Ties! How are They Resolved?

I was at my meet last week, and one of my teammates and I tied for first place all around. We wondered, how do they resolve a tie? Some meets announce a tie at the awards, but not how they resolve it. So I looked it up!
The USA System for levels 5-9: 
 Add the two highest execution scores to break the tie. If there is still a tie, then the highest single judge’s score is used to break the tie. If there is only one judge, then there is no tie-breaker.

Although some meets allow two gymnasts to place the same, most don't. I was at one where they gave one of the girls who tied a rose and mailed her a trophy or medal later. Most meets use this system and one girl places higher than the other based on their two highest scores. 

Team Awards
Northwest ~ 2nd Place

You might remember at the 2012 olympics, there was a tie. Aliya Mustafina tied with Aly Raisman for third all around. Now the tie breaking system I was talking about applies only to levels 5-9 in the USA gymnastics system. This tie was at the olympics, so we used the FIG, the federation of international gymnastics, system. What happened was that they took the three highest scores and combined them. Whoever has the highest combined total wins. Aliya Mustafina had a low beam score but higher scores on the three other events.  Aly Raisman, on the other hand, had more consistent scores. In the end, Mustafina won third.

Aliya Mustafina ~ Third Place AA

Aly Raisman ~ Fourth Place AA

~The Gymnast