diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index 9b95c31c92..3797c163bd 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ class CheckboxInput(Widget):
         return bool(initial) != bool(data)
 
 class Select(Widget):
+    allow_multiple_selected = False
+
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, choices=()):
         super(Select, self).__init__(attrs)
         # choices can be any iterable, but we may need to render this widget
@@ -518,14 +520,20 @@ class Select(Widget):
 
     def render_option(self, selected_choices, option_value, option_label):
         option_value = force_unicode(option_value)
-        selected_html = (option_value in selected_choices) and u' selected="selected"' or ''
+        if option_value in selected_choices:
+            selected_html = u' selected="selected"'
+            if not self.allow_multiple_selected:
+                # Only allow for a single selection.
+                selected_choices.remove(option_value)
+        else:
+            selected_html = ''
         return u'<option value="%s"%s>%s</option>' % (
             escape(option_value), selected_html,
             conditional_escape(force_unicode(option_label)))
 
     def render_options(self, choices, selected_choices):
         # Normalize to strings.
-        selected_choices = set([force_unicode(v) for v in selected_choices])
+        selected_choices = set(force_unicode(v) for v in selected_choices)
         output = []
         for option_value, option_label in chain(self.choices, choices):
             if isinstance(option_label, (list, tuple)):
@@ -571,6 +579,8 @@ class NullBooleanSelect(Select):
         return initial != data
 
 class SelectMultiple(Select):
+    allow_multiple_selected = True
+
     def render(self, name, value, attrs=None, choices=()):
         if value is None: value = []
         final_attrs = self.build_attrs(attrs, name=name)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py
index b4ceb2fcff..e6667f7629 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/widgets.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from django.utils.translation import activate, deactivate
 from django.utils.unittest import TestCase
 
 
-
 class FormsWidgetTestCase(TestCase):
     # Each Widget class corresponds to an HTML form widget. A Widget knows how to
     # render itself, given a field name and some data. Widgets don't perform
@@ -255,6 +254,15 @@ class FormsWidgetTestCase(TestCase):
 <option value="P">Paul</option>
 <option value="G">George</option>
 <option value="R">Ringo</option>
+</select>""")
+
+        # Only one option can be selected, see #8103:
+        self.assertEqual(w.render('choices', '0', choices=(('0', '0'), ('1', '1'), ('2', '2'), ('3', '3'), ('0', 'extra'))), """<select name="choices">
+<option value="0" selected="selected">0</option>
+<option value="1">1</option>
+<option value="2">2</option>
+<option value="3">3</option>
+<option value="0">extra</option>
 </select>""")
 
         # The value is compared to its str():
@@ -438,6 +446,15 @@ class FormsWidgetTestCase(TestCase):
 <option value="P">Paul</option>
 <option value="G">George</option>
 <option value="R">Ringo</option>
+</select>""")
+
+        # Multiple options (with the same value) can be selected, see #8103:
+        self.assertEqual(w.render('choices', ['0'], choices=(('0', '0'), ('1', '1'), ('2', '2'), ('3', '3'), ('0', 'extra'))), """<select multiple="multiple" name="choices">
+<option value="0" selected="selected">0</option>
+<option value="1">1</option>
+<option value="2">2</option>
+<option value="3">3</option>
+<option value="0" selected="selected">extra</option>
 </select>""")
 
         # If multiple values are given, but some of them are not valid, the valid ones are selected: