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The European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) is a mathematical olympiad for girls which started in 2012, and is held in April each year. It was inspired by the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO).[1][2] Although the competition is held in Europe, it is open to female participants from all over the world, and is considered the most prestigious mathematics competition for girls. In recent years, participants from around 60 countries have been invited to the competition.

Process and scoring

The competition is similar in style to the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), with two papers, each consisting of three problems to be solved in 4.5 hours, taken on consecutive days. Participating countries send teams consisting of four female mathematicians below the age of 20 who are not enrolled at a university. Each of the six problems are marked out of 7, making the maximum possible score 42 points.

The first edition was held in Cambridge, UK. Since then, 10 other countries in Europe have organized the EGMO. The number of participating countries have grown from 19 in the first edition to 57 in the eleventh edition, and the number of contestants from 61 in the first edition to 226 in the eleventh edition. The competitors participate as a team of 4 under the national flag but the contest itself is individual. The selection process varies between countries, but it often involves the results obtained in the national Mathematical Olympiads and in other tests, which become progressively more selective.

Medals are awarded according to this criterion:

  • The top 1/12 of the competitors receive a gold medal
  • The following 1/6 of the general classification receive a silver medal
  • The subsequent 1/4 of the general classification receive a bronze medal
  • All those who have not received a medal but have scored the maximum points in at least one of the six problems receive an honorable mention.

Summary

Venue Year Date Winner Teams Refs
1  United Kingdom Cambridge 2012 April 10 – April 16  Poland 19 [3]
2  Luxembourg Luxembourg City 2013 April 8 – April 14  Belarus
 Serbia
 United States 		22 [4]
3  Turkey Antalya 2014 April 10 – April 16  Ukraine 29 [5]
4  Belarus Minsk 2015 April 14 – April 20  Ukraine 30 [6]
5  Romania Busteni 2016 April 10 – April 16  Russia 39 [7]
6  Switzerland Zürich 2017 April 6 – April 12  United States 44 [8]
7  Italy Florence 2018 April 9 – April 15  Russia 52 [9]
8  Ukraine Kyiv 2019 April 7 – April 13  United States 50 [10]
9  Netherlands Egmond aan Zee 2020 April 15 – April 21  Russia 53 [11]
10  Georgia (country) Kutaisi 2021 April 9 – April 15  Russia 55 [12]
11  Hungary Eger 2022 April 6 – April 12  United States 57 [13]
12  Slovenia Portorož 2023 April 13 – April 19 55 [14]
13  Georgia (country) 2024 [15]

Medal table

The 61 countries that have won a medal are as follows:[16]

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Honorable Mentions
1  United States 27 12 5 0
2  Russia 16 4 0 0
3  Romania 15 19 9 0
4  Ukraine 14 19 8 1
5  Serbia 12 9 16 6
6  Hungary 10 11 21 0
7  Peru 9 6 2 2
8  United Kingdom 8 13 16 3
9  Poland 7 20 13 1
10  Belarus 6 10 18 3
11  Australia 6 4 5 3
12  Bulgaria 5 21 13 3
13  Mexico 5 13 14 1
14  Turkey 4 15 16 6
15  Japan 4 4 18 2
16  Belarus 3 10 18 3
17  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 10 10 3
18  Israel 3 8 5 3
19  Georgia 3 7 7 5
20  Kazakhstan 3 6 9 4
21  France 2 10 14 6
22  Italy 2 9 24 4
23  Saudi Arabia 2 6 12 8
24  Czech Republic 2 2 9 8
25  Netherlands 1 6 13 9
26  Canada 1 6 6 4
27  Brazil 1 4 14 1
28  Germany 1 4 9 3
29  Slovakia 1 4 5 4
30  Moldova 1 3 14 4
31  Lithuania 1 3 6 4
32  North Macedonia 1 2 8 11
33  Azerbaijan 1 0 7 8
34   Switzerland 0 6 10 8
35  Ireland 0 3 5 10
36  Belgium 0 3 3 10
37  Croatia 0 3 2 4
38  India 0 2 12 3
39  Spain 0 2 2 4
40  Slovenia 0 1 8 10
41  Latvia 0 1 5 10
41  Norway 0 1 5 5
43  Mongolia 0 1 5 2
44  Indonesia 0 1 4 0
45  Bangladesh 0 1 3 2
46  Chile 0 1 1 2
47  Costa Rica 0 1 1 2
48  Kosovo 0 1 1 1
49  Ecuador 0 0 4 5
50  Austria 0 0 4 2
51  Greece 0 0 3 5
52  Luxembourg 0 0 3 5
53  Finland 0 0 3 0
54  Iran 0 0 3 0
55  Cyprus 0 0 2 7
56  Tunisia 0 0 2 5
57  Albania 0 0 1 10
58  Tajikistan 0 0 1 4
59  Denmark 0 0 1 3
60  Syria 0 0 1 1
61  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 0

The individuals with the most medals and appearances at the EGMO can be found on the "EGMO: Hall of Fame" section of the website.[17] There have been 14 Perfect Scores (USA - 5, Russia - 4, Ukraine - 2, Serbia - 2, UK - 1) in the first 11 editions of the competition. Jelena Ivancic (Serbia) is the only contestant to have achieved more than one Perfect Score.

Impact

Inspired by the success of the EGMO, several international Olympiad competitions aimed at girls were recently launched. These include:

  • A new international programming competition, the European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI), the first edition of which was held in Zurich, Switzerland.[18]
  • The Pan-American Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (PAGMO), the first edition organized virtually by a group of South American countries.[19]

References

  1. ^ "European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad 2012: Information". Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ^ "BMOS/BMOC: European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad".
  3. ^ "EGMO 2012".
  4. ^ "EGMO 2013".
  5. ^ "EGMO 2014".
  6. ^ "EGMO 2015".
  7. ^ "EGMO 2016".
  8. ^ "EGMO 2017".
  9. ^ "EGMO 2018".
  10. ^ "EGMO 2019".
  11. ^ "EGMO 2020".
  12. ^ "EGMO 2021".
  13. ^ "EGMO 2022".
  14. ^ "EGMO 2023".
  15. ^ "EGMO 2024".
  16. ^ "EGMO: History". Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  17. ^ "European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad: Hall of Fame".
  18. ^ "Home - European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics".
  19. ^ "PAGMO".
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