Dead heat
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A dead heat is a rare situation in various racing sports in which the performances of competitors are judged to be so close that no difference between them can be resolved. The result is declared a ti
The 1877 Boat Race ended in the only dead heat in the history of the competition
A dead heat in horse racing
An extremely rare photo finish triple dead heat, recorded in a 1953 harness race at New Jersey's Freehold Raceway
Photo finish
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A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time. As the naked eye may not be able to determine which of the competitors crossed the
Dead heat
…joint ranking. Dead heats can occur in both head-to-head races and competitions where competitors race sequentially and are ranked by finishing time. Photo finishes have been a long-standing method of resolving outcomes too ambiguous to be distinguished by the naked eye. Improvements in technology, including digital…
1987 400-metre hurdles: Sabine Busch 53.24; Cornelia Ullrich 53.55