A draw or tie occurs in a competitive sport or activity when the end results are identical or inconclusive. Ties are possible in many games and sports while some games and sports have rules in place to prevent or break ties.
Central Michigan, Temple, and UCLA are all tied for most ties with 4 ties each. This 3 way tie will go on indefinitely as the adoption of overtime by the NCAA in 1996 has almost completely stopped ties other than special circumstances.
The Chicago Bears have more ties than any other team in NFL history. However, all 42 of the Chicago Bears' ties are from before 1974, before a major rule change.
There were several rule changes in the NFL on April 25th, 1974. This included rules that improved action, game tempo, limited contact between defensive players and receivers, and adopted a new overtime rule.
The season before these rule changes were implemented there were seven ties which neither the fans nor the players were happy with. These rule changes significantly decreased the number of ties. The team with the most ties since 1974 is the Green Bay Packers with only 6.
The longest football game in college football history was between Illinois and Penn State. On October 23rd, 2021, the Illinois Illini managed to win in ninth overtime. This was an extremely low scoring game the four quarters ended with only 10 points each side and the game ended with a score of only 20-18.
In horse racing, a dead heat occurs where two, or more, horses cross a finish line at the same time and no difference can be observed, even when analyzed by a photo finish camera. This is a rare occurrence but nevertheless, dead heats still happen. On October 3, 1953, the first photographed three way dead heat in harness racing occurred at Freehold Raceway when horses Patchover, Payne Hall, and Penny Maid all reached the finish line simultaneously
While ties are an uncommon occurrence during the Olympic Games, there are many instances of athletes sharing a medal. Due to the time needed and difficulty of crafting olympic medals, several extra are created for each place every Olympic Games in preparation for this rare occurrence.
There have been 134 two way ties between the 52 Summer and Winter Olympic Games. This may sound like a lot, but the Olympic Games are home to 40 different sports that branch into 448 events. meaning in the well over 10,000 Olympic events to have taken place, less than 1% have resulted in a tie.
The vast majority of ties take place during the Summer Games. This is due to the sports with the most ties, athletics and gymnastics, being exclusive to the summer games.
While two way ties are rare, three way ties are nearly unheard of, only occurring 20 times in Olympic history. Three way ties are most common in Gymnastics and Speed Skating.
The most recent three way tie occurred during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. During the men's 100 meter butterfly Michael Phelps (United States) , Chad le Clos (South Africa), and László Cseh (Hungary) simotaniously touched the wall for a three way tie for second place behind Joseph Schooling (Singapore).
Four way ties are so incredibly rare at the Olympic Games that it has only happened once in 1984 at the Summer Games in Los Angeles. Mitchell Gaylord (United Stats), Koji Gushiken (Japan), Shinji Morisue (Japan), and Li Ning (China) all tied for silver in the Men's vault each getting a score of 19.825. The gold medal was awarded to Lou Yun (China) with a winning score of 19.950.
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