List of ties for medals at the Olympics


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 Games313758122126
Winter Olympic Games91382930

List of ties at the Summer Olympics

  • [|1896]
  • [|1900]
  • [|1904]
  • [|1908]
  • [|1912]
  • [|1920]
  • [|1924]
  • [|1928]
  • [|1936]
  • [|1948]
  • [|1952]
  • [|1956]
  • [|1960]
  • [|1964]
  • [|1968]
  • [|1972]
  • [|1976]
  • [|1980]
  • [|1984]
  • [|1988]
  • [|1992]
  • [|1996]
  • [|2000]
  • [|2004]
  • [|2008]
  • [|2012]
  • [|2016]
  • [|2020]
  • [|2024]
GamesSportEventGoldSilverBronze
AthleticsMen's high jumpEllery Clark.png" />Ellery Clark|USA|1896 Summer

List of ties at the Winter Olympics

  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1980
  • 1992
  • [|1998]
  • [|2002]
  • [|2010]
  • [|2014]
  • [|2018]
GamesSportEventGoldSilverBronze
Speed skatingMen's 500 metresCharles Jewtraw.png" />Charles Jewtraw|USA|1924 Winter

Ties not included in this list

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.
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
Karate2020No 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.