's high jump
GymnasticsMen's floor
GymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.		Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's rings
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsWomen's balance beam
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre freestyle
AthleticsMen's high jump
GymnasticsMen's floor
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsMen's parallel bars
GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's rings
GymnasticsWomen's vault
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsWomen's balance beam
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsWomen's floor
Synchronized swimmingWomen's solo
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
GymnasticsMen's horizontal bar
GymnasticsMen's rings
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
GymnasticsWomen's artistic individual all-around
GymnasticsWomen's uneven bars
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
AthleticsWomen's 100 metresNot awarded
due to medal re-awarding.
AthleticsWomen's high jump
SwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre backstroke
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
SwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 metre backstroke
AthleticsMen's high jump
CyclingMen's Keirin
SwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
SwimmingMen's 100 metre butterfly
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
CanoeingMen's K-1 200 metres
SwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke

List of ties at the Winter Olympics

GamesSportEventGoldSilverBronze
Speed skatingMen's 500 metres
Speed skatingMen's 500 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Alpine skiingMen's downhill
Speed skatingMen's 500 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Speed skatingMen's 500 metres
Speed skatingMen's 1500 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Speed skatingMen's 1500 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Figure skatingPairs
Ludmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov
Marika Kilius
Hans-Jürgen Bäumler

Debbi Wilkes
Guy Revell
Vivian Joseph
Ronald Joseph
Speed skatingMen's 500 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Speed skatingWomen's 3000 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Speed skatingWomen's 500 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Speed skatingMen's 1500 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Speed skatingMen's 500 metres
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
LugeDoubles
Horst Hörnlein
Reinhard Bredow

Paul Hildgartner
Walter Plaikner		Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Wolfram Fiedler
Ski jumpingNormal hill individual
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Speed skatingMen's 1000 metres
Alpine skiingWomen's giant slalom
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Alpine skiingMen's Super-G
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
BobsleighTwo-man
Günther Huber
Antonio Tartaglia

Pierre Lueders
Dave MacEachern		Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
BobsleighFour-man
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Marco Jakobs
Olaf Hampel
Marcel Rohner
Markus Nüssli
Markus Wasser
Beat Seitz
Sean Olsson
Dean Ward
Courtney Rumbolt
Paul Attwood

Bruno Mingeon
Emmanuel Hostache
Éric Le Chanony
Max Robert
Cross-country skiingMen's 2 x 10 kilometre pursuit
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Figure skatingPairs
Elena Berezhnaya
Anton Sikharulidze

Jamie Salé
David Pelletier		Not awarded
due to medal re-awarding.
Shen Xue
Zhao Hongbo
BiathlonMen's individual
Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
Alpine skiingMen's super-G
Alpine skiingWomen's downhill
Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Cross-country skiingWomen's 10 kilometre freestyle
BobsleighTwo-man
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis

Justin Kripps
Alexander Kopacz		Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold.
Oskars Melbārdis
Jānis Strenga
BobsleighFour-man
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis
Nico Walther
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Eric Franke

Won Yun-jong
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Kim Dong-hyun		Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.

Ties not included in this list

This list does not includes 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.
SportYearsReason
Water polo1900No bronze medal playoff
Polo1900No bronze medal playoff
Rowing1908Bronze awarded in both semi-finals to second-place finishers
Tennis1896–1904, 1988–1992No bronze medal playoff
Badminton1992No bronze medal playoff
Table tennis1992No bronze medal playoff
Boxing1952–presentNo bronze medal playoff
Judo1964, 1972–presentRepechage
Taekwondo2008–presentRepechage
Wrestling2008 –presentRepechage

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.
Similarly, two finals were held for some sailing events at the 1900 Olympics, namely 0 to.5 ton,.5 to 1 ton, 1 to 2 ton, 2 to 3 ton and 3 to 10 ton.