Can someone be a gold medalist with a suppliment (back) paper in 1st semester which is cleared, but total average is the highest among all?

Yes, someone can be a gold medalist with a supplementary (back) paper in 1st semester if their total average is the highest among all. Most Universities consider the student's total average across all semesters. The number of backlogs that the student has. The student's academic performance in all s