diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/MedalOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/MedalOverlay.cs
index 76936e0f5a..3601566dda 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/MedalOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/MedalOverlay.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
             OverlayActivationMode.BindValueChanged(val =>
             {
-                if (val.NewValue != OverlayActivation.Disabled && (queuedMedals.Any() || medalContainer.Any()))
+                if (val.NewValue == OverlayActivation.All && (queuedMedals.Any() || medalContainer.Any()))
                     Show();
             }, true);
         }
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
             var medalAnimation = new MedalAnimation(medal);
             queuedMedals.Enqueue(medalAnimation);
-            Scheduler.AddOnce(Show);
+            if (OverlayActivationMode.Value == OverlayActivation.All)
+                Scheduler.AddOnce(Show);
         }
 
         protected override void Update()
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/Expanded/Accuracy/AccuracyCircle.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/Expanded/Accuracy/AccuracyCircle.cs
index d209c305fa..f807126614 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/Expanded/Accuracy/AccuracyCircle.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/Expanded/Accuracy/AccuracyCircle.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Ranking.Expanded.Accuracy
     /// </summary>
     public partial class AccuracyCircle : CompositeDrawable
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The total duration of the animation.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const double TOTAL_DURATION = APPEAR_DURATION + ACCURACY_TRANSFORM_DELAY + ACCURACY_TRANSFORM_DURATION;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Duration for the transforms causing this component to appear.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ResultsScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ResultsScreen.cs
index 69cfbed8f2..93114b1d18 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ResultsScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Ranking/ResultsScreen.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ using osu.Game.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Online.Placeholders;
+using osu.Game.Overlays;
 using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Play;
+using osu.Game.Screens.Ranking.Expanded.Accuracy;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Ranking.Statistics;
 using osuTK;
 
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Ranking
 
         public override bool? AllowGlobalTrackControl => true;
 
+        protected override OverlayActivation InitialOverlayActivationMode => OverlayActivation.UserTriggered;
+
         public readonly Bindable<ScoreInfo> SelectedScore = new Bindable<ScoreInfo>();
 
         [CanBeNull]
@@ -160,6 +164,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Ranking
                 bool shouldFlair = player != null && !Score.User.IsBot;
 
                 ScorePanelList.AddScore(Score, shouldFlair);
+                // this is mostly for medal display.
+                // we don't want the medal animation to trample on the results screen animation, so we (ab)use `OverlayActivationMode`
+                // to give the results screen enough time to play the animation out before the medals can be shown.
+                Scheduler.AddDelayed(() => OverlayActivationMode.Value = OverlayActivation.All, shouldFlair ? AccuracyCircle.TOTAL_DURATION + 1000 : 0);
             }
 
             if (allowWatchingReplay)