@trinsec maybe, but the question is for gold. say they don't award the gold until the investigation is complete, but award silver and bronze. if they find the rankings change, it means the 2nd and 3rd place get bumped up. Fourth place getting bumped to third would have to wait in either case, so they shouldn't care.
I'd rather that I get my silver now and gold later than not get a medal at all when I expected one.