International Mathematical Olympiad

The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is a six-question two-day math competition for students that have not yet gone to college and are under 20 years old. Any country may take part in it by sending a team of six students to compete.

The logo of the International Mathematical Olympiad.

History

The IMO has been held every year since 1959. It takes place in a different country (which is called the "host country") from year to year. However, it is often seen that this competition is dominated by the US and China.

Venue Year Date Top-ranked country[1] Refs
1  Brașov and Bucharest 1959July 21 July 31 Romania [2]
2  Sinaia 1960July 18 July 26 Czechoslovakia [2]
3  Veszprém 1961July 6 July 16 Hungary [2]
4  České Budějovice 1962July 7 July 15 [2]
5  Warsaw and Wrocław 1963July 5 July 13 Soviet Union [2]
6  Moscow 1964June 30 July 10 [2]
7  East Berlin 1965July 3 July 13 [2]
8  Sofia 1966July 1 July 14 [2]
9  Cetinje 1967July 2 July 13 [2]
10  Moscow 1968July 5 July 18 East Germany [2]
11  Bucharest 1969July 5 July 20 Hungary [2]
12  Keszthely 1970July 8 July 22 [2]
13  Žilina 1971July 10 July 21 [2]
14  Toruń 1972July 5 July 17 Soviet Union [2]
15  Moscow 1973July 5 July 16 [2]
16  Erfurt and East Berlin 1974July 4 July 17 [2]
17  Burgas and Sofia 1975July 3 July 16 Hungary [2]
18  Lienz 1976July 7 July 21 Soviet Union [2]
19  Belgrade 1977July 1 July 13 United States [2]
20  Bucharest 1978July 3 July 10 Romania [2]
21  London 1979June 30 July 9 Soviet Union [2]
  The 1980 IMO was due to be held in Mongolia. It was cancelled, and split into two unofficial events in Europe.[3]
22  Washington, D.C. 1981July 8 July 20 United States [2]
23  Budapest 1982July 5 July 14 West Germany [2]
24  Paris 1983July 1 July 12 [2]
25  Prague 1984June 29 July 10 Soviet Union [2]
26  Joutsa 1985June 29 July 11 Romania [2]
27  Warsaw 1986July 4 July 15 Soviet Union
 United States
[2]
28  Havana 1987July 5 July 16 Romania [2]
29  Sydney and Canberra 1988July 9 July 21 Soviet Union [2]
30  Braunschweig 1989July 13 July 24 China [2]
31  Beijing 1990July 8 July 19 [2]
32  Sigtuna 1991July 12 July 23 Soviet Union [2]
33  Moscow 1992July 10 July 21 China [2]
34  Istanbul 1993July 13 July 24 [2]
35  Hong Kong 1994July 8 July 20 United States [2]
36  Toronto 1995July 13 July 25 China [4]
37  Mumbai 1996July 5 July 17 Romania [5]
38  Mar del Plata 1997July 18 July 31 China [6]
39  Taipei 1998July 10 July 21 Iran [7]
40  Bucharest 1999July 10 July 22 China
 Russia
[8]
41  Daejeon 2000July 13 July 25 China [9]
42  Washington, D.C. 2001July 1 July 14 [10]
43  Glasgow 2002July 19 July 30 [11]
44  Tokyo 2003July 7 July 19 Bulgaria [12]
45  Athens 2004July 6 July 18 China [13]
46  Mérida 2005July 8 July 19 [14]
47  Ljubljana 2006July 6 July 18 [15]
48  Hanoi 2007July 19 July 31 Russia [16]
49  Madrid 2008July 10 July 22 China [17]
50  Bremen 2009July 10 July 22 [18]
51  Astana 2010July 2 July 14 [19]
52  Amsterdam 2011July 12 July 24 [20]
53  Mar del Plata 2012July 4 July 16 South Korea [21]
54  Santa Marta 2013July 18 July 28 China [22]
55  Cape Town 2014July 3 July 13 [23]
56  Chiang Mai 2015July 4 July 16 United States [24]
57  Hong Kong 2016July 6 July 16 [25]
58  Rio de Janeiro 2017July 12 July 23 South Korea [26]
59  Cluj-Napoca 2018July 3 July 14 United States [27]
60  Bath 2019July 11 July 22 China
 United States
[28]
61  Saint Petersburg 2020September 19 September 28 China [29][30][31][32]
62  Saint Petersburg 2021July 7 July 17 China [33]
63  Oslo 2022July 6 July 16 [34][35]
64  Chiba 2023July 2 July 13 [36]
65  Ukraine 2024 [37]
66  Melbourne 2025 [38]

Results

The current ten countries with the best all-time results are as follows:[39]

RankCountryAppearancesGoldSilverBronzeHonorable Mentions
1 China361683660
2 United States47137117291
3 Russia3010662120
4 South Korea348674287
5 Hungary618516810710
6 Romania62781491107
7 Soviet Union[n 1]297767450
8 Vietnam4565111782
9 Bulgaria625512311413
10 Germany44531058316

References

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  2. "Historical Record of US Teams". Mathematical Association of America. Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  3. Unofficial events were held in Finland and Luxembourg in 1980. "UK IMO register". IMO register. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  4. "IMO 1995". Canadian Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  5. "IMO 1996". Canadian Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  6. "IMO 1997" (in Spanish). Argentina. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  7. "IMO 1998". Republic of China. Archived from the original on 1998-12-05.
  8. "IMO 1999". Canadian Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
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  10. "IMO 2001". Canadian Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
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  12. "IMO 2003". Japan. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  13. "IMO 2004". Greece. Archived from the original on 2004-06-27.
  14. "IMO 2005". Mexico. Archived from the original on 2005-07-11.
  15. "IMO 2006". Slovenia. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  16. "IMO 2007". Vietnam. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  17. "IMO 2008". Spain. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  18. "IMO 2009" (in German). Germany. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
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  20. "52nd IMO 2011". IMO. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  21. "53rd IMO 2012". IMO. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  22. "54th International Mathematical Olympiad". Universidad Antonio Nariño. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  23. "55th IMO 2014". IMO. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  24. "56th IMO 2015". IMO. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  25. "57th IMO 2016". IMO. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  26. "58th IMO 2017". IMO. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  27. "59th IMO 2018". IMO. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  28. "60th IMO 2019". IMO. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  29. Becomes a virtual event due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  30. "61st IMO 2020". IMO. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  31. "61st IMO 2020". Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  32. "Annual Regulations for IMO 2020" (PDF). Imo2020.ru. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  33. "62nd IMO 2021 Result Table". Imo-official.org. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  34. "63rd IMO 2022". IMO. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  35. "63rd IMO 2020". Department of Mathematics, University of Os. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  36. "64rd IMO 2023". IMO. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  37. "65th IMO 2024". IMO. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  38. "66rd IMO 2025". IMO. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  39. "Results: Cumulative Results by Country". Imo-official.org. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
Notes
  1. The Soviet Union participated the IMO for the last time in 1991. From 1992, former Soviet countries including Russia entered separately.[1]


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