How can the issue of excluding participants with equal scores be addressed in the SQL query, and what impact does it have on the final results?

To address the issue of excluding participants with equal scores in an SQL query, you can use the ROW_NUMBER() window function to assign a unique rank to each participant based on their score. This will ensure that even if participants have the same score, they will still be included in the results. 

SELECT *
FROM (
    SELECT *,
           ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY score DESC) AS rank
    FROM participants
) ranked_participants
WHERE rank = 1;

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