European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad

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 55 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, 11 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 national Mathematical Olympiads and other Team Selection Tests (TSTs), 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 10–16  Poland 19 [3]
2  Luxembourg Luxembourg 2013 April 8–14  Belarus
 Serbia
 United States 		22 [4]
3  Turkey Antalya 2014 April 10–16  Ukraine 29 [5]
4  Belarus Minsk 2015 April 14–20  Ukraine 30 [6]
5  Romania Busteni 2016 April 10–16  Russia 39 [7]
6  Switzerland Zurich 2017 April 6–12  United States 44 [8]
7  Italy Florence 2018 April 9–15  Russia 52 [9]
8  Ukraine Kyiv 2019 April 7–13  United States 50 [10]
9  Netherlands Egmond aan Zee 2020 April 15–21  Russia 53 [11]
10  Georgia (country) Kutaisi 2021 April 9–15  Russia 55 [12]
11  Hungary Eger 2022 April 6–12  United States 57 [13]
12  Slovenia Portorož 2023 April 13–19

 China

55 [14]
13  Georgia (country) Tsqaltubo 2024 April 11–17

 United States

54 [15]
14  Kosovo Pristina 2025 April 11–17 [16]
15  France Bordeaux 2026 [17]

Medal table

The 62 countries that have won a medal are as follows:[18]

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Honorable Mentions
1  United States 35 12 5 0
2  Romania 18 27 10 0
3  Ukraine 18 23 8 1
4  Russia 16 4 0 0
5  Australia 13 5 5 3
6  Hungary 12 14 24 0
7  Serbia 12 10 20 7
8  Peru 9 6 2 2
9  Poland 8 24 15 2
10  Turkey 8 18 17 6
11  United Kingdom 8 17 19 3
12  Belarus 7 11 23 5
13  China 7 1 0 0
14  Bulgaria 6 23 17 3
15  Mexico 5 14 18 3
16  Israel 5 9 7 3
17  Japan 5 7 22 2
18  Germany 4 8 9 3
19  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 13 13 5
20  Kazakhstan 3 11 12 4
21  Georgia 3 9 8 9
22  Slovakia 3 5 10 4
23  Italy 2 12 26 6
24  France 2 10 17 8
25  Saudi Arabia 2 6 14 10
26  Croatia 2 6 4 4
27  Czech Republic 2 4 14 9
28  Azerbaijan 2 0 9 10
29  Canada 1 11 8 4
30  Netherlands 1 6 17 12
31  Brazil 1 5 19 2
32  Moldova 1 3 15 6
33  Lithuania 1 3 8 6
34  North Macedonia 1 2 10 13
35  Finland 1 1 5 2
36  Chinese Taipei 1 1 1 0
37  India 0 6 16 3
38   Switzerland 0 6 15 11
39  Slovenia 0 3 11 12
40  Ireland 0 3 5 12
41  Belgium 0 3 3 13
42  Spain 0 3 2 8
43  Mongolia 0 2 9 3
44  Bangladesh 0 2 7 5
45  Latvia 0 1 8 11
46  Norway 0 1 6 6
47  Indonesia 0 1 4 0
48  Chile 0 1 1 2
49  Costa Rica 0 1 1 2
50  Kosovo 0 1 1 2
51  Denmark 0 0 4 5
52  Ecuador 0 0 4 5
53  Austria 0 0 4 2
54  Greece 0 0 3 7
55  Cyprus 0 0 3 7
56  Luxembourg 0 0 3 6
57  Iran 0 0 3 0
58  Tunisia 0 0 2 5
59  Tajikistan 0 0 2 5
60  Albania 0 0 1 11
61  Syria 0 0 1 1
62  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.[19] There have been 28 perfect scores (USA - 8, Russia, China - 4 each, Ukraine - 3, Serbia, Turkey - 2 each, UK, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Israel - 1 each) in the first 13 editions of the competition.

Impact

Several international Olympiad competitions aimed at girls were launched, inspired by the success of the EGMO. These include:

  • The European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI), an international programming competition, the first edition of which was held in Zürich, Switzerland.[20]
  • The Pan-American Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (PAGMO), the first edition organized virtually by a group of South American countries.[21]

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 2025".
  17. ^ "EGMO 2026".
  18. ^ "EGMO: History". Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  19. ^ "European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad: Hall of Fame".
  20. ^ "Home - European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics".
  21. ^ "PAGMO".