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High-scoring participants. Zhuo Qun Song, the most highly decorated IMO contestant with 5 golds and 1 bronze medal. Ciprian Manolescu, the only person to achieve three perfect scores at the IMO (1995–1997). The following table lists all IMO Winners who have won at least three gold medals, with corresponding years and non-gold medals received ...
Gold Silver Bronze Honorable Mention Gold in Last 10 Contests (updated till 2023) 1 China: 180 36 6 2 51 2 United States [2] 141 118 30 1 46 3 Russia: 106 62 12 0 30 4 South Korea: 89 77 28 7 38 5 Hungary: 85 169 112 10 9 6 Romania: 80 154 110 7 12 7 Soviet Union A: 77 67 45 0 - 8 Vietnam: 67 113 80 2 20 9 Bulgaria: 56 126 115 14 4 10 Germany ...
Several individuals have consistently scored highly and/or earned medals on the IMO: Zhuo Qun Song (Canada) is the most highly decorated participant [87] with five gold medals (including one perfect score in 2015) and one bronze medal. [88] Reid Barton (United States) was the first participant to win a gold medal four times (1998–2001). [89]
The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. Seven countries entered – Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union – with the hosts finishing as the top-ranked nation. [4] The number of participating countries has since risen: 14 countries took part in 1969, 50 in 1989, and 104 in 2009.
Tao was the youngest participant to date in the International Mathematical Olympiad, first competing at the age of ten; in 1986, 1987, and 1988, he won a bronze, silver, and gold medal, respectively. Tao remains the youngest winner of each of the three medals in the Olympiad's history, having won the gold medal at the age of 13 in 1988.
Charlotte Barnum (1860–1934), mathematician and social activist, first female mathematics PhD from Yale. Margaret Baron (1915–1996), British mathematics educator and historian of mathematics. Lida Barrett (1927–2021), second female president of the MAA. June Barrow-Green (born 1953), British historian of mathematics.
German skier Daniela Maier was initially awarded the bronze medal in the women's ski cross after Swiss skier Fanny Smith was penalised for a clash with Maier during the race. [3] On 26 February 2022, the International Ski Federation rescinded the penalty, with Smith receiving the bronze medal, and Maier being downgraded to fourth place. [4]
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and 2021, with a rapid time control that affected players' online ratings.