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.
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Events | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Olympic Games | 31 | 37 | 58 | 122 | 126 |
| Winter Olympic Games | 9 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 30 |
List of ties at the Summer Olympics
| Games | Sport | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 Athens | Athletics | Men's high jump | Ellery Clark United States | James Connolly United States Robert Garrett United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Men's pole vault | William Hoyt United States | Albert Tyler United States | Evangelos Damaskos Greece Ioannis Theodoropoulos Greece | |||
| Men's 100 metres | Thomas Burke United States | Fritz Hofmann Germany | Francis Lane United States Alajos Szokolyi Hungary | |||
| Fencing | Men's foil | Eugène-Henri Gravelotte France | Henri Callot France | Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis Greece Athanasios Vouros Greece | ||
| 1900 Paris | Archery | Sur la Perche à la Herse | Emmanuel Foulon Belgium | Auguste Serrurier France Emile Druart Belgium | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Equestrian | High jump | Dominique Gardères France Gian Giorgio Trissino Italy | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Georges Van Der Poele Belgium | ||
| Rugby | Men's tournament | France national rugby union team Mixed team | Germany national rugby union team Germany Great Britain Great Britain | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| Shooting | Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions | Emil Kellenberger Switzerland | Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark | Paul van Asbroeck Belgium Ole Østmo Norway | ||
| Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling | Konrad Stäheli Switzerland | Emil Kellenberger Switzerland Anders Peter Nielsen Denmark | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| 1904 St. Louis | Boxing | Welterweight | Albert Young United States | Harry Spanjer United States | Jack Egan United States Joseph Lydon United States | |
| Diving | Platform | George Sheldon United States | Georg Hoffmann Germany | Alfred Braunschweiger Germany Frank Kehoe United States | ||
| Golf | Men's individual | George Lyon Canada | Chandler Egan United States | Burt McKinnie United States Francis Newton United States | ||
| Gymnastics | Men's vault | George Eyser United States Anton Heida United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | William Merz United States | ||
| Men's horizontal bar | Anton Heida United States Edward Hennig United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | George Eyser United States | |||
| 1908 London | Athletics | Men's standing high jump | Ray Ewry United States | John Biller United States Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Men's pole vault | Edward Cook United States Alfred Gilbert United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Edward Archibald Canada Clare Jacobs United States Bruno Söderström Sweden | |||
| Men's high jump | Harry Porter United States | Géo André France Con Leahy Great Britain István Somodi Hungary | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Diving | Men's 3 metre springboard | Albert Zürner Germany | Kurt Behrens Germany | George Gaidzik United States Gottlob Walz Germany | ||
| Hockey | Men's tournament | England Great Britain | Ireland Great Britain | Scotland Great Britain Wales Great Britain | ||
| Polo | Men's tournament | Roehampton Great Britain | Hurlingham Club Great Britain Ireland Great Britain | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| Rackets | Men's singles | Evan Noel Great Britain | Henry Leaf Great Britain | John Jacob Astor Great Britain Henry Brougham Great Britain | ||
| Shooting | Men's trap | Walter Ewing Canada | George Beattie Canada | Alexander Maunder Great Britain Anastasios Metaxas Greece | ||
| 1912 Stockholm | Athletics | Men's pole vault | Harry Babcock United States | Frank Nelson United States Marc Wright United States | William Halpenny Canada Frank Murphy United States Bertil Uggla Sweden | |
| Men's pentathlon | Ferdinand Bie Norway Jim Thorpe United States | James Donahue United States | Frank Lukeman Canada | |||
| Men's decathlon | Hugo Wieslander Sweden Jim Thorpe United States | Charles Lomberg Sweden | Gösta Holmér Sweden | |||
| Rowing | Men's coxed four | Germany | Great Britain | Denmark Norway | ||
| Men's single sculls | Wally Kinnear Great Britain | Polydore Veirman Belgium | Everard Butler Canada Mart Kuusik Russian Empire | |||
| Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight | Not awarded as the event was a draw. | Anders Ahlgren Sweden Ivar Böhling Finland | Béla Varga Hungary | ||
| 1920 Antwerp | Wrestling | Men's freestyle heavyweight | Robert Roth Switzerland | Nat Pendleton United States | Fred Meyer United States Ernst Nilsson Sweden | |
| 1924 Paris | Gymnastics | Men's rope climbing | Bedřich Šupčík Czechoslovakia | Albert Séguin France | Ladislav Vácha Czechoslovakia August Güttinger Switzerland | |
| Men's sidehorse vault | Albert Séguin France | Jean Gounot France François Gangloff France | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| 1928 Amsterdam | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | Hans Haas Austria Kurt Helbig Germany | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Fernand Arnout France | |
| 1936 Berlin | Gymnastics | Men's floor | Georges Miez Switzerland | Josef Walter Switzerland | Konrad Frey Germany Eugen Mack Switzerland | |
| Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | Robert Fein Austria Anwar Mesbah Egypt | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Karl Jansen Germany | ||
| 1948 London | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | Michael Reusch Switzerland | Veikko Huhtanen Finland | Josef Stalder Switzerland Christian Kipfer Switzerland | |
| Men's pommel horse | Paavo Aaltonen Finland Veikko Huhtanen Finland Heikki Savolainen Finland | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | |||
| Men's vault | Paavo Aaltonen Finland | Olavi Rove Finland | János Mogyorósi-Klencs Hungary Ferenc Pataki Hungary Leo Sotornik Czechoslovakia | |||
| 1952 Helsinki | Gymnastics | Men's floor | William Thoresson Sweden | Jerzy Jokiel Poland Tadao Uesako Japan | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Men's horizontal bar | Jack Günthard Switzerland | Josef Stalder Switzerland Alfred Schwarzmann Germany | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Men's pommel horse | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union Yevgeny Korolkov Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Men's rings | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Dmytro Leonkin Soviet Union Hans Eugster Switzerland | |||
| Men's vault | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan | Takashi Ono Japan Tadao Uesako Japan | |||
| 1956 Melbourne | Athletics | Women's high jump | Mildred McDaniel United States | Thelma Hopkins Great Britain Mariya Pisareva Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Men's 400 metres | Charles Jenkins United States | Karl-Friedrich Haas United Team of Germany | Voitto Hellstén Finland Ardalion Ignatyev Soviet Union | |||
| Gymnastics | Women's floor | Ágnes Keleti Hungary Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Elena Leuşteanu Romania | ||
| Men's rings | Albert Azaryan Soviet Union | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan Masumi Kubota Japan | |||
| Women's balance beam | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Eva Bosáková Czechoslovakia Tamara Manina Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Women's vault | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Tamara Manina Soviet Union | Olga Lemhényi-Tass Hungary Ann-Sofi Pettersson Sweden | |||
| Men's floor | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Nobuyuki Aihara Japan William Thoresson Sweden Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Men's vault | Helmut Bantz United Team of Germany Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Yuri Titov Soviet Union | |||
| Men's parallel bars | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masumi Kubota Japan | Takashi Ono Japan Masao Takemoto Japan | |||
| Women's team portable apparatus | Hungary | Sweden | Soviet Union Poland | |||
| 1960 Rome | Athletics | Women's high jump | Iolanda Balaş Romania | Jarosława Jóźwiakowska Poland Dorothy Shirley Great Britain | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse | Eugen Ekman Finland Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Shuji Tsurumi Japan | ||
| Men's rings | Albert Asaryan Soviet Union | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Takashi Ono Japan Velik Kapsazov Bulgaria | |||
| Men's vault | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union Takashi Ono Japan | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Vladimir Portnoi Soviet Union | |||
| 1964 Tokyo | Gymnastics | Men's individual all-around | Yukio Endo Japan | Viktor Lisitsky Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union Shuji Tsurumi Japan | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Men's floor exercise | Franco Menichelli Italy | Yukio Endo Japan Viktor Lisitsky Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Women's vault | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union Birgit Radochla United Team of Germany | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| 1968 Mexico City | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | Mikhail Voronin Soviet Union Akinori Nakayama Japan | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | |
| Women's floor | Larisa Petrik Soviet Union Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union | |||
| 1972 Munich | Football | Men's team | Poland | Hungary | Soviet Union East Germany | |
| Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | Karin Janz East Germany | Olga Korbut Soviet Union Erika Zuchold East Germany | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| 1976 Montreal | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Eberhard Gienger West Germany Henri Boerio France | |
| Men's pommel horse | Zoltán Magyar Hungary | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union Michael Nikolay East Germany | |||
| Women's vault | Nellie Kim Soviet Union | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union Carola Dombeck East Germany | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| 1980 Moscow | Athletics | Men's pole vault | Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland | Konstantin Volkov Soviet Union Tadeusz Ślusarski Poland | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | Elena Davydova Soviet Union | Maxi Gnauck East Germany Nadia Comăneci Romania | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| Women's floor | Nellie Kim Soviet Union Nadia Comăneci Romania | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union Maxi Gnauck East Germany | |||
| Women's uneven bars | Maxi Gnauck East Germany | Emilia Eberle Romania | Steffi Kräker East Germany Melita Ruhn Romania Maria Filatova Soviet Union | |||
| 1984 Los Angeles | Athletics | Men's pole vault | Pierre Quinon France | Mike Tully United States | Earl Bell United States Thierry Vigneron France | |
| Women's 100 metres hurdles | Benita Fitzgerald United States | Shirley Strong Great Britain | Michèle Chardonnet France Kim Turner United States | |||
| Gymnastics | Men's floor | Li Ning China | Lou Yun China | Koji Sotomura Japan Philippe Vatuone France | ||
| Men's pommel horse | Li Ning China Peter Vidmar United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Timothy Daggett United States | |||
| Men's rings | Koji Gushiken Japan Li Ning China | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Mitchell Gaylord United States | |||
| Men's vault | Lou Yun China | Mitchell Gaylord United States Koji Gushiken Japan Shinji Morisue Japan Li Ning China | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Women's balance beam | Simona Păucă Romania Ecaterina Szabo Romania | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Kathy Johnson United States | |||
| Women's uneven bars | Ma Yanhong China Julianne McNamara United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Mary Lou Retton United States | |||
| Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle | Carrie Steinseifer United States Nancy Hogshead United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Annemarie Verstappen Netherlands | ||
| 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's high jump | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union | Hollis Conway United States | Rudolf Povarnitsyn Soviet Union Patrik Sjöberg Sweden | |
| Gymnastics | Men's floor | Sergei Kharkov Soviet Union | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union | Lou Yun China Yukio Iketani Japan | ||
| Men's horizontal bar | Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union Valeri Liukin Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Holger Behrendt East Germany Marius Gherman Romania | |||
| Men's pommel horse | Lyubomir Gueraskov Bulgaria Zsolt Borkai Hungary Dmitri Bilozertchev Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | |||
| Men's rings | Holger Behrendt East Germany Dimitri Bilozertchev Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Sven Tippelt East Germany | |||
| Women's balance beam | Daniela Silivaş Romania | Elena Shushunova Soviet Union | Gabriela Potorac Romania Phoebe Mills United States | |||
| Swimming | Women's 50 metre freestyle | Kristin Otto East Germany | Yang Wenyi China | Jill Sterkel United States Katrin Meissner East Germany | ||
| 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's high jump | Javier Sotomayor Cuba | Patrik Sjöberg Sweden | Hollis Conway United States Tim Forsyth Australia Artur Partyka Poland | |
| Gymnastics | Men's floor | Li Xiaoshuang China | Yukio Iketani Japan Grigory Misutin Unified Team | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| Men's horizontal bar | Trent Dimas United States | Grigory Misutin Unified Team Andreas Wecker Germany | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Men's parallel bars | Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team | Li Jing China | Igor Korobchinski Unified Team Guo Linyao China Masayuki Matsunaga Japan | |||
| Men's pommel horse | Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team Pae Gil-Su North Korea | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Andreas Wecker Germany | |||
| Men's rings | Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team | Li Jing China | Andreas Wecker Germany Li Xiaoshuang China | |||
| Women's vault | Lavinia Miloşovici Romania Henrietta Ónodi Hungary | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Tatiana Lysenko Unified Team | |||
| Women's balance beam | Tatiana Lysenko Unified Team | Lu Li China Shannon Miller United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Women's floor | Lavinia Miloşovici Romania | Henrietta Ónodi Hungary | Cristina Bontaş Romania Shannon Miller United States Tatiana Gutsu Unified Team | |||
| Synchronized swimming | Women's solo | Kristen Babb-Sprague United States Sylvie Fréchette Canada | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Fumiko Okuno Japan | ||
| 1996 Atlanta | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | Andreas Wecker Germany | Krasimir Dounev Bulgaria | Fan Bin China Alexei Nemov Russia Vitaly Scherbo Belarus | |
| Men's rings | Yuri Chechi Italy | Szilveszter Csollány Hungary Dan Burincă Romania | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Women's artistic individual all-around | Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine | Gina Gogean Romania | Simona Amânar Romania Lavinia Miloşovici Romania | |||
| Women's uneven bars | Svetlana Khorkina Russia | Bi Wenjing China Amy Chow United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| 2000 Sydney | Athletics | Women's 100 metres | Not awarded due to medal re-awarding. | Ekaterini Thanou Greece Tayna Lawrence Jamaica | Merlene Ottey Jamaica | |
| Women's high jump | Yelena Yelesina Russia | Hestrie Cloete South Africa | Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden Oana Pantelimon Romania | |||
| Swimming | Men's 50 metre freestyle | Anthony Ervin United States Gary Hall, Jr. United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | ||
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | Therese Alshammar Sweden | Dara Torres United States Jenny Thompson United States | |||
| 2004 Athens | Swimming | Women's 200 metre backstroke | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | Stanislava Komarova Russia | Antje Buschschulte Germany Reiko Nakamura Japan | |
| 2008 Beijing | Athletics | Women's 100 metres | Shelly-Ann Fraser Jamaica | Sherone Simpson Jamaica Kerron Stewart Jamaica | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle | Alain Bernard France | Eamon Sullivan Australia | Jason Lezak United States César Cielo Brazil | ||
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | Aaron Peirsol United States | Matt Grevers United States | Arkady Vyatchanin Russia Hayden Stoeckel Australia | |||
| 2012 London | Athletics | Men's high jump | Erik Kynard United States | Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar Derek Drouin Canada Robert Grabarz Great Britain | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver and medal re-awarding. | |
| Cycling | Men's keirin | Chris Hoy Great Britain | Maximilian Levy Germany | Simon van Velthooven New Zealand Teun Mulder Netherlands | ||
| Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle | Yannick Agnel France | Sun Yang China Park Tae-Hwan South Korea | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | Michael Phelps United States | Chad le Clos South Africa Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg | Komeil Ghasemi Iran Bilyal Makhov Russia | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Tervel Dlagnev United States Daulet Shabanbay Kazakhstan (awarded due to repechage) | ||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Canoeing | Men's K-1 200 metres | Liam Heath Great Britain | Maxime Beaumont France | Saúl Craviotto Spain Ronald Rauhe Germany | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly | Joseph Schooling Singapore | Michael Phelps United States Chad le Clos South Africa László Cseh Hungary | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| Women's 100 metre freestyle | Simone Manuel United States Penny Oleksiak Canada | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | |||
| Women's 100 metre backstroke | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | Kathleen Baker United States | Kylie Masse Canada Fu Yuanhui China | |||
| 2020 Tokyo | Athletics | Men's high jump | Gianmarco Tamberi Italy Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Maksim Nedasekau Belarus | |
| Gymnastics | Women's floor | Jade Carey United States | Vanessa Ferrari Italy | Mai Murakami Japan Angelina Melnikova ROC | ||
| 2024 Paris | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | Nicolò Martinenghi Italy | Adam Peaty Great Britain Nic Fink United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Athletics | Women's high jump | Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine | Nicola Olyslagers Australia | Iryna Herashchenko Ukraine Eleanor Patterson Australia | ||
| Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | Shinnosuke Oka Japan | Ángel Barajas Colombia | Zhang Boheng China Tang Chia-hung Chinese Taipei | ||
| Canoeing | Women's K-2 500 metres | New Zealand Lisa Carrington Alicia Hoskin | Hungary Tamara Csipes Alida Dóra Gazsó | Germany Paulina Paszek Jule Hake Hungary Noémi Pupp Sára Fojt |
List of ties at the Winter Olympics
| Games | Sport | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 Chamonix | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | Charles Jewtraw United States | Oskar Olsen Norway | Roald Larsen Norway Clas Thunberg Finland | |
| 1928 St. Moritz | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | Bernt Evensen Norway Clas Thunberg Finland | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | John Farrell United States Jaakko Friman Finland Roald Larsen Norway | |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | Henri Oreiller France | Franz Gabl Austria | Rolf Olinger Switzerland Karl Molitor Switzerland | |
| Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | Finn Helgesen Norway | Ken Bartholomew United States Thomas Byberg Norway Robert Fitzgerald United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| 1952 Oslo | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | Ken Henry United States | Don McDermott United States | Gordon Audley Canada Arne Johansen Norway | |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union Yuri Mikhaylov Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Toivo Salonen Finland | |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | Roald Aas Norway Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Boris Stenin Soviet Union | |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | Marielle Goitschel France | Christine Goitschel France Jean Saubert United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Figure skating | Pairs | Soviet Union Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | United Team of Germany Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Canada Debbi Wilkes Guy Revell | United States Vivian Joseph Ronald Joseph | ||
| Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | Terry McDermott United States | Alv Gjestvang Norway Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union Vladimir Orlov Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | ||
| Women's 3000 metres | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | Han Pil-Hwa North Korea Valentina Stenina Soviet Union | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| 1968 Grenoble | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | Lyudmila Titova Soviet Union | Jenny Fish United States Dianne Holum United States Mary Meyers United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Men's 1500 metres | Kees Verkerk Netherlands | Ivar Eriksen Norway Ard Schenk Netherlands | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| Men's 500 metres | Erhard Keller West Germany | Terry McDermott United States Magne Thomassen Norway | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| 1972 Sapporo | Luge | Doubles | East Germany Horst Hörnlein Reinhard Bredow Italy Paul Hildgartner Walter Plaikner | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | East Germany Klaus-Michael Bonsack Wolfram Fiedler | |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Ski jumping | Normal hill individual | Toni Innauer Austria | Hirokazu Yagi Japan Manfred Deckert East Germany | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | Eric Heiden United States | Gaétan Boucher Canada | Vladimir Lobanov Soviet Union Frode Rønning Norway | ||
| 1992 Albertville | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom | Pernilla Wiberg Sweden | Anita Wachter Austria Diann Roffe United States | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| 1998 Nagano | Alpine skiing | Men's super-G | Hermann Maier Austria | Didier Cuche Switzerland Hans Knauss Austria | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Bobsleigh | Two-man | Italy (ITA-1) Günther Huber Antonio Tartaglia Canada (CAN-1) Pierre Lueders Dave MacEachern | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Germany (GER-1) Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann | ||
| Four-man | Germany (GER-2) Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Marco Jakobs Olaf Hampel | Switzerland (SUI-1) Marcel Rohner Markus Nüssli Markus Wasser Beat Seitz | Great Britain Sean Olsson Dean Ward Courtney Rumbolt Paul Attwood France Bruno Mingeon Emmanuel Hostache Éric Le Chanony Max Robert | |||
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Cross-country skiing | Men's 2 x 10 kilometre pursuit | Frode Estil Norway Thomas Alsgaard Norway | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Per Elofsson Sweden | |
| Figure skating | Pairs | Russia Elena Berezhnaya Anton Sikharulidze Canada Jamie Salé David Pelletier | Not awarded due to medal re-awarding. | China Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | ||
| 2010 Vancouver | Biathlon | Men's individual | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway Sergey Novikov Belarus | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| 2014 Sochi | Alpine skiing | Men's super-G | Kjetil Jansrud Norway | Andrew Weibrecht United States | Jan Hudec Canada Bode Miller United States | |
| Women's downhill | Tina Maze Slovenia Dominique Gisin Switzerland | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Lara Gut Switzerland | |||
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 kilometre freestyle | Ragnhild Haga Norway | Charlotte Kalla Sweden | Marit Bjørgen Norway Krista Pärmäkoski Finland | |
| Bobsleigh | Two-man | Germany Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Canada Justin Kripps Alexander Kopacz | Not awarded as there was a tie for gold. | Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga | ||
| Four-man | Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis | Germany Nico Walther Kevin Kuske Alexander Rödiger Eric Franke South Korea Won Yun-jong Jun Jung-lin Seo Young-woo Kim Dong-hyun | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |||
| 2026 Milano Cortina | Alpine skiing | Men's team combined | Switzerland Franjo von Allmen Tanguy Nef | Austria Vincent Kriechmayr Manuel Feller Switzerland Marco Odermatt Loïc Meillard | Not awarded as there was a tie for silver. | |
| Ski jumping | Men's normal hill individual | Philipp Raimund Germany | Kacper Tomasiak Poland | Ren Nikaidō Japan Gregor Deschwanden Switzerland |
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.
| Sport | Years | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Karate | 2020 | 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.
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.
See also
- All-time Olympic Games medal table
wikipedia, wiki, encyclopedia, book, library, article, read, free download, Information about List of ties for medals at the Olympics, What is List of ties for medals at the Olympics? What does List of ties for medals at the Olympics mean?