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  • noun sports A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance

Etymologies

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count +‎ back

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Examples

  • The two points gained by Manan moved him into the virtual lead of that classification; they had started the stage on the same points, with Guardini holding the blue jersey on countback.

    Andrea Guardini wins stage 6, his third, at the 2011 Tour de Langkawi 2011

  • McEwen took the lead on countback from Goss and stage two winner Ben Swift, another Sky rider.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • He was not around in 1999 when they tied a gripping semi-final they should have won against Australia and went out on the countback rule.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Mason jumped 2.12m to finish fifth, whilst Tom Parsons won the competiton on countback clearing 2.28m - his best of the season.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Britain's former world champion Ian Williams and his Team GACPindar had to sit out the final day having failed, on a countback, to make the quarter final cut.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • In the men's pole vault, Poland's Pawel Wojciechowski took gold on countback from Lazaro Borges of Cuba after both men cleared 5.90m, while Japan's Koji Murofushi won the hammer title by six centimetres from Krisztian Pars of Hungary, with Primoz Kozmus of Slovenia third.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Campbell, from Hull, defeated John Nevin, of Ireland, on a countback on the judges' cards after the bout was drawn 12-12.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Gareth A Davies 2011

  • Though he is tied for third with Jenson Button on 167 points a countback system means the Aussie is relegated to fourth.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The Ukrainian managed to recover well in the High Jump held on a wet track following a short rainfall by winning with 1. 78m (953 points) on a countback over Marina Goncharova, Nadine

    IAAF.org - News 2010

  • Ukrainian took the lead because of her countback win in the High Jump.

    IAAF.org - News 2010

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